McKenzie, Brian and Brown, Jonathan Edward and Casey, Denis and Cooney, Adeline and Darcy, Eamon and Giblin, Susan and Ní Mhórdha, Máire
(2018)
From Poetry to Palmerstown: Using Wikipedia to
Teach Critical Skills and Information Literacy in A
First-Year Seminar.
College Teaching, 66 (3).
pp. 140-147.
ISSN 8756-7555
Abstract
Wikipedia can serve as an effective, engaging tool for teaching key information literacy skills. This
article examines the experience of seven faculty members and over four hundred students who
edited Wikipedia as part of a first-year seminar. We review the literature surrounding the
pedagogical value of Wikipedia and then discuss our goals in using it as a learning assessment. We
show that Wikipedia can be used to introduce advanced concepts such as systemic bias as well as
to reinforce fundamental skills such as referencing. We conclude by offering practical suggestions
for embedding Wikipedia into information literacy instruction.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Wikipedia; information
literacy; first-year seminar; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > History |
| Item ID: |
16068 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2018.1463504 |
| Depositing User: |
Eamon Darcy
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| Date Deposited: |
13 Jun 2022 13:52 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
College Teaching |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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