Students will quit submitting the works found on the Web when the
chances are very good they will be easily caught. That's pretty easy
given Google and other search engines into which a few suspicious
words will generate the original source of the material.
In the meantime, students who search
This is a good first thought for knowledge sharing. One word of
caution, though: teachers are already struggling with a rampant
problem of students purchasing term papers on the internet and turning
them in as if it were their own work. If term papers were included in
Wikipedia, it would
Maria Cervone wrote:
This is a good first thought for knowledge sharing. One word of
caution, though: teachers are already struggling with a rampant
problem of students purchasing term papers on the internet and turning
them in as if it were their own work. If term papers were included in
Audrey Borus wrote:
Taran-- bravo. Well put. There is a raging debate in higher ed too
about accepting any web content. It's foolish IMHO. As as come up over
and over again--good research requires a variety of sources.
Thank you. Comments for and against the Wikipedia caused me to write
this,
Christopher Foster wrote:
. . .
Most of the people who work on Wikipedia are white, male technocrats
from the US and Europe. They're especially knowledgeable about
certain subjects - technology, science fiction, libertarianism, life
in the US/Europe - and tend to write about these subjects. As a
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Subject: Re: [DDN] 'Wikis' Offer Knowledge-Sharing Online
First of all, it is a joy to learn from you and to know about all of these
new technologies. I keep learning and catching up. I was impressed
We have always had levels of publishing, some involving peer review,
others editorial over-sight, and some with outright control and
censorship. And then there has always been the corner pub and the
gathering around the water fountain.
The need for informational gatekeepers is clear enough for
