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A truly global course

By Guest PostJune 5, 2013Educationafghanistan, australia, basic knowledge, california, class environment, food, food systems, global course, global life cycle, jason hill, kimberley mullins, mcknight land grant, minnesota, mooc platform, moocs, perspective, population, powerpoint slides, student in zimbabwe, sustainability, university of minnesota, world

Sixteen years ago, Jason Hill stood before some 30 students in one of his first classes as a teaching assistant at the University of Minnesota. This June, more than 14,000 students will log on to take his course, Sustainability of Food Systems: A Global Life Cycle Perspective.

Hill’s class is among the first five massive open online courses (MOOCs) the U of M is offering (for free) through a partnership with Coursera, a leading MOOC platform. (more…)

“Self-Distancing” Can Help People Calm Aggressive Reactions, Study Finds

By Guest PostJuly 9, 2012Healthaggressive thought, anagram, angry feeling, brad bushman, control group, creativity, dominik mischkowski, emotion, ethan kross, headphone, ohio state university, perspective, provocation, self distancing

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study reveals a simple strategy that people can use to minimize how angry and aggressive they get when they are provoked by others.

When someone makes you angry, try to pretend you’re viewing the scene at a distance – in other words, you are an observer rather than a participant in this stressful situation. Then, from that distanced perspective, try to understand your feelings.

Researchers call this strategy “self-distancing.” (more…)