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More than skills: What can approaches to Digital Literacies learn from Academic Literacies?
Defining digital literacies is challenging because ‘literacies’ has been used in different ways, shifting from its association with the critical engagement with texts to encompass broader definitions relating to skills-based agendas (Lea, 2011). Support for the development of digital literacies in citizens, students and lecturers has over the last decade become a popular debate, with hundreds of digital literacy frameworks developing (for review see All Aboard!, 2015; and Hoechsmann, 2015). Yet, treatment of digital literacies as transferable, discrete sets of skills may not do justice to anyone. The academic literacies approach has developed from similar challenges around teaching text based skills (Lea and Street, 1998; Lea and Street, 2006; Lillis, 2006). Their consideration of the nuanced and complex practices around texts offers a sociological insight into the development of digital literacies. In this article, we contrast an academic literacies approach with JISC’s current thinking around digital capabilities, followed by a discussion of the parallels between Lea and Street’s (1998, 2006) academic literacies model and Bennett’s Digital Practitioner Framework (Bennett, 2014; Sharpe, 2010)
A Pedagogy of Care for Adolescent English Learners: A Formative Experiment
In the case of educators of adolescents in the dynamic process of English acquisition, it is our goal to increase the fulfillment and success of the students we are privileged to serve through nurturing their academic, emotional, personal, social, and civic development. It is, therefore, essential that educators understand the implementation and impact of teaching through a framework of care
The Navigator: Your guide to leadership for social purpose
The Navigator is your guide to leadership for social purpose. At the Centre for Social Impact (CSI), we believe that effective leadership for social purpose is one of the keys to achieving a better world, where people have the opportunity to achieve their goals free of discrimination and social inequality, where complex social problems are addressed, communities are diverse and thriving, and where organisations across sectors work together to grow positive social impact
Spin dynamics of coupled spin ladders near quantum criticality in Ba2CuTeO6
We report inelastic neutron scattering measurements of the magnetic
excitations in Ba2CuTeO6, proposed by ab initio calculations to magnetically
realize weakly coupled antiferromagnetic two-leg spin-1/2 ladders. Isolated
ladders are expected to have a singlet ground state protected by a spin gap.
Ba2CuTeO6 orders magnetically, but with a small Neel temperature relative to
the exchange strength, suggesting that the interladder couplings are relatively
small and only just able to stabilize magnetic order, placing Ba2CuTeO6 close
in parameter space to the critical point separating the gapped phase and Neel
order. Through comparison of the observed spin dynamics with linear spin wave
theory and quantum Monte Carlo calculations, we propose values for all relevant
intra- and interladder exchange parameters, which place the system on the
ordered side of the phase diagram in proximity to the critical point. We also
compare high field magnetization data with quantum Monte Carlo predictions for
the proposed model of coupled ladders.Comment: 14 pages, 12 figure
Intermultiplet transitions and magnetic long-range order in Sm-based pyrochlores
We present bulk and neutron scattering measurements performed on the
isotopically enriched and
samples. Both compounds display sharp heat
capacity anomalies, at 350 mK and 440 mK, respectively. Inelastic neutron
scattering measurements are employed to determine the crystalline electric
field (CEF) level scheme, which includes transitions between the ground-state
and first excited multiplets of the ion. To further
validate those results, the single-ion magnetic susceptibility of the compounds
is calculated and compared with the experimental DC-susceptibility measured in
low applied magnetic fields. It is demonstrated that the inclusion of
intermultiplet transitions in the CEF analysis is fundamental to the
understanding of the intermediate and, more importantly, low temperature
magnetic behaviour of the Sm-based pyrochlores. Finally, the heat capacity
anomaly is shown to correspond to the onset of an all-in-all-out long-range
order in the stannate sample, while in the titanate a dipolar long-range order
can be only indirectly inferred.Comment: 13 pages, 10 Figure
Taking stories: The ethics of cross-cultural community conservation research in Samburu, Kenya
Biodiversity is under threat at a global level, and many of the most biodiverse hotspots are in developing regions of the world. In many of these communities, livelihoods are often dependent on the same natural landscapes that support biodiversity. As a result, achieving global conservation and development goals is a priority in these regions, and therefore they attract the interest of both local and international researchers. However, research by outside, Western-based researchers can present ethical and practical challenges in these areas. Fortunately, community-based participatory research (CBPR), if managed well, can contribute to responsible conservation research in these regions. In this article, we investigate strategies to address ethical issues associated with cross-cultural conservation and development research. Our analysis draws on the experiences of a women’s village in northern Kenya and six Western researchers. Using qualitative methodologies, we identify common themes in ethical conservation and develop research including critical consciousness, relationship-building, reciprocity, and adaptive research processes. We discuss the implications for ethical CBPR and, specifically, the need for both researchers and funders to only conduct such research if they can devote the resources required to do so ethically. 
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