Category Archives: Education
Powers of Ten. ‘A wonderful demonstration of the scale of the universe’
It was back on 1994 when looking for material for introductory courses for the dental curriculum I discovered Powers of 10, the mind-blowing picture book based upon their 1977 video by the same name, showing the relations between the macro … Continue reading
Videos about Impact of ICTs on High Education
I have been reviewing some material I started to prepare for a presentation on the impact of ICTs on education, later next year. Checking for new trends on the field I found a couple of interesting videos, both created by … Continue reading
Lecturers’ Embarrassments
A recent conversation with some Faculty at the School brought back memories of good and bad experiences that lecturers frequently have, including fiascos when, in the old days, Ektachrome Carrousels got lost in the airports and you discover, one hour … Continue reading
Talking about Algorithms in Periodontology – PubMed Results
I thought there would be more material published on Algorithms in Periodontology. A search on PubMed for Algorithm Periodontology returned only 52 documents, 17 of them published in the last five years! Also note that based upon their title (I … Continue reading
Algorithms in Periodontology
The other day I was talking with someone about the use of algorithms to guide clinical decisions, and the conversation revived the interest in me for use of flow diagrams to make explicit the decision-taking processes involved in what we have called … Continue reading
Carlos' Personal Space 