links for 2011-05-12
May 13, 2011
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Crowd sourced academic peer review is an interesting idea and might but I think the flaw in the Sympoze model is the limited encouragement to offer comments beyond an accept/reject vote. In my reviewing experience there are few papers that are not in need of at least minor change post-review and many reviewers are already inclined to offer minimal comment.
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This site is interesting at least as much for a practical demonstration of what is possible in Google sites as for its introduction to eteaching for beginners.
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Jane Hart launched Share&Learn – based on WordPress and plugins – to support informal and formal learning. It can provide some LMS facilities but is more open and extensible than most.
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Some interesting examples of using the backchannel to support student engagement in learning – Twitter and more specific applications are discussed.
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My major take out from this was that the devices used by students are increasingly likely to be their own and hence heterogenous. In that case it is not feasible to develop for specific devices and web standards using HTML5 and CSS3 will be a much better choice.
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This ought not surprise anybody but it does highlight the importance of the work being done through TTF
About The Author
DrAlb
3 Comments
Hi,
Sympoze referees won’t be limited to a simple accept/vote.
Referees will vote up or down, but each submissions will be a post with a comment thread that referees can post anonymous comments to.
That’s good to know. It may be important to set high standards for comments in the initial phases. I know from work with journals and conferences that comments from some reviewers are very brief and offer little in the way of constructive advice. It might be helpful to provide some structure and/or models of appropriate comments so as to build a culture of reviewing that works.
That’s a good idea.