Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
Free Webinar, March 26: “All You Need to Know to Support Academics with Text Mining”
Join SAGE Ocean’s latest webinar, hosted by Dr. Daniela Duca, to learn all you need to know for supporting academics with text mining, and hear from the perspective of other librarians, researchers and start-ups who create text mining tools.
Tips from Behavioral Science to Flatten the Curve on COVID Anxiety
Although feeling anxiety in response to a threat is a normal human reaction, sustained high anxiety can undermine constructive responses to the crisis. The following suggestions, based on psychological science, can help you deal with coronavirus anxiety.
Active Online Learning
I was an early adopter for online teaching and learning. My experience teaching, developing courses, and consulting about e-learning morphed into an […]
Learn From COVID-19 Myths – Don’t Just Debunk Them
Instead of viewing rumors and myths as misperceptions that can be suppressed with accurate information, we should treat them as opportunities to understand — and respond to — the legitimate anxieties of the people who adopt and share them. In other words, we should look at them as valuable feedback that can help improve our own reporting and messaging.
We Should Talk About ‘Distant Socializing’ Instead of ‘Social Distancing’
The same technologies that people once blamed for tearing society apart might be our best chance of staying together during the COVID-19 outbreak, says Stanford’s Jamil Zaki.
Impact in Action: DRIVE-ing to Improve Elementary School Literacy
A simple idea the authors had to help local schools has evolved into an enterprise that benefits struggling elementary readers, their schools, and future educators and school personnel who give back to their communities through their service to the profession.
Why Are People Hoarding Toilet Paper?
The other day I went into Costco to buy some toilet paper. It came as a small shock when I couldn’t find […]
Empty Grocery Shelves! Are Supply Chains Resilient Enough?
Toilet paper shortages, profiteering from hand sanitizer and empty shelves in grocery stores. Thanks to COVID-19, governments in most industrialized nations are […]
