Are Wikis Worth the Time?

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Main Authors: Shareski, Dean, Winkler, Carol Ann K.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2006
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Winkler, Carol Ann K.
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contents Are Wikis Worth the Time? Shareski, Dean Winkler, Carol Ann K. Information Sources Online Systems Encyclopedias Educational Resources This article presents the opposing opinions of Dean Shareski and Carol Ann K. Winkler regarding the collaborative, anonymous collections of online information, such as Wikipedia. Dean Shareski, an educational consultant with the Moose Jaw Public School Division (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada), contends that Wikipedia might be the best example of how teaching and learning is changing. Wikipedia is the encylopedia created by you and me. Anyone can add to it, edit it, and even vandalize it. Seems like a crazy idea and not very valuable ? until you look further. On the other hand, Carol Ann K. Winkler, MA library science, MA media communications, and a librarian at Nerinx Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, argues that Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, is no bargain for schools. Its content is the ongoing aggregate of a radical authorship policy: anyone at any time can write anything in Wikipedia. The result is a cheap imitation of a scholarly traditional resource.
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Shareski, Dean
Winkler, Carol Ann K.
Information Sources
Online Systems
Encyclopedias
Educational Resources
Are Wikis Worth the Time? Shareski, Dean Winkler, Carol Ann K. Information Sources Online Systems Encyclopedias Educational Resources This article presents the opposing opinions of Dean Shareski and Carol Ann K. Winkler regarding the collaborative, anonymous collections of online information, such as Wikipedia. Dean Shareski, an educational consultant with the Moose Jaw Public School Division (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada), contends that Wikipedia might be the best example of how teaching and learning is changing. Wikipedia is the encylopedia created by you and me. Anyone can add to it, edit it, and even vandalize it. Seems like a crazy idea and not very valuable ? until you look further. On the other hand, Carol Ann K. Winkler, MA library science, MA media communications, and a librarian at Nerinx Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, argues that Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, is no bargain for schools. Its content is the ongoing aggregate of a radical authorship policy: anyone at any time can write anything in Wikipedia. The result is a cheap imitation of a scholarly traditional resource.
title Are Wikis Worth the Time?
topic Information Sources
Online Systems
Encyclopedias
Educational Resources
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ728925