W3) Blog assignment / Sangmin Choe




1. 

Wikipedia is one of the most popular wikis. Wiki means a website that anyone can modify, add, or delete. Because of these characteristics, vandalism is often a problem in small wikis, but it is overcome through self-purification effects and algorithms in large wikis. Wikis are part of the "Web 2.0". Web 2.0 means that the user can interact. Web 1.0, on the other hand, is static because users cannot interact. Instagram, YouTube, etc. are typical web 2.0. Wikipedia is a non-profit organization that also operates sub-sites such as Wikimedia Wikibooks.

Wikipedia began with an Enlightenment aspiration and was motivated to make information accessible universally available. Wikipedia is not just an online multilingual encyclopedia. It is constantly changed and updated by the conversation of users. The universal vision of an encyclopedia is to increase access to knowledge for all people. In the past, many people have tried to make information warehouses using the technology of the time. After many failures and trials and errors, Wikipedia has been produced along with modern technology. Technologies such as hypertext systems make Wikipedia more dynamic. Also, Wikipedia is created through large-scale collaboration, rather than a single contributor creating full text. Wikipedia is making the democratization of knowledge. In line with the encyclopedia's vision of increasing access to information through human cooperation, Wikipedia has good-faith collaborative culture. 

And Wikipedia is published content that focuses on communities rather than copyright licenses. Community characteristics stem from the fact that anyone can participate and anyone can edit, and there are advantages and risks. To overcome the danger, internal discipline also exists within Wikipedia. For example, there are three collaborative processes. Neutral Point of View (NPOV), No Original Research(NOR), verifiability; NPOV policy provides a variety of perspectives. NOR and verifiability articles have to come from a reliable source.


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I didn't know that wiki meant that. I've never thought about the meaning of Wiki even though I've heard of it a lot in my daily life. When I saw Namu wiki that is the popular wiki in Korea, I just thought that It copied Wikipedia, but I didn't know that the word wiki had that kind of meaning. 

It was also interesting to note that the purpose of the encyclopedia was motivated to enhance access to knowledge. It was also interesting that the meanings in the encyclopedia were made by people's agreement. These days, YouTube seems to be acting as a visual encyclopedia. I also feel comfortable learning English and coding through videos, not types, but I can easily copy and learn them on YouTube. Services such as YouTube and Cousera seem to be playing the role of democratizing knowledge in the online-based world.


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My question is this. Access to knowledge has become very easy thanks to Wikipedia, YouTube, and Cousera. In the past, access to knowledge was difficult, so universities that could share knowledge had a great meaning. But what is the direction that universities should take in this situation anyone could access knowledge everywhere as long as they have the Internet?

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  1. SOMIN PARK (박소민)March 20, 2021 at 10:47 PM

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    Now we can easily find knowledge everywhere as you can say. I think what universities need to do in this situation is to let students know how the knowledge is used in real life and make them use it themselves.

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