Technical Vocabulary
learning using Wikipedia
Technical Vocabulary
learning using Wikipedia
The problem domain:
technical words
We look up words on the Internet
Why does Wikipedia dominate
Google?
Wikifying technical words
Text
Wikifiedtext
An example of wikified text
An example of wikified text
Using FLAX to wikify text
Readings and quizzes
10 readings
• 2 – 5 paragraphs
10 quizzes
Are the readings and quizzes
helpful?
Example responses to the survey
• “Helps to learn from a common and reliable source”
• “Provided insight into topics”
Limitation and observation
• Not all words or phrases that you can find entries of in the Wikipedia
References
• http://flax.nzdl.org • http ://econsultancy.com/nz/blog/9009-why-wikipedia-is-top-on-google-t he-seo-truth-no-one-wants-to-hear • http://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