Conceptually, this is similar to the effort made in India over the last
couple of years, and it is heartening that the failure here is not
representative of the end of the road.
However, the degree of buy-in from the institution, obvious in the remarks
made by the professor, as well as hints of a
A similar course is underway in the Tel-Aviv University, and it was covered
in major newspapers:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.552844
An important part of the course is actually teaching the students about the
little details of working with the Wikipedia community and
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/business/media/editing-wikipedia-pages-for-med-school-credit.html?emc=edit_tnt_20131007tntemail0=y_r=0
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Tejaswini Niranjana, PhD
Lead Researcher - Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications
(HEIRA)
Senior Fellow - Centre for the Study of Culture and
