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Lenses

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Lens makers point to Connexions materials (modules and collections), creating a guide that includes their own comments and descriptive tags about the content.

Who can create a lens?

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Summary: This collection develops the ideas of model, dynamics, and simulation that have been used successfully in science and engineering is a way to be applied in the social sciences. These notes were originally used in a course at Rice University taught to engineers and social scientist in 1973-74.

Institution: Rice University

This collection contains: Modules by: C. Sidney Burrus, Howard Resnikoff.

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To access the files:

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  3. open the README file for instructions or go directly to mediafiles.html file in your Web browser

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'My Favorites' is a special kind of lens which you can use to bookmark modules and collections directly in Connexions. 'My Favorites' can only be seen by you, and collections saved in 'My Favorites' can remember the last module you were on. You need a Connexions account to use 'My Favorites'.

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Definition of a lens

Lenses

A lens is a custom view of Connexions content. You can think of it as a fancy kind of list that will let you see Connexions through the eyes of organizations and people you trust.

What is in a lens?

Lens makers point to Connexions materials (modules and collections), creating a guide that includes their own comments and descriptive tags about the content.

Who can create a lens?

Any individual Connexions member, a community, or a respected organization.

What are tags? tag icon

Tags are descriptors added by lens makers to help label content, attaching a vocabulary that is meaningful in the context of the lens.

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