Online MSN Programs to Enhance Your Career in Nursing

See on Scoop.it - Health Studies Updates

If you want to really progress your career in nursing by going into a leadership, or administrative, or education role, then you need to take a master of science in nursing program.

Find out about online MSN programs, why they are important for nurses, what’s in them, where they can be taken, what the career prospects are, and more ….

See on onlineanddistancelearning.com

via Tumblr Online MSN Programs to Enhance Your Career in Nursing

Electric cars back into the shadows at Geneva car show

See on Scoop.it - Technology Futures

Electric vehicles were not completely absent from the showrooms as the 83rd edition of the Geneva show kicked off, but no new models were unveiled and car company executives on site for the media days on Tuesday and Wednesday barely mentioned them. “Public confidence (in electric) has really fallen since its peak at the Paris show in 2010, when we only talked electric,” BIPE analyst Clement Dupont-Roc told AFP. Back then, French carmaker Renault, which leads the electric market, opened the order books for its first electric models and chief executive Carlos Ghosn said he expected the cars to represent 10 percent of the market by 2020. Renault’s compatriot PSA also plunged into the space, as did Japan’s Nissan with its Leaf. But as things stand today, sales have fallen far short of expectations.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-03-electric-cars-shadows-geneva-car.html

See on phys.org

via Tumblr Electric cars back into the shadows at Geneva car show

Web 2.0 Online Software

See on Scoop.it - Technology Futures

Find out more about some of the important movements in the development of Web 2.0 online communication software or e-tools that have impacted on, and continue to impact on, how individuals and communities communicate and learn.

See on onlineanddistancelearning.com

via Tumblr Web 2.0 Online Software

Soaking up CO₂ emissions

See on Scoop.it - Technology Futures

CSIRO scientists have created a ‘solar sponge’ that captures and then releases carbon dioxide using the power of natural sunlight – as published in the scientific journal Angewandte Chemie.

The breakthrough presents a new way to recycle CO2 emissions using renewable energy. The ‘sponge’ which is made from a new smart material called a MOF (metal organic framework) adsorbs carbon dioxide, but when exposed to sunlight, instantaneously releases it.

Known as dynamic photo-switching, this capture-and-release method is extremely energy efficient and only requires UV light to trigger the release of CO2 after it has been captured from the mixture of exhaust gases.

See on pda.sciencealert.com.au

via Tumblr Soaking up CO₂ emissions

Nutrition Degree Programs for a Healthy Career

See on Scoop.it - Health Studies Updates

Find out about nutrition degree programs, where you can study them, and the careers and salary prospects after completion …

Degrees in nutrition focus on the utilization of food that is for human growth and its metabolism, in regard to both the normal and dysfunctional states. The programs cover biochemistry, food science, dietetics, physiology, biotechnology, food and nutrition studies, clinical sciences and biophysics. If you like to contribute to the well being of others, then you can get yourself a career in this field with a degree in nutrition science.

See on onlineanddistancelearning.com

via Tumblr Nutrition Degree Programs for a Healthy Career

Pearson Launches EdTech Incubator for Startups

See on Scoop.it - Business Updates

Publishing giant Pearson created Pearson Catalyst, a new program that will match educational startups with the company’s brands and resources.

See on mashable.com

via Tumblr Pearson Launches EdTech Incubator for Startups

Can't Work From Home? Study Reveals Employees Might Quit

See on Scoop.it - Business Updates

On the heels of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer decision to bar employees working from home, a new study suggests nearly half of U.S. workers would like their job less if that perk was taken away from them.

In a national survey conducted among 500 Americans by SurveyMonkey, about 46% of respondents said they wouldn’t be as satisfied with their work if they were required to come into the office every day. Not to mention, about 6% said they would even quit.

See on mashable.com

via Tumblr Can't Work From Home? Study Reveals Employees Might Quit

Micro 3D Printer Creates Tiny Structures in Seconds

See on Scoop.it - Technology Futures

While 3D printing of toys, iPhone covers and jewelry continues to grab headlines, much of 3D printing’s impact could be at a much smaller scale. Micrometer-scale printing has shown promise for making medical and electronic devices.

Thiel says it should be possible to speed up his company’s microprinting technique even more in the future. Nanoscribe plans to start selling its machine in the second half of this year.

Printing microstructures with features a few hundred nanometers in size could be useful for making heart stents, microneedles for painless shots, gecko adhesives, parts for microfluidics chips, and scaffolds for growing cells and tissue. Another important application could be in the electronics industry, where patterning nanoscale features on chips currently involves slow, expensive techniques. 3D printing would quickly and cheaply yield polymer templates that could be used to make metallic structures.

See on mashable.com

via Tumblr Micro 3D Printer Creates Tiny Structures in Seconds

A Tale of Two MOOCs @ Coursera: Divided by Pedagogy

See on Scoop.it - Perspectives in Education

The Web as a classroom is transforming how people learn, is driving the need for new pedagogy; two recently launched courses at Cousera highlight what happens when pedagogical methods fail to adapt…

See on onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com

via Tumblr A Tale of Two MOOCs @ Coursera: Divided by Pedagogy

What Online Tools Work for Teaching Language Arts?

See on Scoop.it - Perspectives in Education

By Katrina Schwartz

“When it comes to language arts, the jury’s still out on the quality and effectiveness of the available software. Some schools are investing and experimenting with different products, with mixed results, while others are working with free available web 2.0 tools. Here are two case studies examining each approach.”

See on blogs.kqed.org

via Tumblr What Online Tools Work for Teaching Language Arts?