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Gideon Burton

What If We Ran Universities Like Wikipedia? - 2 views

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slashdot university academic evolution

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  • Gideon Burton on 20 Oct 10
     
    a new form of academic organization is emerging...
  • alexandergunnarson on 20 Oct 10
     
    I think Wikipedia-esque universities would be much more efficient. Kind of in the way free market economies tend to maximize economic output, "free market" universities would tend to maximize educational output. Are there any universities which currently implement this?
Ariel Szuch

Academic Evolution: Dear Students: Don't Let College Unplug Your Future - 1 views

www.academicevolution.com/...dear-students.html

academic evolution

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  • Ariel Szuch on 17 Dec 11
     
    An excellent, must-read post by our very own Dr. Burton.
Gideon Burton

Video Games as Art (with tweet) · pcbills · Storify - 0 views

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video games art born digital genre storify

shared by Gideon Burton on 02 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • Gideon Burton on 02 Dec 13
     
    In addition to discussing an important topic in digital culture, Paul Bills exemplifies here a new format for the academic essay: Storify used to curate content to make and to frame claims about a topic.
Gideon Burton

100 Search Engines for Serious Scholars - 1 views

www.onlineuniversities.com/...h-engines-for-serious-scholars

consume search Scholars Research Engines tools

shared by Gideon Burton on 24 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Gideon Burton on 24 Sep 10
     
    A great set of starting points for serious academic online research
  • Brian Earley on 24 Sep 10
     
    Prof. Burton, ceaseless amazement.
Jake Corkin

questia.com - 0 views

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consume digital literacy search

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  • Jake Corkin on 06 Oct 10
     
    good digital literacy lab. under consume. search for academic sources and books. also books online.
Gideon Burton

The digital age an age of stagnation? - 2 views

www.wired.com/...future-shock

future shock wired

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  • Gideon Burton on 22 May 12
     
    When Will This Low-Innovation Internet Era End?
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  • Sean Watson on 23 May 12
     
    Fascinating article. Thanks for sharing this, Dr. Burton. Do you think it's because internet technologies are mainly looked at as entertainment sources and not utilized as educational, academic, and research empowering tools? Is there something about the facility of information that hampers one's creativity, kind of like the cat and mouse game of dating that heightens one's mojo? Or could it possibly just be the result of a nation that has become exhausted with the competitive level necessary to transform this into what it may become? Or finally, do you think it's just a matter of time like the economic historian, Paul David said?
  • Gideon Burton on 25 May 12
     
    I do think it is a matter of time. People fall into ruts, even with revolutionary technologies. But enough is happening to keep this sphere innovating on the large scale even if it appears same-old in the short term. Nice to hear from you, Sean.
  • Sean Watson on 26 May 12
     
    Very interesting! Nice to hear from you too, Dr. Burton.
Danny Patterson

The concise encyclopedia of economics ADAM SMITH - 1 views

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The concise encyclopedia of economics Adam Smith The Wealth of Nations The invisible hand

shared by Danny Patterson on 27 Sep 10 - Cached
  • autumn gardner on 28 Sep 10
     
    i didn't know much about Adam Smith before this class. This is a good informative site.
Gideon Burton

Academic Evolution: Western Civilization and the Digital World - 1 views

www.academicevolution.com/...ion-and-the-digital-world.html

history civilization syllabus

shared by Gideon Burton on 15 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Gideon Burton on 15 Sep 10
     
    The first draft of our history of civilization / digital civ course
Sean Watson

Robert Hooke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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hooke royal Society

shared by Sean Watson on 19 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Jump to: navigation, search Robert Hooke Portrait of Hooke, 2004. Born 18 July 1635Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England Died 3 March 1703 (aged 67)London, England Fields Physics and chemistry Institutions Oxford University Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford Academic advisors Robert Boyle Known for Hooke's LawMicroscopyapplied the word 'cell' Influences Richard Busby Contents [hide] 1 Life and works 1.1 Early life 1.2 Oxford 1.3 The Watch Balance Spring 1.4 Royal Society 2 Personality and disputes 3 Hooke the scientist 3.1 Mechanics 3.2 Gravitation 3.3 Microscopy 3.4 Astronomy 4 Hooke the architect 5 Likenesses 6 Commemorations 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links //
  • Hooke is known for his law of elasticity (Hooke's law), his book, Micrographia, and for first applying the word "cell" to describe the basic unit of life
  • Micrographia
Jeffrey Chen

romanticism overview - 0 views

academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/...rom.html

nature romanticism recent

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  • Jeffrey Chen on 12 Oct 10
     
    For those who are not too keen on romanticism, this is the site for you!
Jeffrey Chen

Printculture: Culture, politics, and academic life - 0 views

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Print Culture blog digiciv

shared by Jeffrey Chen on 13 Dec 10 - Cached
  • Jeffrey Chen on 13 Dec 10
     
    Great blog that really illustrates the use of print in modern days. It discusses many important aspects of daily life.
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