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College professors in US telling students to use Wikipedia for class
Published Tue, Jun 21, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Washington
MOST college freshmen learn on Day 1 that they shouldn't use Wikipedia. It's framed as a crime on par with cheating: a mortal sin against the gods of academia.
In hundreds of classrooms across the US, though, some professors have begun taking a very different tack. Not only are their students encouraged to see Wikipedia as an important information source, but they're required to edit it for class assignments.
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