Category: Scholarly Pursuits

Learn About Our University Library Through Minecraft

So as you might have picked up by now, I’m part of the faculty at Old Dominion University.  Imagine my surprise to discover that Matt Jabaily, Education Reference Librarian, is running a multiplayer Minecraft...

Students Self-Handicap to Protect Themselves

When students feel that their performance on learning assessments is out of their control, they create excuses before the assessment has even taken place.  These excuses are often not based in reality; instead, the...

Should You Personalize Mass E-mails?

In an upcoming issue of Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, Maslowska, van den Putte and Smit ((Maslowska, E., Putte, B., & Smit, E. (2011). The Effectiveness of Personalized E-mail Newsletters and the Role of...

Graduate Students Who Teach Are More Skilled at Research

According to recent research appearing in Science, the traditional advice to graduate students to minimize their time spent teaching and maximize their time spent on research may ultimately harm the development of their research...