A popular Washington Post article by my colleague Michael S. Rosenwald
Actually, online skimming probably hasn't affected serious reading after all - 0 views
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The truth is, probably, that the brain is simply not adaptable enough for such a radical change. Yes, the brain changes as a consequence of experience, but there are likely limits to this change, a point made by both Steve Pinker and Roger Schank when commenting on this issue.
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Pinker and Schank were among a group of people who responded in 2010 to Edge.org’s question: How is the Internet changing the way you think?
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Gabriel García Márquez - The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World | Poetry Genius - 0 views
The Daily Dot - Why the hottest trend in online education already has a cheating problem - 0 views
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students in a non-credit bearing MOOC (massive open online course) were cheating on the written assignments.
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Why would a student cheat in a course in which they voluntarily enrolled, and for which they earn no tangible rewards?
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We should not jump too hastily to the conclusion that MOOCs carry no real stakes.
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