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Wikipedia seems to be based on "the wisdom of crowds" principle. Douglas -----Original Message----- From: Information literacy and information skills teaching discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Janice Bell Sent: 21 July 2006 15:37 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Why information literacy is important I would endorse that. It's great for groups to use and very easy to use. Janice Bell UCE Birmingham -----Original Message----- From: Information literacy and information skills teaching discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Newman Sent: 21 July 2006 15:16 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Why information literacy is important "I love the idea tho of sharing knowledge in this way and would like to do something with students to create a resource using wiki software" Roisin, pbwiki (http://pbwiki.com) is a good, free wiki tool if you want to play with one. Steve Newman University of Brighton -----Original Message----- From: Information literacy and information skills teaching discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roisin Gwyer Sent: 21 July 2006 12:22 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Why information literacy is important Hi Bit of a jumbled thought stream here, but it's Friday ... Some departments here have banned students from using Wikipedia because they are using it indiscriminately. Come to that a lot of staff don't understnd about it either. We're using it as a teaching tool to talk about other quality information and are producing a 'beyond wikipedia' handout. All of these things are good hooks into showing other resources, e.g. who would have thought that citation searching would ever become sexy but Google Scholar has made that happen. There was an article in Nature (I think it was) a while back which compared some content on Wikipedia and Enc Britannica and found there was not a lot of difference. I love the idea tho of sharing knowledge in this way and would like to do something with students to create a resource using wiki software Roisin Roisin Gwyer Associate University Librarian Frewen Library Cambridge Road PORTSMOUTH PO1 2ST England Tel : 023 9284 3221 Fax : 023 8284 3233 E-mail : [log in to unmask] Web : www.port.ac.uk/library