{"id":3766,"date":"2009-06-16T05:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/06\/16\/links-for-2009-06-16\/"},"modified":"2009-06-16T05:01:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-16T05:01:00","slug":"links-for-2009-06-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/06\/16\/links-for-2009-06-16\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2009-06-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news163936965.html\">The dark side of animation<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;To test their hypothesis, the team recorded two versions of a PowerPoint lecture. The presentations differed only in the presence of animation to incrementally present information. They then showed students either the animated or non-animated lecture and then tested the students recall and comprehension of the lecture.<\/p>\n<p>The team found a marked difference in average student performance, with those seeing the non-animated lecture performing much better in the tests than those who watched the animated lecture.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/technology\">technology<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/social-science\">social-science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/psychology\">psychology<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/advice\/2009\/06\/15\/adjunct\">Career Advice: Can You Afford to Be an Adjunct? &#8211; Inside Higher Ed<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;The first consideration when considering becoming an adjunct should not be the pay. If so, you should immediately reconsider your decision, as there is little to no pay involved in adjuncting, especially when you correlate the time spent. &quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/jobs\">jobs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/inside-higher-ed\">inside-higher-ed<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backreaction.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/shrinking-betelgeuse.html\">Backreaction: Shrinking Betelgeuse<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;The diameters measured by the ISI are not particularly inconsistent with previous measurements, are rather accurate, and show clearly that the star has systematically decreased in size by about 15% over the past 15 years.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/astronomy\">astronomy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/optics\">optics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/backreaction\">backreaction<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/597\/\">xkcd &#8211; A Webcomic &#8211; Addiction<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">I have no idea what this comic is about. Nope. No idea at all. Never done that.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/xkcd\">xkcd<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/internet\">internet<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/comics\">comics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/technology\">technology<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/16\/science\/16tier.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rss&amp;emc=rss\">Findings &#8211; Golfing Through the Stratosphere &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;This is believed to be the world\u00e2\u0080\u0099s first mini-golf course designed to teach astrophysics. Possibly even to tweens.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/astronomy\">astronomy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/gravity\">gravity<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/games\">games<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/sports\">sports<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/kid-stuff\">kid-stuff<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dark side of animation &quot;To test their hypothesis, the team recorded two versions of a PowerPoint lecture. The presentations differed only in the presence of animation to incrementally present information. They then showed students either the animated or non-animated lecture and then tested the students recall and comprehension of the lecture. 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