On Jun 20, 2013, at 2:31 PM, GK VanPatter | NextD wrote:
> Does it make any sense for our academic institutions to be teaching students the importance of referencing protocols, if senior folks, positioning themselves as leaders, routinely ignore such common-courtesy practices in the competitive marketplace? It would appear to make no sense at all. In fact, it would appear to be a substantial hypocrisy. Certainly there could be no more bizzarre a spectical than to see academic institutions championing overwriters."
GK, I think we need a better definition of overwriting and some examples from journalism and academia. If what you mean by overwriting is a failure to explain the history of what you are saying then I would find reading about new ideas very ponderous, a fault of much academic writing. I do fully support the inclusion of sources that directly informed the writing. David Brooks, a New York times op ed columnist and commentator, provides an excellent model for responsible writing even within the limits of a single column of text, as for example in his June 18 article Beyond the Brain. His lucid summary of the problems that face an integrated understanding of mind and brain, presumably his own distillation, includes comments by others that allows one to seek out their work. While our expectations of journalists rarely meet the level of Brooks' articles, we are clearly able to distinguish when useful information with a deeper context is being conveyed. Our academic institutions need to acknowledge the need for concise communication while finding new ways to link into context for a deeper understanding. It is a particular challenge for Massive Open Online Courses.
Or so I believe,
Chuck
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