Wikipedia is the biggest multi-national free content encyclopaedia in the world. It has been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world and the vast majority of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the Internet.
| Website: | www.wikipedia.org |
| Cost: | Free |
| Availability: | Online |
| Top 100 Tools 2012: | 10 |
| Top 100 Tools 2011: | 11 |
| Top 100 Tools 2010: | 16 |
| Top 100 Tools 2009: | 17 |
| Top 100 Tools 2008: | 13 |
| Top 100 Tools 2007: | 26= |
Comments from some of those who selected Wikipedia as one of their Top Tools
- “Excellent, accessible and accurate. Another starting point for web research.” Karl Goddard
- “Often top of the list when searching a topic on Google, Wikipedia has all the bases covered” Rich Chetwynd
- “I use a lot of materials from the Wikimedia Commons in most things that I create.” Hans de Zwart
- “The collective encyclopedia where I look whenever I need to know more about something” Guy Boulet
- “A starting point and ending point for most of the things I research.” Janet Clarey
- “Who needs to write a glossary anymore in an online course? By default, I always send my students to wikipedia now.” Daniel Lemire
- “Wikipedia is now maturing to an extent that you can rely its content as much as you can on edited and proofed traditional encyclopaedias.” Charles Jennings
- “Has become a backbone for personal learning and research. From personal interests to unknown acronyms it is the first place I look to search for information” Rebecca Jones
A Practical Guide to the Top 100 Tools for Learning
Find out how to use the Top 100 Tools for personal learning and productivity, for professional development, in educational and training and for workforce collaboration
The Guide provides essential information about each of the tools and includes curated links to other excellent and useful resources. Find out more here.
