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Is Wikipedia a Trustworthy Academic Resource? Scientists Think So It might seem like common sense to exclude Wikipedia from the list of great science resources, but researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology would like you to reconsider that notion. A team of researchers from MIT and the University of Pittsburgh asked chemistry graduate students to flex their writing skills and create new Wikipedia articles on scientific topics that were missing from the site, eCampus News reports. The new scientific Wikipedia articles received thousands of views per month, including many from researchers writing scientific literature. eCampus News reports that the researchers found Wikipedia to be influencing one word in every 300 in typical scientific articles. “Our research shows that scientists are using Wikipedia and it is influencing how they write about the science that they are doing,” Neil Thompson, an assistant professor of innovation and strategy at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, tells eCampus News.
About the Research Center | Writing in Digital Environments Writing in Digital Environments (WIDE) Research is a research area operating within the context of MATRIX. WIDE’s maintains its historical focus on creating new knowledge about digital communication, and we remain committed to results that have impact via academic literatures and via more public outcomes, such as events, performances, and software. Player not working? iOS, Safari and some Android environments will not properly prompt you for a password if this video is password protected. If you are having problems with the 'download file' link right-click on the link and choose 'Save As..' or 'Save Link As..' In 2013-2014, WIDE will focus on “unprofessional writing.” As always, WIDE is committed to creating new knowledge, preparing new generations of researchers and leaders, and so impacting the world. Signature and recent projects include: To learn more about WIDE, contact the following WIDE associates for more information:
NoodleTools : MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian Bibliography Composer, Online Notecards Plagiarism in Pop Culture: Coco Coco is a 2017 film animated film by Pixar Studios that achieved both critical and commercial success. It won two Academy Awards, including Best Animated Feature, and became the 15th highest-grossing animated film of all time. Inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations, which are ongoing as this is post is published, the film tapped into themes of family, culture and destiny to tell a story that connected with audiences around the globe. However, the film had one theme that wasn’t widely reported: Plagiarism. As it turns out, much of the story of Coco centers around a multi-generational plagiarism story that not only began the plot of the film but led to its conclusions. To understand how, we first have to take a look at how the story in Coco unfolded and then we can examine just how likely the plagiarism is, both in the context of the film and our modern era. Content Warning: Spoilers for Coco. The Plot Miguel learns of a local talent show but is unsure about entering it.
10 Free Tools for Everyday Research - Getting Smart by Susan Oxnevad - @soxnevad Why do so many students choose Wikipedia when asked to find information on the Internet? I believe the answer is that Wikipedia is like the McDonalds of the Internet, you can always find it and you know what you’re going to get. Quite frankly, I like Wikipedia because it provides students with a starting point for research and I am particularly fond of the way I’ve seen so many students develop their own method of research by using the links at the bottom to find more information. As educators we are faced with the challenge of teaching students to efficiently use the Internet to find and use information. Google Search Education Google’s Search Education tool promises to bring educators the tools they need to help students learn to search. Teach students to search Google Custom Search The Goggle Custom Search tool provides users with the ability to build your own search engine with customized content you choose. Build your own search engine The Find Tool Oolone A visual search engine Twurdy
10 Ideas for Classroom Video Projects “… ten years ago, not one student in a hundred, nay, one in a thousand, could have produced videos like this. It’s a whole new skill, a vital and important skill, and one utterly necessary not simply from the perspective of creating but also of comprehending video communication today.” (Stephen Downes) If you follow my Twitter-stream, you know that I spend a lot of time viewing, collecting & sharing videos. In this post, I share ideas on certain types of videos that I’ve gathered and how educators might use related methods or styles to engage students in constructing and deconstructing media while becoming critical consumers and producers of digital media. 1) Conversation with Future Me/You: “A Conversation with My 12 Year Old Self: 20th Anniversary Edition” is a recently popular video by Jeremiah McDonald. Another angle for this activity could be to create a video or a dialogue with a literary, historical or popular media character. 2) Genre Shifting Movie Trailers: 5) Stop Motion:
To tackle student cheating, we need to reimagine university assessment | Jon Scott | Higher Education Network Ghost-writing academic work is nothing new but until relatively recently it was out of reach of most students. Now essay mills have started rolling on an industrial scale. Their sophisticated websites offer production of a whole range of assignments up to and including dissertations and theses. If required, a typical undergraduate essay, on pretty much any topic, can be turned around in less than 24 hours. They have become so normalised that last month, a BBC investigation uncovered YouTube stars being paid to promote an academic cheating website based in the Ukraine, in videos with more than 700m views. It’s clear that essay mills are here to stay, so where do we go next? But even in the exam hall, there can be challenges, with different smart devices, such as watches, enabling access to online communications. Instead, universities – including my own – are starting to think creatively. The main barrier to these assessments is how much time it takes to develop them.
Full-Time School Librarians Boost Student Test Scores in Reading, Writing, Says PA Report By Shelley M. Diaz and Sarah Bayliss on October 25, 2012 Upper Merion High School Librarian Sharon Nardelli assists ninth-graders with research. Photos by Stuart Goldenberg Story update October 26, 10:11 AM. Access to a full-time school librarian increases student test scores, closes the achievement gap, and improves writing skills, according to a new study of Pennsylvania public schools conducted by the Colorado-based RSL Research Group. The results of the first comprehensive study of Pennsylvania school libraries in a decade was presented at an October 25 press conference, kicking off School Library Journal’s annual Leadership Summit. Garnet Valley Elementary School Librarian Tracy Nelson reviews research techniques with a pair of 5th-grade students. The research, focusing on students in grades 3 to 11, was also the first to examine student writing, according to a press release. In this struggle to get heard by school and government, persistence is key. Some key points from the study:
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