The Wikipedia Education Program as Open Educational Practice: Global Stories

Davis, LiAnna; Sigalov, Shani Evenstein; Maljković, Filip; Peschanski, João Alexandre

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-8590-4_12

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“…In addition to increasing the availability and accessibility of science and health content, participants in Wikipedia activities develop academic and digital literacies by learning about sourcing and citing and writing to a new media (encyclopedic)(66). Participants exercise distinguishing reliable content from misinformation and improve their collaborative skills, particularly online (59).…”

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Exploratory study: Health promotion through Wikipedia outreach and educational activities

Morata,

Zucki,

Arrigo

et al. 2023

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Background Several health institutions developed strategies to improve health content on Wikimedia platforms, given their unparalleled reach. The objective of this study was to compare an online a volunteer-based Wikimedia outreach campaign and Wikipedia university course assignments in terms of the reach of the contributions and evaluate the extent of the students' input. Methods In 2022, researchers from seven Brazilian universities and a Canadian university, in coordination with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the World Health Organization, the Ronin Institute, and Wiki Movimento Brasil, received a grant from the State of São Paulo (Brazil) that supported the 1) coordination of improvements in hearing and healthcare content through educational programs using Wikimedia platforms and 2) participation in the global campaign Wiki4WorldHearingDay2023. We examined the feasibility and the implementation of the two strategies and compared the contributions from those enrolled in educational activities versus volunteer activities from Wikipedia editors to a global campaign. Results The strategy was demonstrated to be feasible. It increased the availability of quality plain language information on hearing conditions and hearing care. By May 1, 2023, Wiki4WorldHearingDay2023, 145 participants (78 from educational programs) had contributed 167,000 words, 259 + references and 140 images to 322 Wikipedia articles (283 existing and 39 new ones), which were viewed by 16.5 million readers. Contributions occurred in 6 languages. Edits in Portuguese, mainly by those involved in educational programs, led the number of articles (226 or 70.2%) that were expanded or created during the 5-month tracking period. Conclusions The crowdsourcing of expertise and knowledge is relevant for public health. This study’s approach can be applied in other contexts. In addition to the coordination with educational programs, the elements that contributed to the success of these initiatives include an impact topic, international collaborations, the connection with a robust local Wikimedia affiliate, and the use of a technical infrastructure that gives us metrics and coordination mechanisms. The partnerships, the dissemination of the work in several platforms, the participation of multidisciplinary teams, and the availability of resources through institutional support and funding were additional elements that contributed to the success of these initiatives.

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Exploratory study: Health promotion through Wikipedia outreach and educational activities

Morata,

Zucki,

Arrigo

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…The second type are interactive motivations, which value Wikipedia as a social environment where community collaboration can take place to generate public information and validate feedback [22]. Wikipedia has the potential to promote active learning, foster a sense of responsibility towards knowledge, and improve the awareness of the digital generation regarding critical contemporary topics, ranging from misinformation and fake news to biases, knowledge gaps, and knowledge equity [47]. It is the desire to help students develop skills related to research work and to provide them with an authentic opportunity to contribute to the public information space that is considered important by Estonian lecturers, who have integrated writing assignments based on the Estonian Wikipedia into their teaching [48].…”

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With or without Wikipedia? Integrating Wikipedia into the Teaching Process in Estonian General Education Schools

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Today’s education has been shaped by the rapid development of digital technologies and easy accessibility to a large number of electronic sources. This has instigated a genuine need to change current teaching attitudes and practices. Wikipedia, as a multilingual online platform open to all, is a source of information that is used on a daily basis and therefore cannot be ignored in the teaching process. The aim of this study is to explore the possibilities of using the Estonian Wikipedia for teaching purposes in general education schools. The study is based on semi-structured interviews with 49 teachers from 11 general education schools in Estonia. The results of the qualitative content analysis of the interviews indicate that teachers consider the use of Wikipedia to be a suitable for teaching, alongside other information sources and environments. However, teachers acknowledge some uncertainty and caution towards Wikipedia, as they do not consider it a very reliable teaching tool: an attitude largely inherited from the early days of Wikipedia. While teachers themselves are active and frequent Wikipedia users, and allow students to search for information, they do not assign Wikipedia-based text-creation tasks to students. The results of this study provide a basis for discussion about integrating Wikipedia into teaching in a way that is accessible, engaging, and inclusive for students.

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Wikipedia as an academic service-learning tool in science and technology: higher education case from Siberia

Arslan,

Turk

2023

J Community Genet

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The Wikipedia Education Program as Open Educational Practice: Global Stories

Cited by 4 publications

References 24 publications

Exploratory study: Health promotion through Wikipedia outreach and educational activities

Exploratory study: Health promotion through Wikipedia outreach and educational activities

With or without Wikipedia? Integrating Wikipedia into the Teaching Process in Estonian General Education Schools

Wikipedia as an academic service-learning tool in science and technology: higher education case from Siberia

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