Academic
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How Open is Open Access
Sep
17
2023
Open Access (OA) has always been thought about as a way to throw open the doors of reading and publishing academic work. To encourage anyone and everyone to read expert peer reviewed knowledge from a wide range of subject areas, and that academics,…
/ Read MoreThe Knowledge Web Problem
Jun
26
2023
There is a huge problem rapidly approaching on the horizon of data society: the authenticity and custodianship of the Knowledge Web. This has been especially highlighted by the ever expanding AI data web crawling and soon to be encountered 'unravelling'…
/ Read MoreOil of the 21st Century
Apr
30
2023
Back in 2007, a movement sprang up and immediately gained prominent attention, known as 'the Oil of the 21st Century' (aka Oil21). Their message was that intellectual property would become the most valuable…
/ Read MoreThe Real Cost of Crypto and Chatbots
Apr
18
2023
Today's angry place is focused on the double standards of embracing big tech without question versus espousal of critical literacy that exists in academia. Why is this so?
AI chatbot mass use is totally unsustainable from an environmental…
/ Read MoreThe shifting sands of tech
Apr
09
2023
This post is about the shifting sands of technology we find ourselves in as simple flesh and bone humans trying to deal with the landscapes of media and information in our datafied lives. Nothing is certain, nothing is permanent. It is actually a bit…
/ Read MoreWhy coursework matters
Jan
13
2023
Im thinking about coursework as assignments for degree assessment. Here I’m emphasising why practical real-world orientated coursework is so valuable to students, way beyond the grading process. Some courses hardly ever use coursework at all, or very…
/ Read MoreThe terrible assumptions of digital literacy
Aug
29
2022
This post is about ridding ourselves of dumb assumptions about digital literacy – who knows about tech and who doesn’t. Mostly, all assumptions are wrong, and do harm to how society progresses as a digital community.
Recently I’ve been dealing…
/ Read MoreLet's talk about Questionnaires
Jul
22
2022
Why are questionnaires always so badly designed? Why do people think it is easy to put a questionnaire together? This post considers the key problems in an honest, candid way.
I see quite a lot of ‘quantitative’ research from various sources,…
/ Read MoreThe Challenges of Peer Review
May
06
2022
This post is about dealing with difficult peer review, particularly reviewers who are rude and patronising. It’s made up of three posts shared in Facebook and I reproduce largely intact.
Dealing with negative peer review is always interesting.…
/ Read MoreUnwritten Stories of PhD
Feb
03
2022
I write this post to document my own journey a little, and for the benefit of others who think they aren’t good enough, aren’t suitable or are ‘the wrong kind of person’ for doing this kind of thing. That was probably my own self-view. But I am now…
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