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A Return of Foo-Foo the Snoo: Top Reads from 2021
The document discusses the importance of professional reading amidst information overload and the challenges of finding time for 'slow' reading. It highlights the criteria and methodologies used to identify top open access journal articles for 2021, addressing common questions about the selection process. The text concludes with reflections on the reading practices and encourages readers to share their own top reads from the year.
A Return of Foo-Foo the Snoo: Top Reads from 2021
- 1. A Return ofFoo-Foo the Snoo: Top Reads from 2021 Mark Brown, Eamon Costello & Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichil National Institute for Digital Learning Dublin City University 13th January 2022
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- 6. • Professional readingis important • We are awash in a deluge of information • Finding time for ‘slow’ reading is a challenge Three basic assumptions...
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- 8. Mahon, A., &Henry, S. (2021), But who are all these journal articles for? Writing, reading and our unhandsome condition, Cambridge Journal of Education, DOI: 10.1080/0305764X.2021. 1933903 A critique of the new ‘culture of speed’
- 9. Have you seenour list of top 10 “good reads” for 2021? https://nidl.blog
- 11. • What selectioncriteria do you adopt to help identify a really good (open access) journal article? • What selection methodology do you use to help identify the top 10 open access journal articles for the year? • Who contributes to the selection process and decides what makes the final cult of top 10 journal articles? Common questions...
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- 14. Quick facts... A diverserange of journals
- 15. Quick facts... Some notablegeographical gaps
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- 21. In 2021 Many ofthe “best reads” are still behind restricted gates
- 22. In 2021 Brief reflectionson this exercise…
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- 24. • What wasyour top read from 2021? • How do you filter the literature to ascertain whether a publication or journal article is worth reading? A return of Foo-Foo the Snoo... • How much time do you spend ‘slow’ reading the literature each month and is this long enough?
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