Tag: language
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Evolution of the alphabet
https://usefulcharts.com/products/evolution-of-the-alphabet Fascinating. You can also watch the creator of this chart explain the process.
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Why shouldn’t journals publish translations of articles alongside the English version?
Update (14 April 2022): If you’re interested in the notion that something is lost when we default to English as the language of scientific communication, you may be interested in this reflective podcast by Shaun Cleaver that was prepared as part of the 2020 In beta unconference. A few days ago I received a submission…
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AMEE conference (day 2)
accreditation, AMEE, AMEE11, anatomy course, athol kent, clinical competencies, collaboration, competence, dental students, distance education, Distance Learning, encyclopaedia, fictional city, gaming in education, global medical education, global medicine, globalisation, interanationalisation, international medical education, language, learning resources, lexicon, life-long education, life-long learning, mobile devices, mobile learning, portfolios, professional culture, reflective journals, self-directed learning, virtual city, virtual clinical encounterThese are the notes I took on the second day of AMEE. One of the things I noticed is that in most of the presentations the speakers talk about “doctors”, and that little is said about “health professionals”. There seem to be few people here who understand that effective healthcare can only be delivered by…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-23
in Digestacademic integrity, africa, CEO, cheating, cognician, conversation tool, facebook, inception, ipad, kmail, language, mendeley, online behaviour, online learning, pdf, port Zotero, professional behaviour, rapportive, RT, teaching problems, thunderbird, Tony Bates, twifficiency, twitter, United Kingdom, zoteroCheating in online learning. Balanced viewpoint from Tony Bates http://bit.ly/adFoXT # Went back 2 Thunderbird after using Kmail for a few years. Really impressed with how it’s developed, I’m actually enjoying managing my email # RT @alastairotter: How the Internet is changing language http://bbc.in/95XmAo # @nlafferty Used 2 use Zotero until I tried Mendeley, which…
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Students’ languages and their associations
Our Directorate of Teaching and Learning has organised a series of seminars over the next few months, with invited speakers from a variety of institutions across the country. They’ll be presenting on a range of topics, including academic literacy, integrating technology into teaching, working with large classes, teaching practices, and educational theory. I’ll also be…