http://erambler.co.uk/2009/04/06/does-wikipedia-have-a-place-in-education/ Jez Cope's e-learning blog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://erambler.co.uk/2009/04/06/does-wikipedia-have-a-place-in-education/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Jez Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:25:14 +0000 http://allacademic.wordpress.com/?p=207#comment-8 <p>Precisely: that's exactly why we need to engage with students on this. Perhaps once they realise that the internet isn't the be-all and end-all we won't have to try so hard to get them reading more books.</p> Precisely: that’s exactly why we need to engage with students on this. Perhaps once they realise that the internet isn’t the be-all and end-all we won’t have to try so hard to get them reading more books.

]]> http://erambler.co.uk/2009/04/06/does-wikipedia-have-a-place-in-education/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Gemma Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:16:57 +0000 http://allacademic.wordpress.com/?p=207#comment-7 <p>I think recognising the benefits of both Wikipedia and traditional sources of information, i.e. books, is the way forward. I think problems stem from many children not using books and more importantly enjoying books, from a young age. Instead "computer skills" are encouraged and children become more compotent at using the Internet as a source of information. Also, the validity of data on Wikipedia is an issue and the reason why I use it when interested in something personally but never for academic use. The department I studied in at university greatly frowned upon the use of Wikipedia as a source and I suppose this view has left an impression with me.</p> I think recognising the benefits of both Wikipedia and traditional sources of information, i.e. books, is the way forward. I think problems stem from many children not using books and more importantly enjoying books, from a young age. Instead “computer skills” are encouraged and children become more compotent at using the Internet as a source of information. Also, the validity of data on Wikipedia is an issue and the reason why I use it when interested in something personally but never for academic use. The department I studied in at university greatly frowned upon the use of Wikipedia as a source and I suppose this view has left an impression with me.

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