I've been dipping into Quora - and I'm not sure about it... Some of the questions seem to be set-ups for advertising. Browsing Quora may become more interesting however - There might be questions that you wouldn't think to ask - and there might be interesting answers.
Wikipedia in the Classroom - Educause held a webinar today presented by Wikimedia and their initiative to support faculty in setting up classroom projects writing Wikipedia articles. It's Wikipedia day today. (10th anniversary of Wikipedia) The Truth According to Wikipedia in on one of our PBS channels today.
Yet another Wikipedia event here in Tampa scheduled for January 6: "The creative business minds behind Wikipedia and eMedicine will headline the USF Health Dean’s Lecture Series “The Medical Internet Revolution” on Thursday evening, Jan. 6, at the USF Alumni Center, USF Alumni Drive (off Fowler Ave and Leroy Collins Blvd) in Tampa." Press release
Showing posts with label Wikipedia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wikipedia. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Ways to use Wikipedia in class
One thing leads to another - and to this article with detailed information on assigning students to write articles for Wikipedia for a Latin American literature course: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jbmurray/Madness. This came from a Faculty Focus article on effective use of Wikipedia in the classroom.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
How students use Wikipedia
How today’s college students use Wikipedia for course–related research
by Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg.
First Monday, Volume 15, Number 3 - 1 March 2010
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/2830/2476. My take-away from the report of this large survey of students on six campuses is that students depend LESS on Wikipedia than we have feared. Head and Eisenberg note "Wikipedia’s information utility is tied to four Cs it delivers — currency, coverage, comprehensibility, and convenience." They report that students may begin their research with Wikipedia, but don't end their research with Wikipedia. Whew! I can sleep easy tonight. ;) (I wonder if those of us in information literacy can take any credit for warning students about the potential for inaccurate information in Wikipedia - or if our warnings have just been a result of our fears that students are gullible.)
(Thanks to Bernie Sloan for sending along a reference this article on the JESSE discussion list.)
by Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg.
First Monday, Volume 15, Number 3 - 1 March 2010
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArticle/2830/2476. My take-away from the report of this large survey of students on six campuses is that students depend LESS on Wikipedia than we have feared. Head and Eisenberg note "Wikipedia’s information utility is tied to four Cs it delivers — currency, coverage, comprehensibility, and convenience." They report that students may begin their research with Wikipedia, but don't end their research with Wikipedia. Whew! I can sleep easy tonight. ;) (I wonder if those of us in information literacy can take any credit for warning students about the potential for inaccurate information in Wikipedia - or if our warnings have just been a result of our fears that students are gullible.)
(Thanks to Bernie Sloan for sending along a reference this article on the JESSE discussion list.)
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