Big Dog, Little Dog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
Wikipedia to Color Code Untrustworthy Text - Wired. Starting this fall, you'll have a new reason to trust the information you find on Wikipedia: An optional feature called "WikiTrust" will color code every word of the encyclopedia based on the reliability of its author and the length of time it has persisted on the page.
Learning with e's
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
Is Wikipedia dying a slow death? These are the questions posed by the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones in his blog post ' Wikipedia on the wane? ' The study estimates that Wikipedia has lost 49,000 editors in just a few months. They certainly aren't editing Wikipedia's pages anymore says the report. What are they doing now?
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Adobe Captivate
APRIL 2, 2018
It has found its place under the sun for serious learning (that is, meeting specified learning outcomes). Wikipedia defines gamification as “the use of game thinking and game mechanics in non-game contexts to engage users in solving problems”. Gamification in eLearning is fast emerging as an effective technique to engage learners.
Learning with e's
AUGUST 21, 2012
Wikipedia, the online crowd-sourced encyclopaedia, hosts over 14 million articles on just about every subject under the sun. Interested in the link between quantum physics and consciousness? It's all there on YouTube, waiting for you to watch it. They are constantly being updated as events occur around the globe.
Learning with e's
OCTOBER 25, 2010
Anyone can copy and paste from Wikipedia and construct an essay (and I daresay pay for pre-written essays on just about any subject under the sun if they wish to get into wholesale plagiarism). Acquiring knowledge and recalling it, she said, is no longer adequate - it's not really learning anymore.
Learning with e's
DECEMBER 12, 2011
I was taught in school that there are nine planets orbiting the sun. Shakespeare may well have died in 1616, but surely anyone can look this up on Wikipedia if and when they need to find out for themselves? Today it appears that Pluto is no longer a planet (but for me he will always be a cartoon dog). Is it Myanmar or Burma?
Kapp Notes
JANUARY 7, 2007
According to wikipedia, a metaverse can be defined as follows: The Metaverse, a phrase coined by Neal Stephenson's science fiction novel Snow Crash (1992) constitutes Stephenson's vision of how a virtual reality-based Internet might evolve in the near future. In a metaverse all the characters are tied directly to an actual person.
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