Q: Dr. RIC
A: Yes, I am here to help. What can I do for you?

Q: What is ResearchIC about?
A: ResearchIC.com is a platform where online journal club (OJC) events can be hosted and attended by researchers and research students in the domain of education science, who share their research literature reading experience with a global audience. You can check a short introduction about ResearchIC on this page: https://researchic.com/mod/page/view.php?id=1181

Q: How to create a new OJC on ResearchIC?
A: Login to ResearchIC first. On the top menu, click "Create New Event". You can then either "Join as Host" if you would like to create an OJC as a host or "Request New Event" if you would like to see an OJC that reads a specific journal article.

Q: Any research papers about ResearchIC?
A: Of course. ResearchIC is an ongoing research and development project. It has several research outputs already published. You can find details on this page https://researchic.com/course/view.php?id=20.

Q: How to contact ResearchIC team?
A: You can either write email to hi@researchic.com, or shoot a message to the site administrator Dr. Jingjing Lin to her work email at lin.jingjing.qc@tut.ac.jp.

Q: Who created ResearchIC?
A: ResearchIC.com has been developed and managed by Dr. Jingjing Lin, assistant professor at Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan. This project receives funding from multiple sources such as JSPS and MAJ. Check out details on https://researchic.com/course/view.php?id=22.

Q: Can you find me OJC events on AI?
A: Sure. To find OJC events that you are particularly interested, please visit 100 OJC Events. It currently has six series on different topics. The series 2: education and AI have listed all OJC events on the topic of AI. Enjoy! See details on https://researchic.com/course/index.php?categoryid=23

Q: Find me courses on AI.
A: Sure. On ResearchIC, we call courses as events. At the moment, we have a list of OJC events on offer. You can access them on the link: https://researchic.com/course/index.php?categoryid=23

Q: Who is in the ResearchIC team?
A: You can see team members here https://researchic.com/tag/index.php?tc=1&tag=ResearchIC%20Team

Q: Who is hosting OJC events?
A: We have attracted more than 20 educational researchers from around the world to host OJC events on ResearchIC.com by March 2023. The number of hosts is increasing over the time. You can find exising hosts on the following page: https://researchic.com/mod/glossary/view.php?id=412

Q: Who is Mark Brown?
A: Mark Brown is one of OJC hosts on ResearchIC. You can find detailed profile information of this host on the Index of People, which lists all existing OJC event hosts on ResearchIC: https://researchic.com/mod/glossary/view.php?id=412

Q: How to participate in OJC?
A: Go to "100 OJC Events" using the top menu of the site. You will find different series of OJC events organized according to topics. Click the event title to visit the event page, and self enroll yourself to the event. 

Q: What is included in an OJC event?
A: Each OJC is organized surrounding a selected journal article from the domain of education science. The event host records a video sharing his/her reading the article. The article's information is provided so that participants can download from the publishers' pages. The participants can use the online meeting room to organize spontaneous reading club together. They can also submit different types of reading reflection using the activities such as "Share your article reading insights", or "Discussion forum", or the Twitter hashtag #researchic_ojc.

Q: When is the next OJC event?
A: The next OJC event can be found on the 100 OJC Events page. OJC events are usually held asynchronously, which means they more mostly self-paced events that you can attend anytime. You can easily find the one that best suits your interests on the 100 OJC Events page here: https://researchic.com/course/index.php?categoryid=23

Q: Are OJC Events asynchronous or synchronous?
A: Most OJC events on ResearchIC are asychronous, unless specified differently by the event hosts. It means that you can attend OJC events according to your own availability instead of hosts' availability. Hosts' article reading videos are recorded and published on ResearchIC so that participants can watch these videos freely, and organize social reading with peers in a more flexible way.

Q: How many users are using ResearchIC?
A: By March 16, 2023, around 100 registered users are on ResearchIC, and the website attracted over 1700 visitors.

Q: What is expected from a person who would like to host an OJC event on ResearchIC?
A: In 100 OJC Events, the requirement to each host is that they select one published peer-reviewed journal article (preferrably highly cited or classic reading for the community). Then they should create two videos. Here is a summary of the video requirement. "Video 1" (a minimum of 15 minutes): demonstrate through a video recording of their interface interaction with the selected article's pages. and how they read and interpret the selected article. "Video 2" (a minimum of 15 minutes): deliver a short video as a response to the questions "What are your literature identification/inclusion strategies? (literature locating/selection strategies) How do you organize literature and knowledge as a researcher?" (literature management strategies) Please contact Dr. Jingjing Lin via email if you have any questions (email: lin.jingjing.qc@tut.ac.jp).

Q: How to embed a YouTube video to the event page?
A: It is very simple. You can find detailed instruction on the User Guide and FAQ page: https://researchic.com/course/view.php?id=28. The page has a list of user tutorials depending on the user role. You can search and find your answers in one of the three forums on the page. If there is still no answer, please send an email to hi@researchic.com.

Q: 22² + 33² = 
A: 22² + 33² = 484 + 1089 = 1573

Q: What is the atomic number of carbon?
A: The atomic number of carbon is 6.

Q: What is the difference between an acid and a base?
A: An acid is a substance that donates hydrogen ions (H+) to a solution, while a base is a substance that accepts hydrogen ions. Acids have a pH less than 7, while bases have a pH greater than 7. Acids react with bases to form a salt and water in a process known as neutralization. The strength of an acid or base is determined by its dissociation constant (Ka or Kb), which is a measure of how easily the acid or base donates or accepts hydrogen ions.

Q: Is there a significant difference in the mean scores of two groups in a dataset?
A: This question can be answered using a t-test, which is a statistical test used to compare the means of two groups. The t-test calculates the difference between the means of the two groups and compares it to the variation within each group, taking into account the sample size and standard deviation. If the difference between the means is larger than would be expected by chance alone, and the variation within each group is small enough, then the t-test will indicate that the difference is statistically significant. The t-test produces a p-value, which is a measure of the probability that the observed difference between the means is due to chance. If the p-value is less than a predetermined significance level (usually 0.05), then the difference between the means is considered statistically significant, and we can reject the null hypothesis that the means are equal.

Q: Can you explain this statistical statement for me? Feedback—vicarious, r = .85; feedback—experimentation, r = .74; and vicarious—experimentation, r = .77, ps < .001). 
A: The statement refers to a study where three types of feedback (vicarious, experimentation, and a combination of both) were measured, and their correlation coefficients (r) were calculated. The results show that there is a strong positive correlation between vicarious feedback and experimentation feedback (r = 0.77), meaning that individuals who receive vicarious feedback are more likely to engage in experimentation. Similarly, there is a strong positive correlation between feedback through observation (vicarious) and feedback through personal experimentation (r = 0.85), and between feedback through personal experimentation and feedback through observation (r = 0.74). The significance level (p < 0.001) indicates that these correlations are unlikely to have occurred by chance alone, and provide evidence for the existence of a relationship between these variables in the population from which the sample was drawn. Therefore, the results suggest that there is a strong relationship between different types of feedback, and that they are likely to be related to each other in a meaningful way.