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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
Vetter, Matthew A.; Sarraf, Krista Speicher; Woods, Elin – Interactive Learning Environments, 2022
This article argues for Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thons as feminist interventions and pedagogical events that facilitate participants' Wikipedia literacy and acquisition of learning outcomes, especially critical thinking, digital literacy, and technical skills. Drawing on data collected at a Spring 2018 Edit-a-thon at Indiana University of…
Descriptors: Art Education, Feminism, Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing
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
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
Brodsky, Jessica E.; Brooks, Patricia J.; Scimeca, Donna; Galati, Peter; Todorova, Ralitsa; Caulfield, Michael – AERA Open, 2021
College students, and adults in general, may find it hard to identify trustworthy information amid the proliferation of false news and misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. In Fall 2020, college students (N = 221) in an online general education civics course were taught through asynchronous assignments how to use lateral reading strategies…
Descriptors: Correlation, Online Courses, Reading Strategies, COVID-19
Johinke, Rebecca – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
This paper locates digital social production (or unpaid participation on the Web) within a broader discussion about demonstrating job readiness in a wired world. It does not assume that the recruitment marketplace is a level playing field for graduates. Nor does it assume that a single additional graduate attribute, in the form of contributing to…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Web 2.0 Technologies, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing
Zureck, Alexander – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2021
The range of study programs in finance and the ways how to study due to place, time, and focus has increased in recent years. Students can choose what and how they want to learn. If someone finds an appropriate program he must decide to study face-to-face, online, or in a hybrid format. Finance is often a duty in business administration or related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Media Selection, Reading Material Selection
Cherrstrom, Catherine A.; Robbins, Stacey E.; Boden, Carrie J.; Bixby, John – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2019
Improved educational technology provides new opportunities and tools for enhanced teaching and learning. However, low efficacy with technology adversely affects nontraditional students' course and college outcomes. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine nontraditional student perceptions of educational technology tools. We…
Descriptors: College Students, Nontraditional Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Technology
Soler-Adillon, Joan; Pavlovic, Dragana; Freixa, Pere – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2018
Wikipedia is a widely used resource by university students, but it is not necessarily regarded as being reliable and trustworthy by them, nor is it seen as a context in which to make content contributions. This paper presents a teaching and research project that consisted in having students edit or create Wikipedia articles and testing whether or…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Electronic Publishing, Collaborative Writing, Higher Education
Sigalov, Shani Evenstein; Nachmias, Rafi – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
In January 2014, 62 students graduated from the first for-credit course dedicated to Wikipedia. Learning focused on improved consumption of information, and collaborative construction of knowledge using the Wikipedia platform. This paper investigates the design and implementation of this course model, while highlighting the benefits and challenges…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Electronic Publishing, Collaborative Writing, Models
Trust, Torrey; Maloy, Robert W.; Edwards, Sharon – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
As higher education institutions seek to prepare an increasingly diverse population of students for a rapidly changing future, makerspaces offer a pedagogical approach for engaging all learners in active thinking and hands-on learning while promoting creativity, problem solving, and collaboration skills. In this paper, we discuss ways to integrate…
Descriptors: College Students, Shared Resources and Services, Majors (Students), Student Developed Materials
Freire, Tiago; Li, Jingping – Education and Information Technologies, 2016
Currently, there is widespread interest in how Web 2.0 tools can be used to improve students' learning experiences. Previous studies have focused either on the advantages of wikis or on concerns over the use of Wikipedia. In this study, we propose to use Wikipedia as a classroom wiki. In doing so, we discuss how students can improve their standard…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Encyclopedias, Electronic Publishing, Case Studies
Mothe, Josiane; Sahut, Gilles – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2018
Introduction: Whether Wikipedia is to be considered a trusted source is frequently questioned in France. This paper reports the results of a survey examining the levels of trust shown by young people aged eleven to twenty-five. Method: We analyse the answers given by 841 young people, aged eleven to twenty-five, to a questionnaire. To our…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Encyclopedias, Electronic Publishing, Information Sources
Samuel-Azran, Tal; Ravid, Gilad – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
In light of systematic evidence that extroverts are disadvantaged in the classroom, we examined whether an online environment assignment that builds on extroverts' character strengths can increase their overall course satisfaction. Based on previous studies demonstrating that extroverts are energized by feedback from outsiders, we asked 180…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Electronic Journals, Web Sites, Extraversion Introversion
Wichmann, Astrid; Rummel, Nikol – Computers & Education, 2013
Wiki-based writing possesses a great deal of educational potential, yet students face difficulties while writing a shared document. Revising a shared document, in particular, seems to be a demanding activity for students. This study investigated whether collaboration scripts can help to improve students' revision activities and overall text…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Scripts, Web 2.0 Technologies, Educational Technology