I just stumbled on a online forum on Web 2.0 ( I have provided the link below so that you can take a look later). One of the interesting topic that strike me regarding Educational Response to Web 2.0 (decided to use the same title).
We have grown up attending school, colleges and universities. Through out our education life cycle, there is always teachers or lecturers to explain the concept written in recommended text book (printed). The answers that you provide in the examination script has to be based on the recommended text. The printed text books are "certified" correct by the educational institutions. Is the Wikipedia challenging the traditional way of how we learn or complement our educational process. We do not have the answer now, we need to examine how Wikipedia control the information, is there a way to authenticate the information? Who is responsible for the accuracy of the information. Do we feel more confortable with our recommended printed encyclopedia (now come in digital format as well)?
The Web presents today’s students with a wide range of texts of doubtful or unestablished authenticity; text and contents that we do not have away to authenticate its reliability and accuracy. Do we know how to differentiate the truth from the myth?
On the other hand, can we take it for granted that printed material are reliable source of information. Are all the printed books checked for facts and objectivity? Who is the authority?
I would like say that Internet and Web 2.0 provides the platform for communication and sharing of views and ideas of peoples or organization that provide them. Just like printed books, there is no easy way to verified the information in them. We cannot say that Internet is bad but to argue on how the information is delivered. The problem is not with the Internet.
Follow this link to read more.
(http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2007/06/jabberwiki-the-educational-response-part-i/)
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