Wikipedia U

Released on by Thomas Leitch
preview-18

  • Wikipedia U Book Detail

  • Author : Thomas Leitch
  • Release Date : 2014-11-01
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Genre : Education
  • Pages : 177
  • ISBN 13 : 142141550X
  • File Size : 86,86 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Wikipedia U by Thomas Leitch PDF Summary

Book Description: Explores the battle between the top-down authority traditionally ascribed to experts and scholars and the bottom-up authority exemplified by Wikipedia. Since its launch in 2001, Wikipedia has been a lightning rod for debates about knowledge and traditional authority. It has come under particular scrutiny from publishers of print encyclopedias and college professors, who are skeptical about whether a crowd-sourced encyclopedia—in which most entries are subject to potentially endless reviewing and editing by anonymous collaborators whose credentials cannot be established—can ever truly be accurate or authoritative. In Wikipedia U, Thomas Leitch argues that the assumptions these critics make about accuracy and authority are themselves open to debate. After all, academics are expected both to consult the latest research and to return to the earliest sources in their field, each of which has its own authority. And when teachers encourage students to master information so that they can question it independently, their ultimate goal is to create a new generation of thinkers and makers whose authority will ultimately supplant their own. Wikipedia U offers vital new lessons about the nature of authority and the opportunities and challenges of Web 2.0. Leitch regards Wikipedia as an ideal instrument for probing the central assumptions behind liberal education, making it more than merely, as one of its severest critics has charged, “the encyclopedia game, played online.”

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Wikipedia U books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Wikipedia U

Wikipedia U

File Size : 19,19 MB
Total View : 993 Views
DOWNLOAD

Explores the battle between the top-down authority traditionally ascribed to experts and scholars and the bottom-up authority exemplified by Wikipedia. Since it

The Big U

The Big U

File Size : 32,32 MB
Total View : 5173 Views
DOWNLOAD

The New York Times Book Review called Neal Stephenson's most recent novel "electrifying" and "hilarious". but if you want to know Stephenson was doing twenty ye

Theory U

Theory U

File Size : 47,47 MB
Total View : 1969 Views
DOWNLOAD

Shows how leaders can access the deepest source of inspiration and vision • Includes dozens of tested exercises, practices, and real-world examples We live in

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

File Size : 24,24 MB
Total View : 5576 Views
DOWNLOAD

Provides information on editing, creating, and maintaining Wikipedia articles, collaborating with other editors, formatting and illustrating articles, and build