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Many do not recognize the authority that can emerge from “wisdom of crowds” and instead interpret the result as unacceptable.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},593684,1792925560,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":66,"doc_module":4,"category_id":19,"category_name":20,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":133,"file_id":134,"file_url":135,"file_type":136,"file_size":137,"view_count":19,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":138,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":36,"preview_page_count":4},4398046744996,"Australian Journal of Teacher Education  \n\n| Volume 40 | Issue 12 | Article 9 |\n| --- | --- |\n| 2015\u003Cbr>Teachers' use of Wikipedia with their Students\u003Cbr>Hagit Meishar-Tal\u003Cbr>Holon Institute of Technology, [hagitmt@hit.ac.il](hagitmt@hit.ac.il) |  |\n\nRecommended Citation  \nMeishar-Tal, H. (2015). Teachers' use of Wikipedia with their Students. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 40 (12).  \n[http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2015v40n12.9](http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2015v40n12.9)  \nThis Journal Article is posted at Research Online.  \n[http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol40/iss12/9](http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol40/iss12/9)  \nTeachers' Use of Wikipedia with Their Students  \nHagit Meishar-Tal  \nHolon Institute of Technology – HIT, Israel  \nAbstract: One of the most impressive phenomena in the creation and  \ndissemination of human knowledge in recent years is Wikipedia, an  \nencyclopedia written collaboratively by Web users. Nevertheless,  \nteachers tend to oppose the use of wikipedia by their students and  \nquestion its reliability. This paper explores the perceptions of k-12  \nschool teachers in Israel towards the quality of the information in  \nwikipedia and the reasoning they hold for these perceptions. Findings show that most of the teachers perceive Wikipedia as an environment  \nof middling to poor reliability, accuracy, and timeliness. Many  \nteachers do not realize how authoritative information is when  \ngenerated by “wisdom of crowds” and interpret it as unacceptable  \nand untrustworthy.  \nIntroduction  \nOne of the most impressive phenomena in the creation and dissemination of human knowledge in recent years is Wikipedia, an encyclopedia written collaboratively by Web users. Unlike traditional encyclopedias, its entries are produced by contributors irrespective of their level of formal education. Wikipedia is based on the ‘wisdom of crowds' idea, which posits that information produced, accumulated, and critically examined by a critical mass of people will be of equal if not superior quality than information written by authoritative and reputed experts, however highly esteemed they may be (Surowiecki, 2004). A study in the journal Nature, comparing the quality of information in Wikipedia with that in Encyclopedia Britannica, found a similar number of errors in both encyclopedias and saw no meaningful advantage in one over the other (Giles, 2005). Another study that examined the quality of historical entries in Wikipedia found Wikipedia no less accurate than the Encarta encyclopedia (Rosenzweig, 2006) .  \nNot only does Wikipedia defer to other encyclopedias in quality, it has clear advantages over the others: it is accessible anywhere and at any time, costs nothing to use, updates its contents rapidly and efficiently, and allows uploading in unlimited quantities. These features make Wikipedia an important if not a central resource in our lives (Johnson, 2006) . It is no wonder, then, that Wikipedia is one of the ten most popular sites in the world in number of users and ‘hits’(Nielsen, 2011) .  \nStudies on the extent of educators’(school teachers and academic lecturers) use of Wikipedia, however, paint a totally different picture. Teachers oppose Wikipedia widely (Schiff, 2006). Many are unwilling to accept it as a reliable source of information for learning and teaching purposes. Furthermore, even teachers who use Wikipedia for personal needs do not encourage their students to do the same; some even forbid them to use it as a source of information (Eijkman, 2010) .  \nThe way school teachers relate to Wikipedia and refer to this environment has an importance that transcends their personal use of this resource. Teachers are important agents  \nof knowledge in the information society; they shape the use habits and attitudes ofthe generation to come. This study asks how primary and secondary teachers perceive the quality of information on Wikipedia, and why.  \nBackground  \nThe Authoritativeness of Knowledge in Wikipedia  \nThe au","cbCairVnsifgP4U5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairVnsifgP4U5","pdf",774261,16,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## Wikipedia and knowledge creation\n## Prior studies on educator use\n# Background\n## The authoritativeness of knowledge in Wikipedia\n## Source authority vs. wisdom of crowds","[{\"question\":\"What issue do teachers have with using Wikipedia in K-12 education?\",\"answer\":\"Many teachers oppose Wikipedia and question its reliability as a source for learning and teaching. 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