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Fast learning and sustained exploration: The role of timely performance feedback

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary How should organizations manage learning dynamics? Strategy theories suggest “more‐is‐better”—fast, frictionless sharing enhances performance—while organizational learning theory warns that “less‐is‐more,” as fast learning causes premature convergence.
Jerker Denrell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Anytime, Anywhere”: Online Language Tutoring Platforms and the Rise of the (Im)Mobile Language Teacher

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how online tutoring platforms (OTPs) have facilitated new forms of (im)mobility—and discourses of (im)mobility—among online English tutors. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with online tutors, the article critically interrogates OTPs' primary selling point: that online tutors can work “anytime, anywhere.” While OTPs ...
Nate Ming Curran
wiley   +1 more source

The British Enlightenment and Ideas of Empire in India 1756-1773

open access: yes, 2005
PhDThis dissertation examines the relationship between Enlightenment political thought and the conduct of imperial affairs on the Indian subcontinent between 1756 and 1773.
Ahmad, Asma Sharif
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B.C.'s Inland Empire - Album [PDF]

open access: yes, 1944
Reproduction of complete "B.C.'s Inland Empire" album originally compiled by Erskine Burnett documenting his travels throughout central/southern British Columbia.

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Reassessing sixteenth and seventeenth century written accounts of hurricanes in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea

open access: yesWeather, EarlyView.
Abstract While the North Atlantic’s five‐century hurricane history is among the most complete globally, the earliest centuries are poorly documented in the written record. This study reassesses a subset of sixteenth to seventeenth‐century tropical cyclones (TCs) through a systematic review of archival evidence, mainly from Spain’s colonial archive, the
William Gomez Pretel, Michael Chenoweth
wiley   +1 more source

How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 1: Old English to the Age of Discovery

open access: yesWeather, EarlyView.
The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
wiley   +1 more source

Britain and the Ottoman Empire in the First World War: Clashing Interests of Two Belligerents

open access: yesSkad, 2016
Course of the relations between the British and the Ottoman Empire affected the future of extremely large areas including The Balkans, Anatolia and the Arab territories.
İsmail Ediz
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South Africa [cartographic material].

open access: yes, 1925
Map of South Africa. It also shows the South African escutcheon.; Plate 7 from: Atlas of the British Empire : reproduced from the original made for Her Majesty Queen Mary's Doll's House / by Edward Stanford Ltd., cartographers to the King.
Edward Stanford Ltd.
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How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 2: the scientific age and beyond

open access: yesWeather, EarlyView.
The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the origins of the words we use. In this paper, we will shed light on these origins, including the Pontic–Caspian steppe, the British Empire and, of course, a TV show.
Kieran M. R. Hunt
wiley   +1 more source

India [cartographic material].

open access: yes, 1925
Map of India also showing neighbouring South-East Asian countries.; Plate 4 from: Atlas of the British Empire : reproduced from the original made for Her Majesty Queen Mary's Doll's House / by Edward Stanford Ltd., cartographers to the King.
Edward Stanford Ltd.
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