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10 Characteristics of 21st Century Learners

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

With technologies like AI taking the world by surprise, the ability to generate and access knowledge has become almost ubiquitous for anyone with an internet connection. In my experience, digitally proficient students are better equipped to access a vast range of learning resources and collaborate on a global scale.

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Will 'Publish or Perish' Become 'Clicks or Canned'? The Rise of Academic Social Networks

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The service also features a number of tools for research management, including the ability to generate bibliographies, import papers from other software and allow users to annotate documents. Mendeley started as an open-access research network, and some researchers balked when publishing giant Elsevier purchased the site in 2013.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The for-profit Charlotte School of Law says it might get its access to federal financial aid restored. Via the Indianapolis Business Journal : “Legal skirmishes break out over ITT documents, data.” Elsevier has acquired bepress. ” Codecademy, Edsurge contends, is now a competitor to Coursera and Udacity.

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7 Good Academic Search Engines for Science Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

While some of the resources you might come across are available for free most of the academic literature, as you know, is paywalled and you can either use your institutional affiliation or purchase the document yourself to access it. Scopus Scopus by Elsevier is a database of citations and abstracts of peer-reviewed literature.

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7 Good Google Scholar Alternatives for Academics and Student Researchers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

WorldCat enables you to access 'article citations with links to full text, authoritative research materials, one-of-a-kind documents and photos of local or historic significance, and digital versions of rare items that aren’t generally available to the public.' Access to ERIC is free and does not require any membership or subscription.

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Best Websites to Help You Find Academic Books and Journal Articles

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

If you are affiliated with an academic institution or organization you can use their login credentials for free access, otherwise, you will have pay to access paywalled materials. you can either directly access online content that’s openly available or click on a link for a library near you.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The program will focus on nonprofits that help refugees, which will be able to apply for fee waivers to access the Coursera course catalog.” Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. ” “ Law Schools Are Going Online to Reach New Students,” says The New York Times. Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech).