Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2022

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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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Once they have the ample resource materials to back their arguments, students then need to “bag it and tag it” in preparation for the citations and references. The real value of this free reference manager is in the publicly shared libraries of other users. Open access means free, so this is a great resource for cash-strapped students.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 26, 2023

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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