In my spare (ha ha) time, I really need to sit down and compile a list of videos for classroom use, especially in biological psychology. So many new ones are popping up each day. I think the days of publishers providing a DVD of video clips along with textbooks are soon Read more…
As I checked my mailbox before class today, I found a little postcard that made me sad. “Turn your books into bucks,” blared the headline. “Join the thousands of faculty members that are taking advantage of our great services and prices….” The organization offers to provide you with free boxes Read more…
My students are accustomed to my nagging them about the importance of getting at least 7 hours of sleep a night, something few do. At the same time, it only seems fair to tell them that our records for sleep deprivation are astonishing. Last May, we covered the saga of Read more…
In a previous post, I asked a rhetorical question about the choice of “Kindle” as a name for the new Amazon electronic reader. I don’t pretend to know anything about marketing, but fortunately, others do. I got a nice note from Collin Gebhard, whose job it is to evaluate product Read more…
SB 832 is an attempt on the part of the California State Legislature to address the issue of textbook costs at colleges and universities. Its main provisions are to require publishers to make cost information available to faculty in their marketing materials, so that faculty can consider the costs when Read more…