Lecture 33: Online Class

•Online class! By the end of class (9:50) please complete the following exercise:

•As the new editor–in–chief of a significant journal published by Reed Elsevier you would like to modernize the academic publishing process. You are eager to implement “open peer review” See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_peer_review even after Nature’s experiment with this form of peer review failed (see http://www.nature.com/nature/peerreview/debate/nature05535.html). However, a more recent experiment by Noah Wardrip-Fruin on the Grand Text Auto blog was more successful (see http://grandtextauto.org/2009/05/12/blog-based-peer-review-four-surprises/).  Do you try to convince your colleagues to try open peer review or are you daunted by examples such as Nature’s?

•Upload your 3-5-paragraph response to Google docs. Make sure you share your document so it is visible to anyone and add a link to the document as a comment on the Lecture 33 post. Be sure to e-mail the link to your TA and I as well. 

Lecture 32: Open Peer Review

Today we'll be doing some group work using the reading that was assigned for homework:

Lecture 32: Open Peer Review

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Lecture 31: Google Docs

Lecture 31: Google Docs

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Using Google for Research

During the lectures I often noted how useful google can be to find academic research. We talked about using google scholar and the advanced search function. With that in mind, I'm sure you'll appreciate this infographic from Jenica Rhee.



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Social Media and ALES204 Students

In academia there continues to be a lot (a lot!) of discussion about the pros and cons of allowing (or enabling?!) students to use social media in class. There are quite a few (the majority it seems) of professors and teachers who think students should NOT use laptops or smartphones in class. They are a distraction is the oft' touted reason. Well students of #ALES204, you know I think differently! And, in many of our lectures I've tried to highlight why it is so important that we all learn to become digitally literate. It is more than just using Facebook, but learning to use it for specific purposes (like to promote oneself for a job) and learning to make some aspects of our profiles private. We're also learning that tweeting about research-related information can generate new connections - possibly even with future employees.

So, it is with this in mind that I share with you an infographic sent to me from Jenica Rhee. It is called The Digital Promise. What do you think?

Flickr and Image Citation

After yesterday's lecture (thanks again Diane!!), I've had lots of questions about how to cite Flickr images that you find using a Creative Commons search and how to cite your own images.

Well, please take a look at this very thorough document that Diane made for us. Here is the link to it on google docs.

Remember, this is the format you will use in your e-portfolios when you include images. You will also use this citation method if you include any images in your assignments (such as your science article assignment).

Social Media & Student Use

I just want to say how proud I am of all of you and how well you're harnessing social media to further your learning and collaboration.

I thought I would highlight student work when it is brought to my attention. Here is a great example of an ALES204 students (Julianna Damer) using YouTube to broadcast her thoughts and connect with other classmates. Feel free to comment here to start a discussion with Julianna and/or to let me know what you've been up to. Perhaps you've made a video or a google doc that you'd like me to share with the class?

Lecture 19: Reviewing Science Articles

Today Pam will guest lecture and lead us on how to review a science article.

She will have a powerpoint which will be posted here.

Peer Review: Guest Lecture by Pam

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Lecture 17: Science Journal Articles

In today's lecture we will review the elements of a scientific paper:

Abstract

Introduction

Methods

Results

Discussion

Works Cited/References

The second example of an abstract comes from this article: 

Green Tea Consumption Is Inversely Associated with the Incidence of Influenza Infection among Schoolchildren in a Tea Plantation Area of Japan

you can read the abstract here or the entire paper here.

Also very useful is this article: Writing the Empirical Journal Article by

Daryl J. Bem
He gives some very useful examples of opening statements and how to present your findings.

Lecture 17: Elements of an Academic Paper

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Image from OWL at Purdue.

For further reading, check this out: HOW TO WRITE A SCIENTIFIC PAPER FOR A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL by PHIL LANG