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Dunn, Peter K.; Brunton, Elizabeth; Marshman, Margaret; McDougall, Robert; Kent, Damon; Masters, Nicole; McKay, David – College Teaching, 2023
Despite questions about academic rigor, undergraduates use Wikipedia for opportunistic learning: self-regulated study to learn, relearn, or be introduced to concepts. STEM topics are potentially immune from some of Wikipedia's criticism, as many are based on well-established facts. This article evaluates 28 articles from seven STEM disciplines on…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing, Electronic Publishing
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Kichuk, Diana – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2015
The electronic conversion of scanned image files to readable text using optical character recognition (OCR) software and the subsequent migration of raw OCR text to e-book text file formats are key remediation or media conversion technologies used in digital repository e-book production. Despite real progress, the OCR problem of reliability and…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Equipment, Computer Software
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Lau, Simon Boung-Yew; Lee, Chien-Sing; Singh, Yashwant Prasad – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
With the proliferation of social Web applications, users can now collaboratively author, share and access hypermedia learning resources, contributing to richer learning experiences outside formal education. These resources may or may not be educational. However, they can be harnessed for educational purposes by adapting and personalizing them to…
Descriptors: Hypermedia, Metadata, Web 2.0 Technologies, Educational Resources
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Morsey, Mohamed; Lehmann, Jens; Auer, Soren; Stadler, Claus; Hellmann, Sebastian – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: DBpedia extracts structured information from Wikipedia, interlinks it with other knowledge bases and freely publishes the results on the web using Linked Data and SPARQL. However, the DBpedia release process is heavyweight and releases are sometimes based on several months old data. DBpedia-Live solves this problem by providing a live…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing, Electronic Publishing, Data
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Farmer, Lesley – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2011
Intellectual pursuit and the recognition of ideas is a central concept. Copyrights protect the rights of intellectual creators while balancing those rights with the needs for access. As technologies have expanded, and production has become more sophisticated, the legal regulations surrounding their use have become more complex. With the advent of…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Bohley, Katharine A. – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
This article will define Web 2.0 and determine if it is "right" for you. The author has been teaching with technology for over ten years and has identified Web 2.0 categories that are emerging in higher educational institutions. A summary of seven categories of the "Education Winners" as well as a comparison of each of the…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Uses in Education, Definitions, Shared Resources and Services
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers