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Sharp practice

Learning with 'e's

Many others now only publish their work in open access journals, and I intend to do the same. I will still also continue to write for professional journals and magazines such as Learning Technologies. I'm not the first academic who has made this stand and hopefully I won't be the last. Why the fluctuation in prices?

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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

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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7 Good Google Scholar Alternatives for Academics and Student Researchers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

You can use WorldCat to search for a wide variety of resources including research theses, books, magazines, songs, maps, genealogical records, movies, and more. The way WorldCat works is simple: type in your search query in the site's search box and browse through the list of libraries that provide access to the material you search for.

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Final Pat Farenga Webinar in "Starting to Homeschool" Series

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

To have access to the full set of recordings, please purchase the archive set. Farenga continues Holt’s work and published Growing Without Schooling magazine (GWS) from 1985 until it stopped in 2001. The Webinar tomorrow is free to attend live and to watch in recorded form for the following 24 hours. See you online!

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Pat Farenga's "Starting to Homeschool" Webinar Series Starts on Friday

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

To have access to the full set of recordings, please purchase the archive set. Farenga continues Holt’s work and published Growing Without Schooling magazine (GWS) from 1985 until it stopped in 2001. Are you seeking personalized, bold education options that build on your children’s strengths rather than conventional curricula?

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Cultural hegemony and disruption

Learning with 'e's

Wikipedia is popular because it can be accessed from anywhere using a web enabled mobile phone. Blogging and open access journals are becoming the first choice of publishing for many academics and scholars. It is now the first port of call for many, supplanting Britannica and other previously popular reference books.