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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Unfortunately, a sizeable portion of this academic scholarship is locked behind paywalls thus restricting its access to those who can afford to pay. Several researchers and students are unable to afford the high costs required for access thus crippling their efforts to participate in the generation of quality knowledge.

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

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Mendeley Created as a reference-management tool to help users organize their research, Mendeley also includes a number of social-networking features. 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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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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Best Websites to Help You Find Academic Books and Journal Articles

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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. One of my favourite things about Google Scholar is reference mining. One of my favourite things about Google Scholar is reference mining.

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7 Good Google Scholar Alternatives for Academics and Student Researchers

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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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10 Characteristics of 21st Century Learners

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Throughout this series, we have delved into the characteristics of 21st-century teachers, students, classrooms, and the very nature of learning itself. These technologies, I believe, are creating new learning habits and spaces, transforming how education is delivered and consumed.

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Cultural hegemony and disruption

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Commonly referred to as 'brainwashing' hegemony is an insidious way to indoctrinate the masses into a ' false consciousness ' where each person believes they have ultimate control of their own destiny. It is now the first port of call for many, supplanting Britannica and other previously popular reference books.