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Bumper Cars, Skateboards and Newton: How things work course review

Posted On Monday, 06th May 2013 at 13:11

"If you pull yourself to the centre of a spinning merry-go-round, what will happen to its rotation"?

lou broomfieldOne of many task specific questions that Professor Lou Broomfield asked on his course "How Things Work".

I took the course for my own interest, but the concepts and theories are essential in biomechanics. Newton's 3 laws of motion, plus Amortons 2 laws of friction underpin a lot of the work I do. 

Getting to grips with infographics and data visualisation.

Posted On Monday, 04th March 2013 at 09:21

"Sometimes Excel just has to be beaten into submission"

infographicsAfter many hours of staring at screens and wrestling with Excel, I have finished my final work on the "Introduction to Infographics and Data Visualization" course.

Are you a puzzle builder or a quilt maker?

Posted On Monday, 24th December 2012 at 08:11

creativity"Look at things with fresh eyes".

Do you get stuck in a rut and find it difficult to come up with new ideas or solutions? Me too.

I have just completed the Crash Course in Creativity run by Tina Seelig at Stanford University. 

Looking at things with fresh eyes was how I would summarise the course.

Anatomy and Physiology Learning in the 21st century

Posted On Wednesday, 14th March 2012 at 09:04

Here are some free resources that may help you get to grips with learning your anatomy and physiology. 

Introduction Level

BBC GSCE Bitesize – GCSE revision guide

BBC Learning – links to various revision guides and other information

How to coach different learning styles

Posted On Wednesday, 08th February 2012 at 07:21

Following from Monday's blog about coaching blind people who are visual learners. We can look in more depth at this.

The 3 learning styles

If you are to believe the coaching and teaching manuals, then you might categorise people into having 3 different learning styles:

Auditory: responds to sounds and descriptions

Visual: responds to visual images and demonstrations

Tradition is the scourge of endeavour

Posted On Wednesday, 07th April 2010 at 05:47

A quote taken from Terry Pratchett's "Unseen Academicals".

Think about that.

Having been in a few environments where tradition has been deemed important, I can empathise with this quote. In fact, the hierachy of "people in charge" who have wanted to remain traditional have stamped on any signs of endeavour.

This could be in Karate- where bastardised forms of fighting have been put in sequences and ritualised beyond all recognition oif actual fighting.

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