How to Use Wikipedia to Teach Jewish Studies

Authors

Shira Klein, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

Abstract

"With 35 million articles, Wikipedia has become the largest encyclopedia in human history. We all, students and teachers alike, use Wikipedia on a regular basis. Yet academia has been slow to respond to this exciting source of knowledge. True, the online encyclopedia can’t replace professional scholarship. But instructors have a lot to gain from using it as a teaching tool."

Comments

This article was originally published in AJSNews: Newsletter of the Association for Jewish Studies in 2015.

Recommended Citation

Klein, Shira, “How to Use Wikipedia to Teach Jewish Studies,” AJSNews: Newsletter of the Association for Jewish Studies (2015), accessed May 23, 2016, http://ajsnet.org/ajsnews-wikipedia-teaching-jewish-studies.htm.

Copyright

Association for Jewish Studies