The Mason Historiographiki is a wiki (collaborative website) written and edited by graduate students in history at George Mason University who are preparing for written or oral comprehensive examinations. Only they and their instructors may edit it, but
The structure of the traditional term paper can limit its educational value. To make the assignment more meaningful, students published their papers in Wikipedia. This session will examine how publishing for a large online community motivated students t
That’s whatMartha Groom, a professor at the university’sInterdisciplinary Arts & Sciencesprogram, tried to do for the first time last fall by requiring term papers to be submitted to the popular, user-edited online encyclopedia. The project comes at
She required all of the 34 students in the course to write an article for their final class project and submit it to Wikipedia. By the end of the term, all of the papers had met her standards — in fact, she said the papers were generally the best she
Uncle Ron may work for IBM, but it doesn't mean you want him writing on your wall or poking your friends.Keep your social profile fun, but your professional profile polished.The more people you know, the less chance of fetching coffee all day.
Erudix is a global community of students, professors, researchers and anyone who is willing to learn. Create wikis to:Write and share yourlecture notesOrganize aworking groupWrite and shareyour ideas on a specific topicOrganizean event
L'article a 2 ans et nous rappelle qu'à l'origine Facebook visait exclusivement les étudiants. To become a college member of facebook you must have a .edu college/university email address. Most colleges issue these to students.Facebook supports 8
This paper presents data on Facebook inquiries one librarian received over the course of a semester at Pennsylvania State University and discusses best practices for Facebook use as an outreach tool. We discuss ways to reach out to our users through th
Students’ ability to find and retrieve information effectively is a transferable skill useful for their future life as well as enabling the positive and successful use of the electronic resources while at school. It is a known fact in this digital