This is the second in a series of posts about Wikipedia, based on some of the reading I’ve done while putting together a fall course. My last post gave a general overview of Wikipedia, and talked a bit about its history. Today I will focus on the nature of “expertise.” As a crowdsourced project, Wikipedia
Wikipedia is one of the most popular sites on the Internet (check its ranking here or here). It’s used in classrooms and to settle barroom disputes, but has also drawn accusations of sexism and anti-elitism. So what is it, other than a place to find facts? Where did it come from? Who should care? This
This weekend I’ll be traveling in Jimmy Buffet’s footsteps, and will find myself down around Biloxi for the Children’s Literature Association conference. I’m presenting another section of the project I’ve been working on, about psychology, pedagogy, and literature in the nineteenth century. I’ve been thinking mostly about fact-based learning and prior knowledge, and that’s that