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2019 |
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p17445191 |
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abstract |
This study explores Wikipedia as a site for learning. In particular it traces how
people learn to become Wikipedia editors through engagement in an editathon, a training
event for people who want to become a volunteer editor. The study is original in its
emphasis on the various types of knowledge editors acquire as they develop expertise.
Determining the knowledge needed to contribute to Wikipedia is significant in terms
of understanding Wikipedia as a site for learning. Data was gathered from nine participants
who took part in an ‘editathon’ event on the theme of the Edinburgh Seven. The study
used a rigorous methodology, combining quantitative social network analysis, documenting
the online activity of participants as they created and edited Wikipedia pages, with
qualitative interviews, which recorded participants reflections on their participation
in the editathon. A key finding is that conceptual and procedural knowledge are representative
of the foundational knowledge needed to contribute to Wikipedia actively as an editor.
However, this knowledge on its own is not sufficient. Editors also develop socio-cultural
and relational knowledge forms of knowledge to enable them to operate and problem-solve
effectively. The relationship between the physical and the digital is important,
since socio-cultural and relational knowledge are developed through active experimentation
as the editathon engage with physical objects to create the online wiki pages. |
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authors |
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peerReviewed |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/798189 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/798190 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/819268 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/819269 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/819270 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/819271 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/819272 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/819273 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/820820 |
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AcademicArticle |
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Article |
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label |
Littlejohn, Allison ; Hood, Nina; Rehm, Martin; McGill, Lou; Rienties, Bart and
Highton, Melissa (2019). Learning to become an online editor: the editathon as a
learning environment. Interactive Learning Environments (Early Access). |
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label |
Littlejohn, Allison ; Hood, Nina; Rehm, Martin; McGill, Lou; Rienties, Bart and
Highton, Melissa (2019). Learning to become an online editor: the editathon as a
learning environment. Interactive Learning Environments (In Press). |
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label |
Littlejohn, Allison ; Hood, Nina; Rehm, Martin; McGill, Lou; Rienties, Bart and Highton,
Melissa (2019). Learning to become an online editor: the editathon as a learning
environment. Interactive Learning Environments (Early Access). |
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Title |
Learning to become an online editor: the editathon as a learning environment |
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oro |