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13 Jul 08
Pioneering research shows ‘Google Generation’ is a myth
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A new study overturns the common assumption that the ‘Google
Generation' – youngsters born or brought up in the Internet age
– is the most web-literate. The first ever virtual longitudinal
study carried out by the CIBER research team at University College
London claims that, although young people demonstrate an apparent
ease and familiarity with computers, they rely heavily on search
engines, view rather than read and do not possess the critical and
analytical skills to assess the information that they find on the
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A new study overturns the common assumption that the ‘Google
Generation' – youngsters born or brought up in the Internet age
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24 Nov 07
UK Research Evaluation Framework: Validate Metrics Against Panel Rankings - Open Access Archivangelism
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Once one sees the whole report, it turns out that the HEFCE/RAE Research Evaluation Framework is far better, far more flexible, and far more comprehensive than is reflected in either the press release or the Executive Summary.
13 Nov 07
UK RAE Reform Should Be Evidence-Based - Open Access Archivangelism
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UK RAE Reform Should Be Evidence-Based
The UK Research Assessment Exercise has taken a few steps forward and a few steps back:(1) In evaluating and rewarding the research performance of universities department by department, future RAEs (after 2008) will no longer, as before, assess only 4 selected papers per researcher, among those researchers selected for inclusion: All papers, by all departmental researchers, will be assessed. (Step forward)
(2) The assessment will be in terms of objective metrics, not just in terms of panel review. (Step forward)
(3) The metrics will be multiple, rather than just a single metric. (Step forward)
(4) The new system will apply to science, technology, and engineering, at least. (Step forward)
(5) The new system may only apply to science, technology and engineering. (Step Backward)
(6) The metrics considered may be only three, picked a priori: (i) prior research income, (ii) postgraduate numbers, and (iii) the "impact factor" (i.e., the average number of citations) of the journal in which each article was published. (Step Backward)
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