A few hundred years ago editors were more like collators. They would gather together bnits and pieces of news from various sources and writers and produce a pamphlet.
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I was intrigued to discover that a popular news magazine of the sixties had been anticipated by Defoe.
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A news update
Here are a few items that I hope will be of interest to you.
Read MoreWords are important because they have connotations
You could imbibe the entire day’s news just by reading the first paragraph of each article in the newspaper. But what you would miss out on is any nuance or deep explanation. Unfortunately, when research in ed tech is reported in news outlets, the nuances and caveats, and useful information like sample size, are lost as well.
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Should you be feeling bereft because of the absence of new articles on this website, here is some good news.
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