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Sunday, June 14, 2009
WikiWaki
Wikis open the window to a new collaborative way of sharing information between people. Lots of good ideas in this session - sure to be able to put some to good use!
I found the article on the value of Wikipedia very interesting. We hear lots about the accuracy of Wikipedia, but we all use it - I use it more and more to find out basic facts about a wide range of things. It is sometimes a starting point for finding out, and sometimes I need to look no further, get lost in following links, learning more all the time..... I think academia needs to climb down from the ivory tower and accept that collaborative digital environments are central to learning today. They represent the new language of learning.
The ability to develop information collaboratively gives a whole new dimension to the term communities of interest - information for the community developed by the community.
I found the article on the value of Wikipedia very interesting. We hear lots about the accuracy of Wikipedia, but we all use it - I use it more and more to find out basic facts about a wide range of things. It is sometimes a starting point for finding out, and sometimes I need to look no further, get lost in following links, learning more all the time..... I think academia needs to climb down from the ivory tower and accept that collaborative digital environments are central to learning today. They represent the new language of learning.
The ability to develop information collaboratively gives a whole new dimension to the term communities of interest - information for the community developed by the community.
Friday, June 5, 2009
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