[TOS] Wikipedia edges out term papers - The Daily Collegian Online

Luis Ibanez luis.ibanez at kitware.com
Sun Aug 1 03:39:37 UTC 2010


On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Karlie Robinson <
karlie_robinson at webpath.net> wrote:

> The article is quite old, but it seems like a neat idea for bringing
> more of the Open Source ideals into the classroom.
>
>
> http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2007/11/13/wikipedia_edges_out_term_paper.aspx
>
>  From the article
> >
> > Most professors forbid the use of Wikipedia in the classroom, but the
> > University of Washington-Bothell's Martha Groom requires it.
> >
> > Instead of ending the semester with the traditional term paper, Groom
> > asked her students to create an original Wikipedia entry or make a
> > major edit on an existing page.
> >
>
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This is a great idea.

It is definitely something that must be done
as an exercise in an Open Source class.


    Luis
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