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Technical Vocabulary learning using Wikipedia

Technical Vocabulary learning using Wikipedia. Alex Yu. The problem domain: technical words. http://www.freezoneamerica.org/Clearbird/study2004/manual/21study_2.htm. We look up words on the Internet. http://www.stefanoforenza.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wikipedia-logo-jpg.jpg.

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Technical Vocabulary learning using Wikipedia

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  1. Technical Vocabulary learning using Wikipedia Alex Yu

  2. The problem domain: technical words http://www.freezoneamerica.org/Clearbird/study2004/manual/21study_2.htm

  3. We look up words on the Internet http://www.stefanoforenza.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/wikipedia-logo-jpg.jpg

  4. Why does Wikipedia dominate Google? • Targeted webpages for key terms • Great internal linking structure

  5. Wikifying technical words

  6. An example of wikified text • When compiling, the compiler translates your source code into Microsoft Common Intermediate Language (MSIL), which is a CPU independent set of instructions that can be efficiently converted to native code.

  7. An example of wikified text • When compiling, the compiler translates your source code into Microsoft Common Intermediate Language(MSIL), which is a CPU-independent set of instructions that can be efficiently converted to native code.

  8. Using FLAX to wikify text copy & paste text here

  9. Add a URL in Moodle

  10. The student view

  11. Wikipedia page for “Compiler”

  12. Quiz questions for the reading

  13. Readings and quizzes • 10 readings • 2 – 5 paragraphs • 10 quizzes • 3 – 6 questions

  14. Quiz results vs. course grades

  15. Are the readings and quizzes helpful?

  16. Example responses to the survey • “Helps to learn from a common and reliable source” • “Provided insight into topics” • “Helped a bit but doing things is better than reading things”

  17. Limitation and observation • Not all words or phrases that you can find entries of in the Wikipedia • Students’ confusion over when to stop in probing the Wikipedia pages

  18. References • http://flax.nzdl.org • http://econsultancy.com/nz/blog/9009-why-wikipedia-is-top-on-google-the-seo-truth-no-one-wants-to-hear • http://www.simplyzesty.com/Blog/Article/February-2012/Why-Does-Wikipedia-Rank-So-Highly-in-Google-Search • Wikipedia: Page one of Google UK for 99% of searches, http://www.intelligentpositioning.com/blog/2012/02/wikipedia-page-one-of-google-uk-for-99-of-searches/

  19. Thank • you!

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