Wikipedia at the spanish faculties of education. The vision of university students
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2020-06-27
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Wikipedia, Wikis, Higher Education, university students, collaborative writing, quantitative
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Since the beginning of the 21st century, there has been a change in the way people connect to the Internet, interacting more with the creators of web sites and spending more time connecting to several tools that have been called Web 2.0, such as social networks, wikis and blogs. One of the best-known wikis is Wikipedia, free online encyclopedia collaboratively edited by users around the world. In this research we have applied an online questionnaire designed ad hoc to see if Spanish university students use this tool, if they know it and if they attach importance to their studies. The results have been obtained after the completion of 1173 questionnaires by university students of Education throughout Spain. Students say they use social networks, online documents and Wikipedia. Only 5.4% of respondents indicated that they do not use this tool. They make sure they know how it works, and only 1.74% admitted to not knowing it completely. However, they do not give it much importance to their studies, as the other Web 2.0 tools. In addition, most of them know that they can edit it, but they cannot provide information, so the number of editors is very low.
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Zou, D., Xie, H., Wang, F.L., & Kwan, R. 2020. Flipped learning with Wikipedia in higher education, Studies in Higher Education, 45(5), 1026-1045. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2020.1750195
Alexa (2020). wikipedia.org Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic.https://bit.ly/3h2zsuX
Alonso, M.I., & García, J. 2013. Colaboración activa en Wikipedia como método de aprendizaje. RIED, 16(1), 13-26. https://doi.org/10.5944/ried.16.1.2056
Barnhisel, G., & Rapchak, M. 2014. Wikipedia and the Wisdom of Crowds: A Student Project. Communications in Information Literacy, 8(1), 145-159. https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2014.8.1.158
Brailas, A., Koskinas, K., Dafermos, M., & Alexias, G. 2015. Wikipedia in Education: Acculturation and learning in virtual communities. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 7, 59-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2015.07.002
Brox, H. 2016. Troublesome tools: How can Wikipedia editing enhance student teachers’ digital skills? Acta Didactica Norge, 10(2), 329-346. https://doi.org/10.5617/adno.2493
Brox, H. 2019. Why won't they take them on? A study on student teachers' first-time engagement with wiki technology. [Tesis doctoral, UiT The Arctic University of Norway]. Repositorio Institucional UiT. https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16489
Chen, H.L. 2010. The perspectives of higher education faculty on Wikipedia. The Electronic Library, 28(3), 361-373. https://doi.org/10.1108/02640471011051954
Christensen, T.B. 2015. Wikipedia as a Tool for 21st Century Teaching and Learning. International Journal for Digital Society, 6(2), 1042-1047. https://doi.org/10.20533/ijds.2040.2570.2015.0128
Cuquet, M., & García-San Pedro, M.J. 2019. Percepciones y uso de la Wikipedia en alumnos de educación secundaria. Education in the knowledge society (EKS), 20. https://doi.org/10.14201/eks2019_20_a8
Dawe, L., & Robinson, A. 2017. Wikipedia editing and information literacy: A case study. Information and Learning Science, 118(1/2), 5-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-09-2016-0067
Di Lauro F., & Johinke, R. 2016. Employing Wikipedia for good not evil: innovative approaches to collaborative writing assessment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(3), 478-491. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2015.1127322
Eijkman, H. 2010. Academics and Wikipedia: reframing Web 2.0+ as a disruptor of traditional academic power-knowledge arrangements. Campus-Wide Information Systems, 27(3), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650741080000448
Flanagin, A.J., & Metzger, M.J. 2011. From Encycopaedia Britannica to Wikipedia. Generational differences in the perceived credibility of online encyclopedia information. Information, Communication & Society, 14(3), 355-374. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2010.542823
Foglia, M. 2008. Wikipédia: Média de la connaissance démocratique? Quand le citoyen lambda devient encyclopédiste books. FYP
Forte, A., & Bruckman, A. 2010. Writing, citing, and participatory media: wikis as learning environments in the high school classroom. International Journal of Learning and Media, 1(4), 23-44. https://doi.org/10.1162/ijlm_a_00033
García, A.A. 2010. Wikis en tareas educativas: aplicaciones de la Web 2.0 en Secundaria y Bachillerato [Tesis doctoral, Universidad de Salamanca] Repositorio Institucional US. https://doi.org/10.14201/gredos.83223
Garrison, J.C. (2018), Instructor and peer influence on college student use and perceptions of Wikipedia, The Electronic Library, 36(2), 237-257. https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-02-2017-0034
Gilles, M. 2015. Wikipédia, une encyclopédie collaborative en quête de crédibilité: le référencement en questions [Tesis doctoral, Universidad de Toulouse]. https://bit.ly/3cGZ2lO
Gourdain, P., O’Kelly, F., Roman-Arnat, B., Soulas, D., & Von-Droste, T. 2007. La Révolution Wikipédia. Les Mille et Une Nuits
Hastings-Ruiz, D. 2015 Wikipedia and theories of knowledge in encyclopaedism. [Tesis doctoral, Universidad de Valladolid]. Repositorio Institucional UV. https://doi.org/10.35376/10324/16184
Head, A.J., & Eisenberg, M.B. 2010a. How today´s college students use Wikipedia for course-related research. First Monday, 15(3). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v15i3.2830
Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 16 de octubre de 2019. Encuesta sobre equipamiento y uso de tecnologías de información y comunicación en los hogares. https://bit.ly/30nVke6
Josefsson, P., Bälter, O., Bälter, K., & Bonn, S. 2014. Attitude Changes When Using Wikipedia in Higher Education. In J. Viteli & M. Leikomaa (Eds.), EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (pp. 2024-2032). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Judd, T., & Kennedy, G. 2011. Expediency-based practice? Medical students' reliance on Google and Wikipedia for biomedical inquiries. British Journal of Educational Technology, 42(2), 351-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.01019.x
Kleimann, B., Özkilic, M., & Göcks, M. 2008. Studieren im Web 2.0. Studienbezogene Web? und E?Learning?Dienste. HISBUS?Kurzinformation, 21. Hanover. https://bit.ly/2MJ95w9
Lim, S. 2013. Does formal authority still matter in the age of wisdom of crowds?: perceived credibility, peer and professor endorsement in relation to college students’. Wikipedia use for academic purposes. American Society for Information Science and Technology, 50(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1002/meet.14505001118
Lladós, J., Aibar, E., Lerga, M., Meseguer-Artola, A., & Minguillón, J. 2013. An Empirical Study on Faculty Perceptions and Teaching Practices of Wikipedia. In M. Augier & M. Ciussi (Eds.), 12th European Conference one Learning. Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited (pp. 258-265). https://bit.ly/3eX3RZH
Los cinco pilares. 3 de mayo de 2020. In Wikipedia. https://bit.ly/3dCeWPk
Margaryan, A., Littejohn, A., & Vojt, G. 2011. Are digital natives a myth or reality? University student’s use of digital technologies. Computers & Education, 56(2), 429-440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2010.09.004
Meishar-Tal, H. 2015. Teachers' use of Wikipedia with their Students. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 40(12). https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2015v40n12.9
Meseguer-Artola, A. 2014. Aprendiendo mediante la comparación con Wikipedia: su importancia en el aprendizaje de los estudiantes. RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal, 11(2), 57-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.7238/rusc.v11i2.2042
Meseguer-Artola, A., Rodríguez-Ardura, I., Ammetller, G., & Rimbau-Gilabert, E. 2019. Learning with Wikipedia in Higher Education: Academic Performance and Students’ Quality Perception. In A. Visvizi & M. Lytras (Eds.), Research & Innovation Forum 2019. RIIFORUM 2019. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30809-4_12
Obregón, A., & González, N. 2016. Validación de un cuestionario piloto para evaluar el conocimiento de la Wikipedia en estudiantes de Educación Superior. Revista del Congrés Internacional de Docència Universitària i Innovació (CIDUI).https://bit.ly/307DRqh
Park, T.K. 2011. The visibility of Wikipedia in scholarly publications. First Monday. Peer Reviewed Journal on the Internet, 16(8). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v16i8.3492
Petrucco, C. 2019. Wikipedia as complementary formative assessment method in University Courses. In J. Theo Bastiaens (Ed.), Actas del EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 335-338(. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://bit.ly/2AM4BSH
Pozzali, A., & Ferri, P. 2010. Old and new media in the everyday life in University students in Italy. Revista de Informatica Sociala, 14, 9-20. https://bit.ly/2UeXybR
Sahut, G., Jeunier, B., Mothe, J., & Tricot, A. 2015. Qu’apprennent les jeunes usagers á propos de Wikipédia? In L. Barbe, L. Merzeau & V. Schafer, Wikipédia objet scientifique non-identifié. Presses universitaires de Paris Ouest (pp. 149-161). https://bit.ly/373ewPz
Sánchez, L. 2014. Utilización de Wikipedia como recurso docente en la enseñanza superior [Tesis doctoral, Universidad de Salamanca]. Repositorio institucional US. https://doi.org/10.14201/gredos.125932
Selwyn, N., & Gorard, S. 2016. Students' use of Wikipedia as an academic resource - Patterns of use and perceptions of usefulness. The Internet and Higher Education, 28, 28-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2015.08.004
Shen, X.L, Cheung, C.M.K., & Lee, M.K.O. 2013. What leads students to adopt information from Wikipedia? An empirical investigation into the role of trust and information usefulness. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44(3), 502-517. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2012.01335.x
Soler-Adillon, J., Pavlovic, D., & Freixa, P. 2018. Wikipedia en la Universidad: cambios en la percepción de valor con la creación de contenidos. Comunicar, 54, 39-48. https://doi.org/10.3916/C54-2018-04
Sormunen, E., & Lehtiö, L. 2011. Authoring Wikipedia articles as an information literacy assignment: copy-pasting or expressing new understanding in one´s own words? Information Research, 16. https://bit.ly/2MsLxLM
Valverde-Crespo, D., & González-Sánchez, J. 2016. Búsqueda y selección de información en recursos digitales: Percepciones de alumnos de Física y Química de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y Bachillerato sobre Wikipedia. Revista Eureka sobre enseñanza y divulgación de las ciencias, 13(1), 67-83. https://doi.org/10.25267/rev_eureka_ensen_divulg_cienc.2016.v13.i1.06
Valverde-Crespo, D., González-Sánchez, J., & Pro-Bueno, A. 2019. Wikipedia en la Universidad: ¿Cómo la utilizan los estudiantes de 1º curso de Grado de titulaciones del área de Ciencias Experimentales? Un estudio sobre sus percepciones. Revista Eureka sobre enseñanza y divulgación de las ciencias, 16(3), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.25267/Rev_Eureka_ensen_divulg_cienc.2019.v16.i3.3101
Wannemacher, K., & Schulenburg, F. 2010. Wikipedia in Academic Studies: Corrupting or Improving the Quality of Teaching and Learning? In M. Ebner & M. Schiefner (Eds.), Looking Toward the Future of Technology-Enhanced Education: Ubiquitous Learning and the Digital Native (pp. 295-310). IGI Global, https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-678-0.ch017
Zou, D., Xie, H., Wang, F.L., & Kwan, R. 2020. Flipped learning with Wikipedia in higher education, Studies in Higher Education, 45(5), 1026-1045. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2020.1750195