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Andrew Yim; Matthew Vetter; Jun Akiyoshi – Written Communication, 2024
Given Wikipedia's breadth of coverage, social impact, and longevity as an impactful open knowledge resource, the encyclopedia has been the subject of considerable interdisciplinary research. Building on scholarship related to collaboration, authorship, ownership, and editing in Wikipedia, this study sought to better understand Wikipedians as…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing, Electronic Publishing, Authors
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Pollard, Elizabeth Ann – History Teacher, 2008
Wikiality, Wikimania, WikiGnomes, Wikitrolls, Wikibots, Wikipediaholism... all these neologisms have been coined in recent years to talk about Wikipedia, the online, open-source encyclopedia. In this article, the author describes a project that aims to craft a pedagogical approach that incorporated student-contribution to Wikipedia in order to…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Historiography, Encyclopedias, Web Sites