We all know that Wikipedia articles are not always accurate… or do we?
Not aware of how the knowledge base contents are generated, many uni students simply copy and paste the articles found in the mega site to create their reports.
NHK Japanese national news reported tonight that Aichi University in Nagoya is now teaching how to post and publish articles into Wikipedia, making the students aware of how the system works.
What’s so important about this?
Well, the cleaver thing is that the uni chose not to directly communicate to the students “How the site contents maybe inaccurate”.
Instead they made the students write articles and post them to Wikipedia Japan, making the students experience and realize how the contents could come from any source, even their friends.
The moral of the story… To make them understand, don’t tell them, make them do it.
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