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ERIC Number: EJ1093683
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Mar
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
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Improving Information Literacy Skills through Learning to Use and Edit Wikipedia: A Chemistry Perspective
Walker, Martin A.; Li, Ye
Journal of Chemical Education, v93 n3 p509-515 Mar 2016
Our students rely on Wikipedia on their mobile devices or laptops, since it is an extremely rich and broad resource. This article overviews the Chemistry content on Wikipedia and how students can learn to use it effectively as an information resource, critically evaluating content, and learning key information literacy skills. We also discuss how students' information literacy skills can be improved through a class project where students edit Wikipedia articles. Through such projects, students may begin to appreciate where and how chemical information is generated, gathered, developed, and shared in the real world.
Division of Chemical Education, Inc and ACS Publications Division of the American Chemical Society. 1155 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 800-227-5558; Tel: 202-872-4600; e-mail: eic@jce.acs.org; Web site: http://pubs.acs.org/jchemeduc
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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