ERIC Number: EJ1369074
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0425-0494
EISSN: EISSN-1754-8845
Teaching Liberal Arts Content via Wikipedia Page Authoring in an English Language Learning Context
English in Education, v56 n4 p309-324 2022
Wikipedia is one of the most important innovations of the Internet age and has been analysed and criticised within higher educational settings for how it is utilised by students or academics for essay assignments or research. Less work has been done on how content writing for Wikipedia may be deployed as an instructional tool and its pedagogical implications, particularly for English language learners. This case study describes an in-class editing project involving sociology and English literature undergraduates at a Korean university, and qualitatively and quantitatively examines its successes and difficulties. Findings from this experiment are relevant to future Wikipedia teaching projects with high-fluency second language (L2) as well as first language (L1) students at the postsecondary level.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Liberal Arts, Case Studies, Collaborative Writing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Fluency, Content Area Writing, Editing, Sociology, English Literature, Undergraduate Students, Native Language, Educational Benefits, Information Sources, Foreign Countries, Web Sites, Writing Assignments, Student Motivation, Digital Literacy, Service Learning, Student Attitudes, Likert Scales
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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