The Wikipedian Advantage On January 15, 2011, a revolutionary idea took hold—to allow anyone across the globe the ability to contribute to an online encyclopedia. No one knew if the idea would catch on or how reliable the information submitted would be. However, it was probably never suspected that today the Wikipedia project would boast over 3.5 million articles in English with as many as 75,000 contributors and most importantly a 96% accuracy rating. That being said, criticism of the project, mostly by academics, is wide spread. They point to the inaccuracies and unreliability of the content produced, which in turn misinforms students.
The main similarity that both articles highlight is the topic of morals. “What is morally correct?” I can imagine if they could sit down to talk about their work they would come to a common ground in their beliefs. Steve Buist’s article highlights the unethical behavior between researchers and companies that fund researches, and how these behaviors can be improved. “Improving the transparency around the financial relationships between researchers and companies is one way to deal with the potential conflicts of interest that can arise” (Buist, S., 2012). One such example is the “most reputable scientific journals, such as the New England Journal of Medicine, now require the authors of scientific papers to make detailed disclosure of their commercial financial relationships as a prerequisite for publication” (Buist, S., 2012).
The reference links on Wikipedia proved to be more beneficial to my research than any of the information actually contained within the site. I found the website for The British Origami Society through the reference links on Wikipedia. It was the most informative site and I found it useful in backing up any information I had obtained from Wikipedia. Scanning the front page of the website, I discovered a man named David Lister who was recognized as an ‘Origami Historian’. The site contains copious amounts of short essays and opinion pieces written by Lister
Genesis 1-2 can show us that God is all-powerful and all-loving. As far as Genesis 1-2 goes, it is more important to understand the scripture, rather than prove it to be factual. “Although popular images of controversy continue to exemplify the supposed hostility of Christianity to new scientific theories, studies have shown that Christianity has often nurtured and encouraged scientific endeavor, while at other times the two have co-existed without either tension or attempts at harmonization” (Ferngren, 2). Genesis 1-2 is the cause of much unnecessary tension between the religious and scientific communities. The writers of Genesis 1-2 wrote it in a way that presents the Earth’s creation as a factual account of God creating the heavens and the Earth.
Butterfield (1965) author of “The Origins of Modern Science” persuasively argues that what materialized in the 16th century and subsequent years was not necessarily the results of new information, but transformed minds. Helweg, (1997) explains that other cultures have made significant findings to the human race; i.e., the Hindus introduction of zero and the Muslins contributions to algebra. Christian also contributed an exclusive set of expectations required by science. Many Christians were not only scientist but researchers that validated that we existed in a methodical universe. They understood that revealing such knowledge would prove powerful in evidence that such a universe was shaped by a methodical
An effective quality assurance system for online education Abstract Over the past decades, online education has become a more popular educational method by offering a new learning environment for students. With the rapid development of online education, educators start to realize that how to assure quality of online education has become an unavoidable problem. Firstly, a flexible and reliable Learning Management System is the basis; it is able to stimulate and activate students’ interests so that they acquire knowledge and skills much more actively and efficiently. Secondly, a well informed and trained instructor with a flexible contract is a key; it makes high quality online courses and universities can inspire qualified teaching stuff by providing flexible contract. Finally, a well educated and skilled student was evaluated reasonably by self, peer and professors is an influencing factor; it enables to students understand their overall academic performance so that they make consistent improvement.
Everyone has the right to benefit from both the protection and the benefits of the protection of “the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author”-Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 27. As expected, with the advancement in technology the internet is transforming the world into a global village. While these massive transformation has been good has it has made communication and transfer of information easy with most information available at the tip of one’s fingers, it has also had a negative connotation on the world today which was definitely not intended by the original creators. There are a lot of issues regarding internet/ communication usage that lead to debates and controversies and one of this major problems has been digital piracy. Digital Piracy (Copyright Infringement) according to the copyright.gov (the US government’s copyright enforcement website) is the reproduction, distribution, performance, public display, or modification of a work without the permission of the copyright owner (U.S.
Many people would not agree that Christianity and theology cannot be integrated, but in actuality it can. This book helps the reader understand the basics of what psychology and theology is and how it can be integrated beautifully if you take the right steps and don’t remain open minded to your view of the world. Worldview, as defined by Entwistle, is “a set of presuppositions which we hold about the basic make-up of the world” (Entwistle, 2010 p.56). Our worldview assumptions whether it is true or not, plays a major role in how we relate psychology and Christianity. Every individual will have their own truth because the lens through which they see the world is biased.
Second, Naver offers a unique services titled “Knowledge-In.” This forum is very much like the ever popular Wikipedia as it’s created for the people by the people. If Knowledge-In is as remotely as popular as Wikipedia, it most certainly provides a heavy traffic load which also adds an advantage as being a resource on behalf of Naver. Next, Naver offer a system called N Drive, which is systematically very similar to cloud computing. Cloud computing is the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server. However, N Drive
Before talking about the incompatibility of science and religion, it is necessary to answer questions such as what is science and what is religion? The science is a tool by means of which it is possible to receive true knowledge of the world. How there was a Universe or how life has appeared? Very deep and difficult question. While none of these issues have precise answers, but there is a scientific methodology, which is the best of what people can approach to them.