Gene insertion of opsin, light-activated cell-membrane channels, into neurons of interest allows researchers to manipulate light to either excite or inhibit neuronal activity to gain a better understanding of brain function and dysfunction, and explore therapeutic applications.

An exploration of complex contemporary ethical problems from healthcare, the environment, and bioethics. Issues include problems of drugs and addiction, stigma toward people with disabilities, terminal illness and chronic health needs, resource allocation in times of disaster, infectious diseases, gene editing, and humans’ relationship with their environment. Classical and contemporary ethical theories, moral theories, and the fundamentals of scientific integrity will be applied to make principled, defensible, moral judgments.

This is a guide for students to use as they provide feedback to their peers on a piece of writing. The activity was done in groups of 3.

This activity guides students towards the creation of personas, scenarios and storyboards for a product/website that they are creating.

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Although this activity can be used in isolation, it is intended to be part of a series guiding students towards the creation of a front-end of a website. The series (all published as OER) consist of:

a) Needfinding
b) Personas, Scenarios and Storyboards
c) Front-end Website Design and Development
d) Accessibility Evaluation

The online educational resource Physics For Everyone is the scaffolding for a 3 contact hour, 3 credit general education course that conveys the relevance, beauty, and power of physics as a foundation of science and technology in the public interest.

This slide deck provides the outline for the semester-long course. Each week’s lecture topics, with key points to be covered, are highlighted in two slides, which also list writing prompts, problem-solving exercises, and labs. Also, we have curated a list of high-quality online video resources that students (and instructors) should use to help them learn (and teach) physics ideas and concepts using demonstrations, animations, and humor. Many of those videos are parts of larger series and programs, created by some of the most skilled and popular online presenters in the world; that means some of their content is commercially sponsored, but all the content is free to students and instructors. Finally, we have envisioned this course so that students are assessed with a large set of low-stakes, just-in-time-type assignments and laboratory exercises.

This work has been generously supported by New America’s PIT-UN (Public Interest Technology University Network) challenge grant program, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.

Physiological Processes is designed to introduce fundamental concepts of physiology to biomedical engineering learners. Areas covered include: neural, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory and renal system function; bioelectrical signals, capillary-level transport, organ-level exchange. Whenever possible, analysis will be quantitative in order to fulfill the course goals and to build the foundation for the subsequent biomedical engineering curriculum. This course is for Biomedical Engineering majors only.

From the preface, "These are notes for a course in precalculus, as it is taught at New York City College of Technology - CUNY (where it is offered under the course number MAT 1375). Our approach is calculator based. For this, we will use the currently standard TI-84 calculator, and in particular, many of the examples will be explained and solved with it. However, we want to point out that there are also many other calculators that are suitable for the purpose of this course and many of these alternatives have similar functionalities as the calculator that we have chosen to use. An introduction to the TI-84 calculator together with the most common applications needed for this course is provided in appendix A. In the future we may expand on this by providing introductions to other calculators or computer algebra systems."

Use this lesson to help students distinguish between primary and secondary sources and use them in them in the appropriate context.

This course addresses theory and practice of the modern organization, its historic development, and its role in our modern society. The course takes a functional approach, first introducing the role of a manager and the modern managerial environment, then exploring planning, organizing, leading, and control. Particular attention is given to developing the skills necessary to manage, lead, and compete in today’s world.

14. Brave New World: Privacy, Data Sharing and Evidence Based Policy Making

The trifecta of globalization, urbanization and digitization have created new opportunities and challenges across our nation, cities, boroughs and urban centers. Cities in particular are in a unique position at the center of commerce and technology becoming hubs for innovation and practical application of emerging technology. In this rapidly changing 24/7 digitized world, governments are leveraging innovation and technology to become more effective, efficient, transparent and to be able to better plan for and anticipate the needs of its citizens, businesses and community organizations. This class will provide the framework for how cities and communities can become smarter and more accessible with technology and more connected.

Project Assignment for the course "CSCI 380 - Mobile Application and Product Development" delivered at John Jay College in Spring 2019 by Bhargava Chinthirla and Eric Spector as part of the Tech-in-Residence Corps program.

This is an introduction Python dictionary, using Python 3.

Prior knowledge of input/output in Python, and Python list is recommended.

For CS0 students. Part of the CUNY CS04All project.

An introduction to functions in Python.

Prior knowledge of variables, assignments, expressions, input-output, lists, conditionals, and loops is recommended.

For CS0 students. Part of the CUNY CS04All project.

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Lecture slides come in three formats and separate files, as well as three programs-examples.

All the images used in the slides are CC0 licence, packed in the imgs.rar archive together with the information about them

In-class work, HW assignment, assessment questions together with all the programs are in the Activities_and_Assignments.rar archive.

Python If-else branches, equality and relational operators, and some additional topics: Boolean operators and expressions, membership and identity operators.

Prior knowledge of variables, assignments, and expressions is recommended.

For CS0 students. Part of the CUNY CS04All project.

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Lecture slides come in three formats and separate files.

In-class work, HW assignment, assessment questions together with all the programs are in the Activities_and_Assignments.rar archive.

The following topics are discussed:

Development Environment
Basic input and output
Variables and assignments
Python expressions
Division and modulo
Math module
For CS0 students. Part of the CUNY CS04All project.

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Lecture slides come in three formats, examples of programs are included in Instructor Materials.rar.

In-class work and assessment questions together with all the programs are in the Activities_and_Assignments.rar archive.

A brief introduction to Python list.

No loops, no decision structures.

For CS0 students. Part of the CUNY CS04All project.

The following topics are covered:

While Loops
For Loops
Nested loops
Break and continue
Loops else
enumerate()
Applications: Turtle library with loops and decision procedures.

Prior knowledge of variables, assignments, expressions, input-output, lists, and conditionals is recommended.

For CS0 students. Part of the CUNY CS04All project.

Comments
Lecture slides come in three formats, are are packed into Instructor_Materials.rar along with programs accompanying the lecture slides.

In-class work, HW assignment, assessment questions together with all the programs are in the ActivitiesAndAssignments.rar archive.

An introduction to Python strings and string formatting.

Proposed lecture slides are supplied with in-class activity, homework assignment, and assessment.

No loops, no decision structures.

For CS0 students.

Part of the CUNY CS04All project.

Reading Mediations is an interactive, web-based guide for teaching and learning critical online reading skills. Best used with high school or college students, it includes a selection of critical reading tools and verification resources, guided readings, and structured learning activities. It also presents opportunities for independent exploration and critique of the online news and information ecosystem, with live content provided through Twitter and several news websites.
The guiding principle of Reading Mediations is that the epidemic of misinformation, propaganda, and poor journalism online cannot be eradicated by fact-checking tools alone. It must begin with us, the readers. Learning first about how we consume information, and then learning how to do so in a savvy, responsible, and self-aware manner, readers will be better equipped to absorb and share what they engage with online as critical thinkers. Published on the Scalar platform, Reading Mediations takes advantage of the networked environment in which we read, both to model best practices and to provide users with direct experience. The guide's readings are organized in a semi-structured but non-linear way––not only because this is how we tend to read online, but also because reading in a networked manner can help us navigate and evaluate the surfeit of information available.
Access Reading Mediations: here: http://readingmediations.memoriamundi.org/education/reading-mediations/index