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Wiki-Solutions and Teaching
Over on H-Africa there is yet another discussion of the Wikipedia going on.
Notably, however, this one isn't a grump-fest about the (well established) failings of the Wikipedia. Rather, it is an unusually constructive discussion about how Africanists can help improve the Africa-related material available and thus utilize the popularity of the Wikipedia to help get accurate African info into the hands of students and lay-readers.
More so, there is also an interesting discussion of how faculty can assign students the task of researching and writing/rewriting entries, as well. Timothy Burke has previously made some very smart suggestions here on Cliopatria about how to use the Wikipedia as a teaching tool. Having students actually contribute (under a suitable degree of supervision, of course) strikes me as a very good idea.
- Another thought by Jonathan Dresner (December 13, 2005 at 3:06 PM)
- A similar discussion... by Rob MacDougall (December 14, 2005 at 1:28 PM)
- Accuracy by David Silbey (December 14, 2005 at 4:28 PM)
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