| Description |
ix, 164 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Tech.edu: a Hopkins series on education and technology
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Tech.edu.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : The battle of the books -- Origin stories -- Paradoxes of authority -- The case against Wikipedia -- Playing the encyclopedia game -- Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow -- Appendix : Exercises for exploring Wikipedia and authority. |
| Summary |
"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." -- from the book jacket. |
| Subject |
Education, Humanistic.
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Education, Humanistic. |
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Research -- Methodology -- Data processing.
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Research -- Methodology -- Data processing. |
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Research -- Methodology. |
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Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia. |
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Wikipedia. |
| ISBN |
1421415356 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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142141550X (electronic) |
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9781421415352 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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9781421415505 (electronic) |
| Standard No. |
9781421415352 |
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