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Stephen Tomasovic, Ph.D., senior vice president for academic affairs at MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses how the institution's faculty, staff and students are constantly learning in an effort to improve cancer patient care.

Dr. David Grosshans discusses a recent study that shows how proton therapy spares healthy tissue in children with cancer. The study illustrates how proton therapy radiation is able to avoid excess radiation dose to a variety of normal structures while maintaining equal target coverage. This is important for childhood cancers because excess radiation can cause damage to the hippocampus, an area involved in learning and memory.

The European IST-funded language technologies for lifelong learning (LTfLL) project showcases the new technologies developed to support learners in different domains with the help of natural language processing technologies. The video gives an overview on a selection of mini web-applications that can - iGoogle style - be embedded in virtual and personal learning environments.

In recent years, parents in the United States and worldwide have purchased enormous numbers of videos and DVDs designed and marketed for infants, many assuming that their children would benefit from watching them. We examined how many new words 12- to 18-month-old children learned from viewing a popular DVD several times a week for 4 weeks at home. The most important result was that children who viewed the DVD did not learn any more words from their monthlong exposure to it than did a...

This is a video about how to make a really cool science toy- tornado in a bottle. They are sold in stores but you can make your own for free and its way cooler!

Undergraduate students can exert a powerful influence on the scientific education of young learners.

The use of LSA and similar techniques for evaluating conceptual development.

"The Living Matrix: The Science of Healing," trailer; The movie uncovers new ideas about the intricate web of factors that determine our health and interviews a group of dedicated scientists, psychologists, bioenergetic researchers and holistic practitioners, who are finding healing potential in new places. (The energetic information-based medicine looks particularly powerful.) http://www.thelivingmatrixmovie.com/

Tina Doe talks about the benefits of the DoL (Dimensions of Learning) program in education.

Tina Doe on Dimensions of Learning

Lecturer Lim leads a discussion on the Science of Learning Centers sponsored by the National Science Foundation, what they do, what are their purpose and goals, and how they are implemented in assisting a new generation of individuals expand their education and build on it.