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Davis, LiAnna – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2022
All content to Wikipedia is added and edited in a crowdsourced model, wherein nearly anyone can click the "edit" button and change content on Wikipedia. An active community of dedicated volunteers is what keeps Wikipedia as reliable as it is today--good, but not complete. More diverse contributors are needed to add more content to…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing, Electronic Publishing, Volunteers
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Piotr Konieczny – College Teaching, 2024
This Quick Fix describes how the emerging "writing for Wikipedia" activity allows replacing a traditional written paper with a more motivating, digital assignment that also allows students to contribute to society. It presents the most efficient ways to incorporate Wikipedia into one's teaching curriculum, while also discussing best…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Writing Assignments
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Humer, Stefan; Schnetzer, Matthias – Journal of Economic Education, 2022
Wikipedia is not only a source of knowledge and a medium for communicating research but also opens new avenues for teaching in academia. In this article, the authors provide theoretical considerations and practical guidance for setting up a postgraduate economics course where students disseminate research on income inequality in Europe to a…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Encyclopedias, Student Motivation, Cooperative Learning
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Silva, Elise; Scott, Khirsten L. – Journal of Information Literacy, 2023
This project report describes a community-engaged, extra-institutional, out-of-school Wikipedia editing project focused on the digital literacies of Black girls. The project was located in a systemically under-resourced neighbourhood of Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Given the under representation of Black women editing Wikipedia, and continued concerns…
Descriptors: African American Students, High School Students, After School Programs, Editing
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Thomas, Paul; Jones, Matthew F.; Mattingly, Spencer – Journal of Information Literacy, 2021
This paper outlines a creative Wikipedia-based project developed by the University of Kansas (KU) Libraries and the KU Biology Department. Inspired by the tenets of open pedagogy, the purpose of this project is to use Wikipedia as a way for students to learn about the scholarly peer review process while also producing material that can be shared…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Encyclopedias
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Park, Diana E.; Bridges, Laurie M. – Communications in Information Literacy, 2022
There is a common classroom refrain, "Don't use "Wikipedia"; it's unreliable." Unfortunately, this simple dismissal of the world's largest repository of information fails to engage students in a critical conversation about how knowledge within "Wikipedia" is constructed and shared. "Wikipedia" is available…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Electronic Publishing, Collaborative Writing, Information Literacy
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Lugosi, Nicole V. T.; Patrie, Nicole; Cromwell, Kris – Critical Studies in Education, 2023
This article is inspired by long-standing calls to address issues of anti-Indigenous racism and colonialism within higher education. There is a growing trend among universities around the globe to commit to principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), including discussions about how to Indigenize the academy. While EDI and Indigenization…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations, Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing