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Change and inertia

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Indeed, the very first peer reviewed journal article I published, was entitled 'Managing technological change in nurse education'. It appeared in a British Computer Society journal in 1992. Concept by Steve Wheeler I have studied change management in large organisations for over 25 years. However, there is a caveat. Unported License.

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The hidden audience effect

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In effect, S'cool Radio is taking a similar approach to Dave Mitchell's Quadblogging concept but developing it in another direction. What both projects have in common is their capitalisation on the 'hidden audience' effect. Unported License. Based on a work at steve-wheeler.blogspot.com.

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Globally connected minds

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They will probably publish their work in a highly rated peer reviewed journal which very few will read, because only a very few will be able to penetrate the pay wall the publisher has erected to ''protect'' the research (which has usually been funded through public taxation). That''s what they are paid to do. Unported License.

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What students need

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Without effective tools, teachers' efforts will be limited, and often these limitations can arise from a lack of confidence in new technology. American Educational Research Journal, 39 (1), 101-132. Students require a lot of support, but this can only come from the dedicated professionals within the school. References Blatchford, P.

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Sharp practice

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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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Inspire to learn

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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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Online assessment: the student voice

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International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. Online assessment by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 The most important principle of any online learning programme is involvement. and Guitert, M. Unported License.

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