Monthly Archives: March 2011

What is healthy? Learning through blogging

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

One of my favourite things as a teacher is to watch a student’s understanding and skills evolve. In a 4th year course on obesity which I co-teach with my PhD supervisor, Dr. Diane Finegood, we use a class blog to … Continue reading →

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Friday Feedback Favourites

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Each Friday, I share a collection of stories, research, or other news and notes related to the role of feedback in complex systems that catch my attention during the previous week. Most of these I share on twitter when I … Continue reading →

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Friday Feedback Favourites

Posted on March 11, 2011 by

Starting today, each Friday, I’ll be posting a collection of stories, research, or other news and notes related to the role of feedback in complex systems that catch my attention during the previous week. Many of these I share on … Continue reading →

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To weigh or not to weigh?

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

Trying to lose weight? Keep it off? Confusing advice is abundant and one aspect of this confusion centers on recommendations to weigh-in: should you weigh yourself daily? weekly? monthly? or not at all? While I’m certainly not the first to … Continue reading →

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