Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

Maybe it's just me, but how is the question "what is returned when you search for an educational research article on Google Scholar?" answered by studying "2,500 articles published between 2010 and 2022 across six AERA journals"? I get that the idea was to test Google Scholar by finding other versions of the articles that were't locked up. But even if you reference "AERA's role as a nationally and globally important organization," it's not like AERA comes even close to being 'all of education research' let alone 'all of Google Scholar results'. Nor is it representative of all educational research in any significant way. Anyhow, the article was published at Teachers College Record, where it's behind a paywall. There's an open version here (though who is ever going to find this version of the article?). These people in education, still publishing in paywalled journals... I don't know, I mean, I just don't know...

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Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
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