Group Admins
Description
a) Enhancing academic practice (referencing; academic research; registers; proper use of encyclopedias and Wikipedia in particular)
b) Digital literacy skills (critical engagement with wikis; Wiki Markup Language and developing data literacy with Wikidata)
c) Overcoming writer’s block through the experience of text production as a dynamic process involving social negotiation
d) Published assignments: increased learner gratification through online publishing and the experience of connection to a wider community, gaining confidence through global peer review
e) Experience of encyclopedism as a engaging intellectual practice through the participation in knowledge compilation and publication
I will suggest the following framework for evaluation and critical reflection:
- Seminar notes, using ethnographic method to document both teaching and learning experience, and student input
- Wikipedia contributions: edit history, reviews, talk pages
- Interviews: qualitative data collection in individual and group tutorials
- Surveys: quantitative data collection based on surveys (Wikimedia 2016)
- Formal and informal feedback processes through student feedback, student learning assistants and module evaluation
The presentation will reflect on three years of evidence-informed pedagogical practice with Wikipedia assignments, present a coherent model for teaching, assessment and curriculum design that has be adopted by other universities in the UK and internationally, and open up a broader discussion of the topic.
References
WIKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION (2016) For Instructors [WWW] Wiki Education Foundation. Available from: https://wikiedu.org/for-instructors [Accessed 23/11/16]
WIKIMEDIA (2016) Education Program Surveys [WWW] Wikimedia Outreach. Available from: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Surveys [Accessed 23/11/16]
