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Category Archives: Academia
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesOpen-access journal articles have been found, to some extent, to be downloaded and cited more than non-OA articles. But could the same be true for books? Carrie Calder reports on recent research in… Source: Impact of Social Sciences – Open-access … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe have regained the rights to our 2011 book, The Guide to Computer Simulations and Games, originally published by Wiley. We are in the process of updating it for a new edition, but in the meantime we are releasing the … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI cam across this quiz from the EasyBib Blog today. I have some problems with it. Think you can identify plagiarism like a pro? See if you can beat this quiz by our citation expert and prove that you’re as … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteNot new, but an excellent take on the issue. Last week, I wrote a post on the hierarchy of scientific evidence which included the figure to the right. In that post, I explained why some types of scientific papers produced … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesA common kind of complaint among many HE faculty: My student comes with a long story about why they need an extension on an assignment. I have already gone to some lengths to make sure my students have plenty of … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have an education question for anyone with expertise in assessment: Are there any studies examining the notion that marking all of one assignment/paper contemporaneously leads to more consistency? It strikes me as intuitively true, but I’d love to … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith a Hat-Tip to Alex Bruton for sharing this. This is yet another one of these “hot new terms” that people like to say in the hopes it will make them sound “with it”. It seems to be one of … Continue reading