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Direct linkLittlejohn, Allison; Hood, Nina; Rehm, Martin; McGill, Lou; Rienties, Bart; Highton, Melissa – Interactive Learning Environments, 2021
This study explores Wikipedia as a site for learning. It traces how people learn to become Wikipedia editors through engagement in an editathon, a training event for people who want to become a volunteer editor. The study is original in its emphasis on the various types of knowledge editors acquire as they develop expertise. Determining the…
Descriptors: Editing, Web Sites, Volunteers, Training Methods
Download full textHood, Nina; Littlejohn, Allison – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Editathons are a relatively new type of learning event, which enable participants to create or edit Wikipedia content on a particular topic. This paper explores the experiences of nine participants of an editathon at the University of Edinburgh on the topic of the "Edinburgh Seven," who were the first women to attend medical school in…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Encyclopedias, Editing, Females
Littlejohn, Allison; Hood, Nina – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2018
Introduction: We report on the experiences of a group of people as they become Wikipedia editors. We test Benkler's (2002) theory that commons-based production processes accelerate the creation of capital, questioning what knowledge production processes do people engage in as they become editors? The analysis positions the development of editing…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing, Electronic Publishing, Editing
