Wikipedia: Use It Or Not

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia which anyone can add or edit its content. Due to its open nature, Wikipedia is now the largest, most extensive and fastest growing encyclopedia currently available online. However, it is also criticized about its reliability and accuracy. To know more about Wikipedia and its implications for teaching and learning, please check “7 Things you Should know about Wikipedia” from Educause.

You may already find that your students are using Wikipedia as references in their papers more and more. To instruct your students about the information they find on Wikipedia and how to use those information, please check Wikipedia’s own article about researching with Wikipedia.