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Wikipedia is now a primary source!

E-Learning Acupuncture

One of the people on Twitter that I follow alerted me to a blog post by Frederic Lardinois on ReadWriteWeb that describes a first for a refereed academic journal. The scientific journal, RNA Biology , will now require all authors that submit a paper for review to the journal to also submit a summary of the article to Wikipedia.

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10 Guidelines to Help Your Learners Find Credible Online Sources

LearnDash

Later, we were told “you can use online sources, but not Wikipedia.” And later still, we were told “you can use Wikipedia not as a source itself, but as a source for other sources, and by the way, here are the MLA guidelines for how to site them in your term paper.”.

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In Defense of the Term “Gamification” as used by Learning Professionals

Kapp Notes

The analogy I give is of Wikipedia. Teachers always tell students not to use Wikipedia, some even ban Wikipedia. Wikipedia (banned or not). Instead of banning or forbidding Wikipedia, we need to teach student the basics of when using Wikipedia is appropriate and when it is not appropriate. & Armeli, S.

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The evolution of personal learning environments

Origin Learning

He reads books, accesses the Britannica Encyclopedia CD on his PC, participates in group discussions at his university, reads journals, magazines and newspapers in the library, logs on to the (slowly working) internet once in a while, watches TV, listens to the radio, and so on. Much of our learning is informal and happens online.

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Not Everyone is a Social Customer | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

The applications everyone from Wired to the Wall Street Journal are talking about are altering the way we interact with each other, the way we purchase goods and services, and the way we learn. This ever-changing technological landscape is currently held captive by social media, and for good reason.

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Is the ivory tower crumbling?

Learning with e's

In yesterday's post entitled ' Open or shut ', I wrote about a rise in the number of academics who are turning their back on traditional research publications such as closed journals, in favour of more open, accessible outputs such as blogs and open access journals. That portion grew to 47% by 2013.

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Top 10 Tools for @C4LPT 2017

Clark Quinn

I typically will choose the Wikipedia link if there is one, but also will typically open several other links and peruse across them to generate a broader perspective. I use GoodReader on my iPad to read PDFs and mark up journal submissions. It’s handy for reading when I travel.

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