Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

During my keynote for the Zukunft Personal event in Cologne, I publicly announced that I would no longer publish my work in closed journals. In truth, the last time one of my papers was published in a pay-to-subscribe journal was quite some time ago. How much does it cost a publishing house to create and maintain an online journal?

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Learning with e's

APRIL 1, 2014

not peer reviewed) is seen as inferior to those articles that appear in highly rated journals. Yet somehow, I feel this is a huge mistake, because many academics who write in those ''high quality'' journals also blog. What academic journal could promise me that kind of audience? Photo by James Clay Seriously.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 29, 2018

I recently read a thought provoking article in the RSA journal about how one English school is harnessing the power of dialogue to enhance learning. Royal Society of Arts Journal , 3: 26-31. I suspect it's the same for many others. Now that's a school I wish I could have attended when I was young. Reference Hyman, P.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 27, 2013

There is nothing to stop students going farther and publishing their work in mainstream journals - if their work is good enough it should be shared widely. Some of my previous students have published in journals in the past few years. Read the complete article at this link. It''s also very motivating for them. Unported License.

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OCTOBER 18, 2014

Much has been written on PLEs, including a wealth of peer reviewed journal articles that feature empirical research. Photo by Adib Wahab This time it''s personal by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Learning with e's

JULY 13, 2015

In yesterday's post entitled ' Open or shut ', I wrote about a rise in the number of academics who are turning their back on traditional research publications such as closed journals, in favour of more open, accessible outputs such as blogs and open access journals. million peer-reviewed articles are published annually.

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Learning with e's

JULY 19, 2011

Although journal articles and books are a great source of knowledge, many articles go quickly out of date, and were probably in most cases already out of date by the time they were published, due to ponderous editorial and review processes, and a general back-log of articles that wait in a queue to be published.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 29, 2012

The latest issue of the online open journal eLearn Centre Research Paper Series has just been published. The five articles in this edition of eLC Research Paper Series reflect the short but intense trajectory of the group. The papers originate from a conference held in Barcelona in the Summer of 2012. Unported License.

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JUNE 15, 2012

Co-incidentally, in their packs, each delegate received a copy of Panlibus Magazine , containing an article written by me entitled 'Moving away from books'. I was challenged by delegates at Solstice to elaborate on the legal and ethical issues of Creative Commons and other Copyleft approaches. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

That was the main reason, I declared, that I resigned from my job as Co-editor of a major Taylor and Francis journal late last year. Paper based journals suffer from editorial back logs and there is little they can do to alleviate this problem. One delegate claimed that the review processes for open journals were not as rigorous.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The big four show no signs of relenting in their profiteering, so several years ago I took a very public decision to resign as editor of a major academic journal. I subsequently pledged that I would never again write, review or edit for a closed academic journal. How many people read an article in a closed journal?

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Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2011

There is a criticism that blogs are not peer reviewed, contain mainly opinion and have no credibility when compared with peer reviewed journal articles. Journal articles are usually double reviewed by people who are deemed to be experts in their field. Let's examine each criticism in turn. But what is research anyway?

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Writing a good abstract - a brief summary, precis or synopsis that appears at the front of an article - is important. The same applies with journal articles - most publishers, particularly those who put up paywalls, will often allow you a free look at just the journal abstracts. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 27, 2011

Journal articles take so long to publish, they are often out of date long before the ink is dry. This is because they go through a process of peer review and revision, and then they can hit a brickwall if the journal has a significant backlog of accepted papers, and a page count limit (which most do).

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Learning with e's

JULY 24, 2010

Before anyone points out the fact that paper based journal cost money to produce, edit, review, print and distribute, I want to make the following points: Most academic journals are run by academics on a voluntary basis - those who review for my journal don't get paid a penny.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 4, 2016

Many keep libraries of books, journals and other media on their shelves, used for reference to remind them of theories, principles or methods they wish to recall. Some people display framed certificates on their walls, or photos of their degree ceremony. People represent their knowledge symbolically in many different ways. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 30, 2016

In a recently published article, my colleagues Maged Boulos, Dean Giustini and I write about how learning through social media is transforming medical practices, health care and education. Here's an excerpt from the article, published in the open access journal Future Internet. The full text is available at this link.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 8, 2012

In an editorial piece in the American Journal of Distance Education in 1989 Moore outlined his three levels. The article called for "design strategies that facilitate students' acquisition of the skills needed to participate effectively in the electronic classroom". The American Journal of Distance Education, 8 (2), 30-42.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

A journal article by Kirk and Pitches (2013) is a useful starting point, because they identify three specific categories of technology that have a place in contemporary learning. 2013) Digital reflection: Using digital technologies to enhance and embed creative processes. Reference Kirk, C. and Pitches, J. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 12, 2013

Earlier, in a 2008 article '' The Good, the Bad and the Wiki '', my colleagues and I had reported that students became very protective over ''their content'' in collaborative spaces such as wikis and took pride in presenting their ideas to a wider public audience. At Pelecon 2013 five more students presented their work. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

On the other hand, and this is the disturbing part - he may actually be deadly serious when he declares: Scholars who write blogs obviously try to avoid the harshness of the peer review system and to air their half-baked thoughts through a less demanding publication channel than a peer reviewed journal. Sinful, I ask you. Good grief.

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Mindflash

APRIL 12, 2012

In a piece outlining the findings in Gallup Management Journal , Aniruddh Haralalka and Leong Chee Tung summarize the results: “Not everyone can excel at a particular task, regardless of training and effort. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user pasukaru76. Better performance, lower turnover.

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Learning with e's

JULY 12, 2015

Many have openly pledged to never write, edit or review for closed journals again. Others choose to continue publishing their work in conventional peer-reviewed journals, but also disseminate their work widely through non-peer reviewed digital channels. Photo by Justinc on Wikimedia Commons Open or shut? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 20, 2015

Several peer reviewed journal articles (and a special issue in Interactive Learning Environments) also appeared, and countless blog posts were published. Please join us at 2000 BST to contribute to the discussion. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 19, 2008

There is a journal, Field Methods , with an editor - H. Now someone from the journal PLEASE explain to me, what benefits you and/or your customers derives from you having this relationship with this publisher?! Does the journal get a slice of the money that the publisher charges consumers without which the journal could not operate?

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 7, 2012

Published in 2009 in Volume 91, Issue 4 of the journal Social Realism , my paper performs a complex Derridian critique of Lacan's Semanticist Model. Impact factors for each journal are calculated over a three year period on the average number of times its articles are cited in other articles appearing in the list of indexed journals.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

In an article entitled 'Learning from Learners', Rachel Wu (Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester, New York) discusses some recent findings on how infants learn. Journal of Cell Science, 121, 1771. Perhaps the best way to learn really is to see the world through the eyes of a child. Vygotsky, L.

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Mindflash

MARCH 14, 2012

These may be through webinars, journals, periodicals, blogs, or events. We share articles with our clients. For more Daily Mindflash articles on Learning and Development, click here. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user Robert Scoble. We also talk about education. We pass around whitepapers.

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 19, 2008

eLearning Guilds Summer Seminar Series | Main | Off Topic: Lets look at this at this as a chance to learn about oil » June 19, 2008 Soapbox for the Day: Academic Journals like Field Methods, that dont support things like access to their content Honest to goodness, someone please respond to me so we can have an open conversation about this.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 21, 2012

Wikipedia, the online crowd-sourced encyclopaedia, hosts over 14 million articles on just about every subject under the sun. Citizen journalism is now a regular feature in much of mainstream media news coverage. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

In yesterday's post I gave the first part of a review of the latest issue of the journal Interactive Learning Environments , which is a special issue entitled: 'Towards eLearning 2.0 This last article certainly offers a controversial and fascinating read, and will doubtless provoke some fierce debate. University'. An institutional PLE?

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Learning with e's

MAY 2, 2011

OK, this is a potted version of Prensky's article, and you can read the entire thing for yourself at the link above. The natives are revolting by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Perhaps it conveniently suits their purpose.? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 31, 2012

The entire account of that research can be found in the 2008 British Journal of Educational Technology article The Good, the Bad and the Wiki. Image courtesy of Westfields Junior School The hidden audience effect by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 31, 2008

Mallette.and anybody else directly involved with the choice to publish the journal " Educational Researcher " through SAGE. Why not license this work under Creative Commons ? Why not follow the model of the Public Library of Science Journals ? Or Open Access Journals ? Elmore, Gregory Camilli, Anthony J.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 31, 2008

Mallette.and anybody else directly involved with the choice to publish the journal " Educational Researcher " through SAGE. Why not license this work under Creative Commons ? Why not follow the model of the Public Library of Science Journals ? Or Open Access Journals ? Elmore, Gregory Camilli, Anthony J.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Top 35 Articles on eLearning Strategy - eLearning Technology , November 1, 2010. 5 Tools for Online Journalism, Exploration and Visualization - ReadWriteWeb , October 2, 2010. What’s Wrong With Creative Commons - Half an Hour , November 15, 2010. A day with Dave Snowden - Internet Time , October 26, 2010.

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Hurix Digital

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Further, the first page of each article should include complete bibliographic information along with information regarding copyright and editorial processing history, including revision, receipt date, acceptance, and availability on the website. Authorship .

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