Using the web for open peer review

Cohen, P. (2010) Scholars test web alternative to peer review New York Times, August 23

Interesting article about the Shakespeare Quarterly‘s experiment in open peer reviewing.

‘The journal posted online four essays not yet accepted for publication, and a core group of experts….were invited to post their signed comments on the Web [...]

The impact of digitization on the study of literature

Parry, M. (2010) The humanities go Google Chronicle of Higher Education, June 3

In 1959, a physicist and novelist at Cambridge University, C.P. Snow, argued that the breakdown of communication between the “two cultures” of modern society — the sciences and the humanities — was a major hindrance to solving the world’s problems.

This [...]

Open resource on essay writing from the University of the South Pacific

From the University of the South Pacific

I dedicate this item to all those Canadians who are getting sick of snow and below zero temperatures in the middle of our winter.

Established in 1968, the University of the South Pacific is one of only two universities of its type in [...]

Learning English via games on cell-phones in rural India

Simmi Aujla (2009)  In Rural India, Learning English via Cellphone Chronicle of Higher Education, October 21

A project based at Carnegie Mellon University will study how effective games on cellphones are at teaching English to students in rural India.

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Why am I deeply skeptical of such a worthy effort? Could it be that [...]

Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers

Keller, J. (2009) Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers Chronicle of Higher Education, June 15

Interesting article exploring the differences between ‘academic’ writing and ‘Internet’ writing, based on studies at Stanford and Harvard Universities