In the article, “Wikipedia, a Professor’s Best Friend,” Dariusz Jemielniak offers a different opinion on Wikipedia than what students are normally told by other academics. His article explains why many academics hate, and sometimes even fear, Wikipedia. Editors on Wikipedia seek to educate, without needing compensation or credit, whereas teachers/professors seek to educate and need at least compensation. If there was a way to make Wikipedia much more credible, teachers/professors will be rendered obsolete. Therefore, Jemielniak is in the minority when he encourages students to use Wikipedia. However, he offers a great solution in mending the bridge between academia and Wikipedia by encourage students to not only use Wikipedia, but also contribute to the website as class assignments.
Reasons in this article are true and understandable, but I disagree that wikipedia will render teachers obsolete. In fact, I think the significance of teacher cannot be replaced by any other things, because teachers do not only teach knowledge, they also teach us moral principles and communication skills, which can not be taught by wikipedia.
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