I thought about Wikipedia. Wikipedia has a lot of critics -but a lot of students use it and it can support autonomy. Among history students it is very useful if you forget something -like the difference between a post modernist and a post structuralist (!!?!). you can get a quick reminder and there is no need to trek round the library looking for the book someone else has got out.
I think it would be good to analyse some Wikipedia entries with students. Look through what's written. Discuss whether or not the information seems balanced. Look at the references etc. Get them to look at entries about things related to their subject and analyse those. How reliable does the information seem?
One reason students use of Wikipedia is criticised is because some use it as an alternative to doing proper reading and believe everything that's written in the entries. I think it would be helpful to train students to use it in a discriminating way.
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