Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings Periodic ponderings about higher education, non-fiction books, and social science research | Created by Dr. Nicole Barbaro
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 4 likes • 14 Jul 21 The Academic Publishing System is a Failure Not just ethically, but it actively works against the impact and dissemination of knowledge, too
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 3 likes • 04 May 22 April Writing Roundup ICYMI: My writings from around the web
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 3 likes • 15 Jun 21 Who’s Right About What’s Wrong with Higher Education? Everyone.
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 3 likes • 02 Mar 21 “The World is Awash With Bullshit” And Other Problems of The Information Age Four books to understand the creation, sharing, and incentives of bad information
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 3 likes • 30 Mar 22 What To Do When You No Longer Want A Research Career Tips for research PhDs making a career pivot
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 2 likes • 19 Jan 21 Campus is Good for Learning, Even if Classes Are Online New research shows how social networks boost academic attainment
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 2 likes • 05 Jan 21 We Need to Elevate the Status of Teaching at Research Universities Doing so requires a shift in incentive structures to promote teaching excellence
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 2 likes • 23 Mar 22 March Writing Roundup ICYMI: My writings from around the web
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 1 likes • 23 Feb 22 So, You Want to Write About Science? Some advice on how PhDs can get into science communication
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 1 likes • 23 Feb 21 The Sustainable, Resilient, and Free University by John Warner: A Review Can higher education’s biggest problems be solved with a free public model?
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 1 likes • 22 Feb 21 A shift in perspective. An update on what to expect from me and why
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 1 likes • 03 Nov 21 October Reading Roundup Behavior genetics, democracy, and Amazon in this month’s reads. Plus, more HigherEd hot takes from this past month.
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 1 likes • 06 May 21 EdTech Can’t Forget That Humans Evolved to be Social What research demonstrates about the “human factor” in learning
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 1 likes • 11 Aug 21 What Did Students Think About Online Learning Last Year? My new survey report shares insights about students’ experiences with EdTech and online learning
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 1 likes • 12 Jan 21 Do Brief Educational Interventions Work? Here’s what the research shows
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 09 Feb 21 Humans Innovate from Social Information, But Chimps Don’t How social learning and innovation form the evolutionary basis for education
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 02 Feb 21 The (Pedagogical) Limitation of Training PhDs at Research Universities The training that PhDs don't get -- and why it matters
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 26 Jan 21 Can Asynchronous Teaching Scale? The inherent trade-offs and limitations of scaling education
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 24 Aug 21 My New Course on Infancy and Child Development How I am using a flexible approach and new teaching methods in the classroom
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 31 Aug 21 August Reading Roundup Drugs, Sex-bots, Cowboys and Capitalism in this month’s reads
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 29 Dec 21 Doing Less On new year resolutions and transcending my academic identity
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 18 Sep 21 Good Teaching Principles are Practiced Everywhere What a spin class instructor can teach educators about teaching
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 21 Sep 21 The Potential of Adjuncts to Enhance Student Education Re-conceptualizing the role of adjuncts in higher education can fill an important gap in student's learning in the classroom
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 30 Sep 21 September Reading Roundup Development, war, glaciers, and GameStop in this month’s reads
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 04 Nov 21 Lottery Admissions Won’t Increase Racial Diversity at Selective Universities But lottery-eligible student pools include more middle-class students and fewer affluent students. Plus, some peculiar data on Asian students.
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 15 Nov 21 Some Updates Changes to Periodic Ponderings and a new newsletter
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 07 Oct 21 ICYMI: Some Recent Happenings Catch up on all my hot takes on higher ed this past month
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 28 Jul 21 July Reading Roundup Stories of inspiring people, the biology of motherhood, and the latest from Charles Murray in this month's reads
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 21 Jul 21 Why Can’t We Have Good Teaching in Higher Ed? Institutions are unwilling to put their money where their mouth is
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 29 Jun 21 June Reading Roundup CRISPR, controversy, and contradictions in this month’s reads.
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 22 Jun 21 Five Differences Between Doing Research in Academia and Industry Insights for the alt-ac curious researcher
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 08 Jun 21 One Reason It’s So Difficult to Move the Needle in Higher Ed Using the “learning onion” to understand where to target efforts for change
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 01 Jun 21 May Reading Roundup Computational neuroscience, free speech, and more in this month’s reads
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 25 May 21 Judging Books by (more than) Their Cover Why a two-star rating doesn’t mean I think your book is bad
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 19 May 21 #ICYMI: Some Recent Happenings Catch up on some of my recent posts and podcasts
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 27 Apr 21 The Prevalence of Questionable Research Practices (QRPs) in Education Research New study of education researchers shows that use of QRPs are not uncommon
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 20 Apr 21 Does the Future of Higher Education Look Like Arizona State University? Characteristics of the “New American University”
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 08 Apr 21 Some Advice for Social Science PhDs in their “Real World” (Research) Career 10 more pieces of advice for PhDs who aren’t going to be a professor
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 22 Mar 21 An Introduction to Psychology Course with Better Readings Ditch the dated textbook and read things that are more enjoyable and informative
Nicole’s Periodic Ponderings • 0 likes • 10 Mar 21 The Decline of College Teaching That Never Was A history of American college teaching, adapted from The Amateur Hour by Jonathan Zimmerman
