Moodle

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I have used this Course Management System (also known as a Learning Management System) since early 2004 – over seven years! It is extremely robust, being able to host more than 100,000 students in a single instance. It is open source (free to download, use and alter) and I would say that I have never had a significant problem with it, except for the recent upgrade to the substantially altered 2.0 version.

Moodle can be downloaded from http://moodle.org and it is currently used by tens (or hundreds) of thousands of institutions world-wide. It is a free equivalent to Blackboard and WebCT, and much superior, in my experience.

If you are looking for software to host online courses, corporate training, blending learning environments or any other number of online educational uses, then definitely have a look at Moodle.

Jack Kornfield Audio Files on Buddhist Psychology

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Jack is a prominent Western Buddhist, a Clinical Psychologist and a well-known author on Buddhism and meditation. Some introduction to his teachings can be found on audio files at this web site:

http://diydharma.org/audio/by/artist/jack_kornfield

Very much worth a look. If you are interested in psychology from a Buddhist perspective, check out the URL referenced above.

Emphasis on Diagnosis in Therapy – A Quote by Irvin Yalom

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“Today’s psychotherapy students are exposed to too much emphasis on diagnosis. Managed-care administrators demand that therapists arrive quickly at a precise diagnosis and then proceed upon a course of brief, focused therapy that matches that particular diagnosis. Sounds good. Sounds logical and efficient. But it has precious little to do with reality. It represents instead an illusory attempt to legislate scientific precision into being when it is neither possible nor desirable.” (Irvin D. Yalom, in “The Gift of Therapy”)