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Libraries without walls

Learning with e's

This came on the back of reports late in 2011 that the online store Amazon was now selling more Kindle and e-book versions than paper based. The conversation around online encyclopedias inevitably led us to discuss Wikipedia and its relevance in academic study. Was this a trend that was a threat to the library? Unported License.

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Play the ball, not the man

Learning with e's

I read Wikipedia founder Larry Sanger's blog with interest this week. Firstly, let me deal with the misapprehension: Larry Sanger seems an intelligent, eloquent man, and if you can steer around his personal references, his response analyses my post almost line for line and he has produced some interesting commentary to counter my views.

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From EDUPUNK to ds106. 10Q: Jim Groom

Learning with e's

It''s a reference to a film club some friends and I imagined wherein we would watch Mario Bava films on Tuesday nights. 3) You''ve been referred to as the ''posterboy'' of Edupunk. You can learn just about anything thanks to YouTube and Wikipedia. The actual name comes from the maestro of Italian horror films Mario Bava.