Open Reading with your Eyes Shut: Demystifying Foo-Foo the Snoo
1. Open Reading with your Eyes Shut:
Demystifying Foo-Foo the Snoo
Mark Brown
Mairead Nic Giolla Mhichil & Eamon Costello
National Institute for Digital Learning
Dublin City University
21 April 2021
2. Open Reading with your Eyes Shut:
Demystifying Foo-Foo the Snoo
Mark Brown
Mairead Nic Giolla Mhichil & Eamon Costello
National Institute for Digital Learning
Dublin City University
21 April 2021
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7. Question for you...
• What’s your No 1 “go to” source of
professional reading to keep up-to-date?
12. • What selection criteria 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 do you involve in the selection process to help enhance
the validity of the list of top 10 (open access) journal articles?
Key questions...
13. In 2020
Have you seen last year’s top 10 list?
https://nidl.blog
15. Quick facts...
• 28 authors
• Authors: men 40% | women 60%
• 5 US-based articles | 3 UK/Europe
• Only 2 articles singled authored
• AJET no longer No 1 place
• 4 journals appear for the first time
In 2020
25. • What was your top read from 2020 and why?
• How do you filter the literature to quickly
ascertain whether a publication or journal article
is worth reading?
Returning to Foo-Foo the Snoo...
• What one tip would you offer other
educators to help them locate the best
journal articles to be reading?