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Is Wikipedia any use for students and academics?  Are the derogatory comments justified and can it be used in ways that support learning?

So many times when I hear academics refer to Wikipedia it is in condescending tones.  Comments from “You can’t trust anything in Wikipedia”, “It’s just written by amateurs”, “It’s not real peer-reviewed content’, [...]

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The Jotspot wiki returned yesterday. It was bought out by Google some time back and has now returned as Google Sites. As with most things Google, it has a clean interface and easy to access options and set up. Also, Google specifically deny all ownership of the material you create.
To [...]

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