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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1
The article on ‘Interactive Learning’ does not include enough content that is relevant to the topic. In my opinion, more relevant content can be incorporated into the article. While the article can be categorized as neutral it does not provide a sufficient review of the literature related to interactive learning. The points I will aim to incorporate while editing the article includes the advantages and disadvantages of interactive learning. Only five references are provided and there are limited citations to the claims made in the article. Therefore, it needs more references as well as citations for the statements that are made. Most of the references included no longer work thus requiring an update. In addition, I would not consider the references in the article to be reliable. Overall, this article would be considered as having an underdeveloped reference section. The article does not include either a coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations/subjects. Thorough editing and referencing is crucial to the betterment of this article for Wikipedia readers. Bieliková M., Divéky M., Jurnečka P., Kajan R., Omelina L. (2008). Learning with Smart Multipurpose Interactive Learning Environment. In: M. Kendall & B. Samways (eds), Learning to Live in the Knowledge Society. Boston, MA: Springer.
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Ibrahim M., Al-Shara O. (2007). Impact of Interactive Learning on Knowledge Retention. In: M.J. Smith & G. Salvendy (eds), ''Human Interface and the Management of Information. Interacting in Information Environments''. Berlin: Springer.

Kara, N., Aydın, C., and Çağıltay, K. (2014). Design and development of a smart storytelling toy. Interactive Learning Environments 22 (3): 288–297.

Keay-Bright, W. (2008). Tangible technologies as interactive play spaces for children with learning difficulties: the Reactive colours project. The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society 4 (1): 111–120.

Polat E., Cagiltay K., Karasu N. (2019). Tangible Objects and Mobile Technology: Interactive Learning Environments for Students with Learning Disabilities. In: Y. Zhang & D. Cristol (eds), Handbook of Mobile Teaching and Learning. Berlin: Springer.

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Incorporating technology in the field education can have profound implications in facilitating learning for students. Various technologies are used in the field of Education. Educational Technology is attracting more educators and researchers in the field as it makes its way to become the new norm of education in the 21st century. In this article, we will further explore the history, theories, and practices in Educational Technology. The content in the article is relevant to the topic. The content is up to date. The article includes content pertaining to how Educational Technology has played a huge role during the testing times of COVID-19. Therefore, the content of the article is valuable for researchers and educators. The article shows common neutrality on the topic of Educational Technology. It provides thorough viewpoints that are equally represented on the benefits and disadvantages of using educational technology. Thus, it does not attempt to persuade the reader in favour of one position. The article provides us with more than 200 sources. The article includes sources that go as far back as 1910 and some are as recent as August of 2021. I was able to look further into the sources and click on some that were working. I would not categorize the article as having any gaps in its sourcing. The sources are written by a diverse spectrum of authors. In fact, one of the sources is from an Iranian scholar from the Islamic Golden Age named Al Biruni. A name I believe is not familiar to many Western scholars. In terms of the article’s organization, it was very well organized. The article was well sectioned into 19 parts, each those sections contained subsections. As for the writing, I believe it could have been more concise. I found some of the information to be repetitive and unnecessary. No grammatical or spelling errors were located. In my opinion, the article could have contained more images. Media in the article was limited. I would also consider the images to be outdated, thus resulting in a lack of appeal, and understanding of the topic. The images however were well captioned and adhere to Wikipedia’s copyright regulations.

Afzalnia, M.R., (1990). The Benefits of Educational Technology. Magazine of Educational Technology. Pg. 93–94 (1990).
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Wolfe, S. K., Guevara, C., Lyons K., (2019). Developing Educational Technology at an Urban Community College. Switzerland: Springer.

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