Wikipedia is often not thought of as a platform for pedagogy, since so many teachers explicitly tell their students to steer clear of the site as a source of information. However, as a site for learner-driven inquiry and informal education, it is without question the chief reference point for many discussions from matters of general knowledge to areas of arcane expertise. (tags: wikipedia lernen schule)
No apology for Wikipedia, either. For the vindication of Wikipedia as an academic source, Harvard University Library [a lead partner in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Project] has expanded Wikipedia’s works on books to over 60,000 [Harvard Library Innovation Laboratory, ShelfLife Collaborative, Librarycloud Demo]:
... two-way integration with Wikipedia,... is ... an example of how DPLA can weave itself into the knowledge ecosystem of the Web. If an item has a Wikipedia page, we let you see all the other items categorized with it at Wikipedia.
We're proud of this; it took considerable effort and ingenuity.
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If the DPLA collection doesn't contain that work, we put the work's Wikipedia page on the shelf.
[see “How did you do the integration with Wikipedia?” on the FAQ page]
This project brings together OII research fellows and doctoral students to shed light on the incorporation of new users and information into the Wikipedia community.
?. The Semantic Web: a view on data integration, reasoning, human factors, collective intelligence and technology adoption, page 209-216. AIT e-Press, (2008)2008, Marco Ronchetti,.