In class Wednesday we will discuss the experience of working with the wikis and, if time allows, move on to discuss crowdsourcing. Feel free to play with the wikis in the meantime. For your second individual weblog entry this week (due Thursday 28 June) please write a brief reflection on the experience you had with [...]
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Class for Wednesday 27 June and Weblog Assignment
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Wikipedia Project, Part Two
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By now you have posted an entry at your personal weblog presenting evidence to support your position on whether Wikipedia is a reliable resource. Your instructions were to do this collaboratively, discussing with others in class while you worked. But your entry on the topic is ultimately individual.
The next step in this process is to [...]
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