Making research accessible

/ 29 July 2011

I have long been a fan of the Teachers College Record, in both its print journal and online web formats. Recently they’ve started adding little videos to many of their pieces, in a way that I think is both highly creative and very useful. Here, for example, are two researchers explaining in under five minutes a major piece of research (which you can read on the website).

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