Why am I taking this course?-Woojin J

The reason why I am taking this course 'Collective Intelligence' is that I just wonder about Wikipedia. I usually use Google when I need to search about something and also get much information from Wikipedia. Although I really enjoy using Wikipedia, I don't have any information about 'Wikipedia'. Actually, I didn't even know I could edit the information myself until I applied for taking this course.
So through this course, I want to get a lot of knowledge about Wikipedia and collective intelligence, the main element in which Wikipedia operate.
In addition, I am a fourth grade student now preparing to find a job. So I want to have new knowledge and my own new ability through this course.
I also think the society is always run by collective intelligence and uses collective intelligence to solve many problems. So I think I need to learn more about collective intelligence.


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  1. CAI MUBOMarch 21, 2020 at 1:20 AM

    I am the same as you that I just wonder about Wikipedia. Because in China we do not use Google and Wikipedia. We are prefer to use the Baidu. So I want to know more about Wikipedia and how to edit it.

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  2. Chun young ryunMarch 22, 2020 at 8:58 AM

    I agree to look up the data primarily on Google. So I think we should study Wikipedia which is easy to access. I want to learn how to find information effectively through this lecture.

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