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 author¹s 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 Simon Biggs s.bi...@eca.ac.uk si...@littlepig.org.uk Skype: simonbiggsuk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ Research Professor edinburgh college of art http://www.eca.ac.uk/ Creative Interdisciplinary Research into CoLlaborative Environments http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice http://www.elmcip.net/ 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----- > *From*: marc garrett <marc.garr...@furtherfield.org > <mailto:marc%20garrett%20%3cmarc.garr...@furtherfield.org%3e>> > *Reply-To*: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org > <mailto:NetBehaviour%20for%20networked%20distributed%20creativity%20%3cnetbe havi...@netbehaviour.org%3e>> > *To*: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org > <mailto:NetBehaviour%20for%20networked%20distributed%20creativity%20%3cnetbe havi...@netbehaviour.org%3e>> > *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 > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009201
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