Many lecturers will warn you against using Wikipedia as a resource for research, so I was very intrigued to see it as part of the E-Learning course.
I would certainly encourage students to use Wikipedia as a first port of call when researching any topic. It gives students are broad range of information and also makes good suggestions regarding related information. This can be very useful when conducting research using google or databases. It is also effective in creating conceptual thinkers as students make links to other information. This simply adds to their knowledge base and let's face it as educators we are trying to increase a students knowledge.
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I really think that for school level subjects WIKIpedia should be fine. There is alot of skepticism of wikipedia at a university level, however I think that it IS moderated and peer reviewed, so you would be unlucky to pick up dodgy materials. Dave.
Thanks Dave
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