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 Text Wikified text Wikification

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-hearhttp://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-Searchhttp://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/ http://www.intelligentpositioning.com/blog/2012/02/wikipedia-page- one-of-google-uk-for-99-of-searches/

19. Thank youyou!