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The Benefits of Traditional vs. Wikipedia Assignments
Watch Megan John from Concordia College present her poster “The Benefits of Traditional vs. Wikipedia Research Assignments for Introductory Psychology Students” at the APS 25th Annual Convention in Washington DC. This presentation describes how a
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Year in Review 2012
2012 was a great year for psychological science. In May, more than 4,000 researchers from around the globe gathered in Chicago to make the 24th APS Annual Convention the biggest ever. In September, Clinical Psychological
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Why Wikipedia Does Belong in the Classroom
ReadWriteWeb: The proper place of social media in the classroom remains a mystery to most people, with Wikipedia standing as the biggest, baddest new media nemesis of them all. In the 80s, Neil Postman wrote
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Papers With a Purpose: The APS Wikipedia Initiative’s First Year
Want to know what zygomaticus means? Chances are you’ll Google it, and Google will point you to Wikipedia. With 450 million unique hits, and a total of 6 billion hits every month, Wikipedia is the
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2012 Wikipedia Symposium
The 2012 APS Annual Convention featured the symposium “Wikipedia in the Classroom: Initial Responses to the Call to Action.” The symposium included a status report on the APS Wikipedia Initiative and featured presentations from APS
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Largest Collaborative Project Known to Humankind: APS Wikipedia Demo
Jonathan A. Obar of Michigan State University kicks off the APS Wikipedia Initiative Special Event Wikipedia in the Classroom: Initial Responses to the Call to Action Friday May 25. A full crowd in the River
