Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 7 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 14 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 21 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Higher Education | 22 |
Postsecondary Education | 17 |
Adult Education | 2 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 2 |
Secondary Education | 2 |
Early Childhood Education | 1 |
Elementary Education | 1 |
High Schools | 1 |
Kindergarten | 1 |
Audience
Students | 6 |
Practitioners | 5 |
Media Staff | 2 |
Researchers | 2 |
Teachers | 2 |
Location
Australia | 2 |
United Kingdom (Great Britain) | 2 |
United States | 2 |
California (Los Angeles) | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
China | 1 |
Czech Republic | 1 |
Europe | 1 |
Hong Kong | 1 |
India | 1 |
Kansas | 1 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Raynor, Michael E. – Psychology of Education Review, 2021
Michael E. Raynor limits his commentary to Flavin's discussion of Wikipedia. Flavin argues that Wikipedia is a disruptive innovation, and has disrupted the hard-copy encyclopedia. Flavin sees Wikipedia in optimistic terms, as democratising education and 'reframing the means by which knowledge is produced, distributed and consumed.' He implies that…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Higher Education, Criticism
Anderson, Terry – Psychology of Education Review, 2021
Besides a lack of focus on the context in which the innovation thrives or dies, the author takes issue with some of Dr. Flavin's choice of examples. Flavin argues that Wikipedia has disrupted higher education. The author is a supporter of Wikipedia (both through donation and article edits) and uses it regularly, but does not believe it has had…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Higher Education
Flavin, Michael – Psychology of Education Review, 2021
This paper uses disruptive innovation theory as a lens through which to analyse technology enhanced learning in higher education. The paper also explores how higher education might be disrupted. Specific technologies are examined, including the Virtual Learning Environment and Wikipedia. Specific practices are analysed, including Bring Your Own…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education
Vetter, Matthew A.; McDowell, Zachary J. – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2023
COVID-19 and the public health policies emerging in response have laid bare a multiplicity of issues related to educational access and knowledge equity on a global scale. Among these, the quick shift to online and hybrid education models led teachers to adapt a plethora of digital platforms to deliver content and sponsor interactions). Such…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Epistemology, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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
Lustig, Jason – History Teacher, 2021
The prevailing long-term trend in university history instruction--especially when one considers the rise of the historical seminar in the nineteenth century and the source-method of teaching in the twentieth--has been towards teaching methods of analysis. That is to say, by reading documents and sources, students can learn a way of looking at the…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Higher Education, Jews, Service Learning
Aljawarneh, Shadi A. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2020
In the higher education sector, a new era has begun with the advent of ubiquitous learning environments. Ubiquitous learning tools allow improving context-aware as well as learning experiences by offering seamless availability regardless of location all the time. They also help in establishing effortless interaction between authentic and digital…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education, Internet
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
Di Lauro, Frances – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
This paper brings to light the notable contributions of Wikipedian Adrianne Wadewitz (1977-2014) who enlisted her peers and students to help reduce the gender imbalance by participating in mass collaborative initiatives like edit-a-thons to increase the stock of knowledge about and of interest to women. Such projects, and the edit-a-thons that…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Collaborative Writing, Gender Differences, Web Sites
Staub, Timo; Hodel, Thomas – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
This paper considers Wikipedia and collaborative editing in general: what is Wikipedia, how does it work as a collaborative editing project? Who publishes there, how do these people collaborate, is there a hierarchy among them? And what about Wikipedia quality control: is it efficient, how good is the factual quality of the content? Can Wikipedia…
Descriptors: Internet, Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing, Editing
Zou, Di; Xie, Haoran; Wang, Fu Lee; Kwan, Reggie – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
This project investigated how Wikipedia can be integrated into flipped learning in higher education through the project-based learning approach. It proposed a flipped learning model where Wikipedia was involved in creating a collaborative learning environment. Two groups of students participated in the research and were asked to complete group…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Web 2.0 Technologies, Web Sites, Encyclopedias
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
Gregory, Sue; Bannister-Tyrrell, Michelle – Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2017
This article explores digital learner presence in various higher education degrees in a regional institution in NSW, Australia. Several tools used for online teaching are explored through individual research projects in relation to the learner's presence with the tool being used. It was found that a variety of online teaching tools provided…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Higher Education, Academic Degrees, Educational Technology
Knight, Charles; Pryke, Sam – Teaching in Higher Education, 2012
This article discusses the use of Wikipedia by academics and students for learning and teaching activities at Liverpool Hope University. Hope has distinctive aspects but we consider the findings to be indicative of Wikipedia use at other British universities. First we discuss general issues of Wikipedia use within the university. Second, we…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing, Electronic Publishing