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(I haven't come across it before this...) Mike On 16 Mar 2010, at 11:53, Gordon Joly wrote: > > > FYI > > Gordo > > ****** > > http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/ > view/2830 > > How today’s college students use Wikipedia for course-related research > Alison J. Head, Michael B. Eisenberg > > Abstract > Findings are reported from student focus groups and a large-scale > survey about how and why students (enrolled at six different U.S. > colleges) use Wikipedia during the course-related research process. > A majority of respondents frequently used Wikipedia for background > information, but less often than they used other common resources, > such as course readings and Google. Architecture, engineering, and > science majors were more likely to use Wikipedia for course-related > research than respondents in other majors. The findings suggest > Wikipedia is used in combination with other information resources. > Wikipedia meets the needs of college students because it offers a > mixture of coverage, currency, convenience, and comprehensibility > in a world where credibility is less of a given or an expectation > from today’s students. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
