Over the past couple of weeks there has been a fair amount of discussion of my hoax course in the academic blogosphere. As one might expect from a discussion among academics, much of that discussion has been focused on the issues the course raised for education, the production of knowledge, and teaching in particular. Views…
Tag: wikipedia
Wiki Etiquette for Students
The folks at PBWiki.com have created an Educators’ Wiki that includes a number of useful resources for those who are using wikis in their classes. I’ve used the PBWiki platform in my classes before with good success, but it is just one of many possible wiki platforms out there. I do like the page on…
Whither Wiki?
So it’s come to this…Jimmy Wales, founder of the Wikipedia, advises college students to avoid his creation. Before reading the article, check out Jeremy Boggs’ commentary on it and Roy Rosenzweig’s essay in the Journal of American History, “Can History Be Open Source?“. Finally, Scott McLemee’s take on Wikipedia is also worth perusing. Should teachers…
What’s for dinner (cont’d)
In two previous posts (1) (2), I explored what happened when the historical archaeologists Julie Schlabitsky and Kelly Dixon used modern forensic archaeology techniques to investigate what happened at the Donner family encampment. I also described what happened to my edits of the Wikipedia entry on the Donner Party (which has now been edited 34…