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This presentation will review the challenges and advantages of using Wikipedia in the classroom. It review some practices for how you can get your students to practice good research by using Wikipedia entries as well as highlighting some of the features of the Wikipedia Education materials and resources.
Problems with Students using Wikipedia?
Problems with Students using Wikipedia?
Anyone can edit
Unsure of the sources
Accuracy of content
Reading Level of Articles
One Stop Shopping
Benefits of Students using Wikipedia?
Benefits of Students using Wikipedia?
Constantly Updated
Accuracy of content
Some Articles
Lots of information
Can Lead to other discoveries
One Stop Shopping
Citations, End notes, and External Links
Students can make a real-world impact through their work
Students can make a real-world impact through their work
In Wiki Education’s Wikipedia Student Program, university instructors assign students to write Wikipedia articles, empowering them to share knowledge with the world. Students research course-related topics that are missing or underrepresented, synthesize the available literature, and use our free tools and training to add the information to Wikipedia. (Taken from Website)
In Wiki Education’s Wikipedia Student Program, university instructors assign students to write Wikipedia articles, empowering them to share knowledge with the world. Students research course-related topics that are missing or underrepresented, synthesize the available literature, and use our free tools and training to add the information to Wikipedia. (Taken from Website)
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