I agree with Simon, for academic purposes you of course need a more substantial
source than an encylopedia to substantiate any argument or hypothesis you are
going to make.
This isn't to do down wikipedia which is an amazing project and an invaluable
tool to get you going on research projects and point you at the original
sources of material.
t.
--- On Fri, 19/3/10, Simon Biggs <s.bi...@eca.ac.uk> wrote:
From: Simon Biggs <s.bi...@eca.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Most students use Wikipedia, avoid telling profs
about it.
To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity"
<netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org>
Date: Friday, 19 March, 2010, 11:52
Re: [NetBehaviour] Most students use Wikipedia, avoid telling profs about it.
Tom is totally right. However, whilst a good proportion of Wikipedia will be
authored by academics they will not use it as a reference. The same is true of
the encyclopaedias, many of which are authored and/or edited by the top experts
in the field. However, as the author’s identity is left anonymous these are not
considered verifiable sources.
It is no big deal for the student to find a useful reference. Most Wikipedia
entries cite sources. Many of these sources are accessible on line, through
Google books, Project Gutenberg or Amazon. If not then there are these places
called libraries...
Best
Simon
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From: "tom.corby" <tom.co...@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
<netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:45:44 +0000
To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
<netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org>
Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Most students use Wikipedia, avoid telling profs
about it.
I think most Profs are fully aware that students use Wikipedia.
I would hazard a guess (in fact I wouldn't I know for a fact) that lot
of the material on there is contributed by profs :)
I think we need to be careful about stereotyping here......
Ruth Catlow wrote:
> if this is really true the profs need to wise-up.
> Wikipedia is a great first stop for research allowing students to do a
> proper broad sweep to find their subject.
> Its also a useful tool for reflecting on the ways in which knowledge
> is constructed (demonstrating concepts such as hierarchies of
> authority, filtering, peer-review, gate-keeping, competition,
> contested knowledge etc).
>
> Ruth
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> *Subject*: [NetBehaviour] Most students use Wikipedia, avoid telling
> profs about it.
> *Date*: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:29:45 +0000
>
> Most students use Wikipedia, avoid telling profs about it.
>
> By Jacqui Cheng.
>
> Surprise! Most students use Wikipedia at some point during their
> research on a paper or project, and they usually do so early on in the
> process. Online peer-reviewed journal First Monday recently published > the
> findings of its research on student Wikipedia use and said that the
> service often serves as a starting point for the students who use it, >
> allowing them to gather information for further investigation elsewhere.
> This is despite the fact that their professors still frown on Wikipedia
> use—but it seems that students believe what their profs don't know won't
> hurt them.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yjjq9o9
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