Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI often hear people talking about adding elements of chance to an experience to make it more interesting. For instance, adding a random reward for doing a certain task in a system…. Source: Gamblification – don’t gamble with your people … Continue reading
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 minuteWe are almost there. The publisher webpage is up, and we are offering a free preview that includes the first two chapters. We have regained the rights to our 2011 book, The Guide to Computer Simulations and Games, originally published … 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 have decided to … 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