Wikis are not an end in themselves - they are a beginning, a source to stir our imagination, creativity and to provide direction.
Jim Kelly http://wikieducator.org/K-12math.info_%28English_-_Espa%C3%B1ol_%E2%80%93_Fran%C3%A7ais%29 On Jan 18, 5:50 pm, valerie <[email protected]> wrote: > As an assignment in a community college course, my students are asked > to find a learning resource in WikiEducator. Finding good learning > objects in WE can be difficult, so I have included this assignment to > have students find what they thought was complete and interesting. > Although there is usually some frustration, they find some amazing WE > pages. I'm accumulating a list of pages they discover. > > However, sometimes I get more information and feedback than I > bargained for... I though this was an interesting comment from one of > my students. > "Also, the color scheme and design of the website is exactly the same > as Wikipedia.org. Wikipedia is known for false information, and cannot > be used for research papers. I feel that this site is similar to > Wikipedia; therefore, this site's information cannot be trusted." > > Sigh... Yes, some of our faculty are convinced that Wikipedia and by > association, all wikis, especially those that look like Wikipedia > because they use Mediawiki are evil and populated by gangs of internet > hooligans intent on provide false information to unsuspecting web > users. They explicitly forbid the use of Wikipedia. > > Has anyone else heard of similar credibility issues for WikiEducator > content? Is this something that is limiting adoption of WE learning > objects? > > ..Valerie
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