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    Why Tech Needs The Humanities

    Why Tech Needs The Humanities

    If you want to build a team of innovative problem-solvers, you should value the humanities just as much as the sciences, says entrepreneur Eric Berridge. He shares why tech companies should look beyond STEM graduates for new hires -- and how people with backgrounds in the arts and humanities can bring creativity and insight to technical workplaces.

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    Science the humanities Vocational guidance
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    Strategies for academic success

    Strategies for academic success

    "Strategies for Academic Success accompanies the first-year University of Saskatchewan College of Arts and Science online course by the same name. However, the information it contains will apply to post-secondary institutions all over. The textbook has a reader-friendly format arranged to help you develop the essential skills and provide the information you need to succeed in university"--BC Campus website.

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    Textbooks Life skills
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    Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers

    Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers

    The web gives us many such strategies and tactics and tools, which, properly used, can get students closer to the truth of a statement or image within seconds. For some reason we have decided not to teach students these specific techniques. As many people have noted, the web is both the largest propaganda machine ever created and the most amazing fact-checking tool ever invented. But if we haven't taught our students those capabilities is it any surprise that propaganda is winning? This is an unabashedly practical guide for the student fact-checker. It supplements generic information literacy with the specific web-based techniques that can get you closer to the truth on the web more quickly.

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    Internet literacy Textbooks
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    How to spot a misleading graph - Lea Gaslowitz

    How to spot a misleading graph - Lea Gaslowitz

    When they’re used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual software has enabled more usage of graphs throughout all media, it has also made them easier to use in a careless or dishonest way — and as it turns out, there are plenty of ways graphs can mislead and outright manipulate. Lea Gaslowitz shares some things to look out for.

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    Critical thinking Media literacy Information visualization Charts diagrams etc.
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    How to Write a Literature Review in 30 Minutes or Less

    How to Write a Literature Review in 30 Minutes or Less

    Learn to write literature reviews in 5 steps.

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    Academic writing Research Dissertations Academic
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