Wikipedia Education Program in higher education settings: Actions and lessons learned from four specific cases in Mexico and Argentina
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https://doi.org/10.22235/pe.v11i1.1552Keywords:
Wikipedia, Education, Assessment innovation, Higher EducationAbstract
This article presents a comparative view of efforts and results that have been accomplished by the Wikipedia Education Program working with higher education institutions. Following the idea that “Wikipedia belongs to education”, teachers from all over the world have become interested in including Wikipedia in their courses. This paper analyses experiences and lessons from Wikimedia Argentina and Wikimedia Mexico, both chapters working with higher education institutions, in order to found similar challenges and solutions in the implementation of Wikipedia projects in academic spaces, also in the context of the Initiative for Regional Cooperation for Ibero-America (Iberocoop) that has proposed the creation of a chapter in the region, fostering collaboration and exchange of experiences.
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Di Lauro, F., & Johinke, R. (2017). Employing Wikipedia for good not evil: innovative approaches to collaborative writing assessment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(3), 478–491. doi:10.1080/02602938.2015.1127322
Domínguez Figaredo, D. (2017). Heuristics and Web Skills Acquisition in Open Learning Environments. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 20(4), 102–111. Retrieved from https://ssrn.com/abstract=3054107
Freire, T., & Li, J. (2016). Using Wikipedia to enhance student learning: A case study in economics. Education and Information Technologies, 21(5), 1169–1181. doi:10.1007/s10639-014-9374-0
Ferrante, L., & Ludueña, M. E. (2017). Wikilesa: memorias colectivas en territorios digitales. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Presentación_Wikilesa_Seminario_Internacional_Pol%C3%ADticas_de_la_Memoria_2017.pdf
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Gutiérrez, R. (28 de septiembre de 2015). Se realizó el primer editatón WikiUNAM. Gaceta UNAM. Retrieved from http://www.gaceta.unam.mx/20150928/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/280915.pdf
Konieczny, P. (2016). Teaching with Wikipedia in a 21st-century classroom: Perceptions of Wikipedia and its educational benefits. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 67(7), 1523–1534. doi:10.1002/asi.23616
López, P. (22 de noviembre de 2016). Realizan el segundo Editatón WikiUNAM. Gaceta UNAM. Retrieved from http://www.gaceta.unam.mx/20161122/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/221116.pdf
Latorre, M. (2015). Comunidades de saber. Retrieved from https://cdn.educ.ar/dinamico/UnidadHtml__get__c10724cb-3c5d-439f-be29-782417f5da87/pdf/comunidades_de_saber_horizontes_inspiradores_2015.pdf
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Nieto Castañeda, G. (2016). Aprendizaje de biología molecular en la licenciatura de biología, basada en el uso de Wikipedia [Thesis]. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
Quijano Velasco, M. (2015). Por una cultura académica participativa. La Wikipedia en la Universidad [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS1Z7k-zo2A
Rogovsky, C., & Odetti, V. (2015). Cultura de la colaboración: ¿Qué podemos aprender de wikipedia para instalar la colaboración en las aulas? Retrieved from https://cdn.educ.ar/dinamico/UnidadHtml__get__c10724cb-3c5d-439f-be29-782417f5da87/pdf/cultura_de_la_colaboracion.pdf
Downes, S. (2017). The semantic condition [Presentation]. Retrieved from http://www.downes.ca/presentation/477
Wikimedia Mexico. (2015). Mónica Quijano Velasco - Programa de Educación de Wikipedia [Video]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cQOSsgrpuE
Wikipedia Education Program. (2018). Does Wikipedia belong in education? Survey Report January 2018. The perception of the Wikipedia Education Program from multiple stakeholders. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Education_Program_Survey_Report_January_2018.pdf
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2018-04-04
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Alcazar, C., Bucio, J., & Ferrante, L. (2018). Wikipedia Education Program in higher education settings: Actions and lessons learned from four specific cases in Mexico and Argentina. Páginas De Educación, 11(1), 23–36. https://doi.org/10.22235/pe.v11i1.1552
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