MALET Issues

Crony Capitalism: Unhealthy Relations Between Business and Government

Project Spotlight Page 2 of 2 Sometimes it's Lafreniere providing that assistance, and sometimes it's a fellow student. The system generates a unique set of problems for each student, while ensuring that they are based on the same mathematical concept. That randomization means students can work collaboratively, helping each other understand the mathematical procedure without copying each others' work.

A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies 2010

Interesting resource, this will actually apply to my evolving topic as well as I am focusing on online collaborative learning.

Politics and Ethics

Follow the Money!!

An article on campaign finance and ethics.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) contains two main sections that have been a source of particular controversy since they went into effect in 2000. The "anti-circumvention" provisions (sections 1201 et seq. of the Copyright Act) bar circumvention of access controls and technical protection measures.

Drew Clark discussing DMCA.

Anton Angelo gives a librarian's view on copyright and Open Access. Based in New Zealand, Creative Commons are champions for open access.

Another "round-up" of articles, but a great place to go for more information on game-based learning.

While not directed to any article in particular, I love Edutopia as being a site to go to for education news and resources. This page links out to a variety of great articles relating to game-based learning.

When reading the literature review about mobile gaming it got me thinking more about online gaming programs to use in the classroom. I did some digging to find this article about the effectiveness of games in education.

"Higher Education in the Digital Age" (edited by William G. Bowen) is divided into two sections. The first section includes adaptations of Bowen's presentations at The Tanner Lectures at Stanford University in 2012. The second section includes discussion responses from respected colleagues, and Bowen's response to the same.

Communication technology usage was not related to identity exploration, commitment, or status, but it did predict psychological symptom severity over and above the identity and relationship variables. Conclusions: Communication technology usage was found to be related to identity and relationship problems, and was linked to greater maladjustment, even after controlling for identity and relationship difficulties.

Recently, the usage of plagiarism detection software such as Turnitin® has increased dramatically among university instructors. At the same time, academic criticism of this software's employment has also increased. We interviewed 23 faculty members from various departments at a medium-sized, public university in the southeastern US to determine their perspectives on Turnitin® and student plagiarism.

Plagiarism is an area of increasing concern for written ChE assignments, such as laboratory and design reports, due to ease of access to text and other materials via the internet. This study examines the application of plagiarism screening software to four courses in a university chemical engineering curriculum.

Advances have been made in detecting and deterring the student plagiarism that has accompanied the uptake and development of the internet. Many authors from the late 1990s onwards grappled with plagiarism in the digital age, presenting articles that were provoking and established the foundation for strategies to address cyber plagiarism, including software such as Turnitin™.

I liked this article. I did some research on learning styles and have often wondered how this made a difference in online learning and if anything was being done about it. Just have not had any time to do any research. This is definitely one to save thanks.