Prof Lennart Nacke, PhD
@acagamic
Become a smarter researcher & writer (+/- AI) by reading one of my posts/day. Quality wins. University Research Chair & Tenured Full Professor.
Transform Your Classroom with Engaging Questions
Every day, you watch your students' eyes glaze over as you ask the same tired questions. You know they're capable of more, but the traditional 'Who knows the answer?' approach isn't cutting it anymore.
Stop asking boring questions in your classroom.
This matrix changed everything about how I understood teaching.
(And I'd like to think my students' critical thinking skills improved)
Lessons Learned from a Viral Thread
One of my X threads went slightly viral some weeks ago.
I hated it.
Academics bashed it.
I meant well but failed miserably.
Here is my story and what I learned
(avoid my pain if this happens to you) ↓
What happened?
I came off a month of daily thread writing in June.
I was tired.
I was weary.
I was drained.
X thread writing is a lot of work.
So, I repurposed one of my older threads that did well before.
But with a different sensational hook.
Result: 624.1K vs. 33.2K views.
How to Pick a Journal with Trinka AI
How to pick a journal using just your abstract with @thetrinkaai
(without sifting through journal databases manually) ↓
🧵 Thread
15+ years ago, I decided to go to school for UX design in games.
316 published academic articles and 27,352 citations later,
It was the best decision I've ever made.
Here are 30 pieces of advice for becoming a great researcher (without spending all your money on education):
1. Ask open-ended questions & listen purposefully
2. Use various research methods, don't rely on just 1
3. Get out and observe people in their natural environment
4. Always start with a clear research question & plan
5. Don't make assumptions; understand your users & context
5 Writing Tips
My students got 5+ research papers accepted last year.
Simply because they follow my 5 little-known writing tips.
Implement these now to publish twice as many papers next year:
1. Don't start your paper by writing.
It's counterintuitive.
The best way to start writing an academic paper:
Outline your story.
Then, create bullet points under each section outlined.
Now, fill in the gaps and expand.
22 Academic Lessons
I learned 22 academic writing lessons the hard way.
Here they are to celebrate the end of 2022: ↓
But why listen to me?
- Built an online writing course for #chi2023 authors in 2022
- Have taught this writing course for 6+ years at conferences and other venues
- Over 27,000 citations to my research
- Publish 3+ papers every year at high-impact HCI venues
3 Secrets of Academic Writing
Over the last 10 years, I have published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles without sleepless nights agonizing over how to approach the writing process.
Here 3 simple secrets to help you write academic papers: ↓
1. Start with a strong hook. Your paper needs to grab the reader’s attention from the very beginning.
If you want your paper to be accepted, make sure the opening is compelling and puts your contributions front and center.
Here are some tips for doing just that: