Joho Chishiki Gakkaishi
Online ISSN : 1881-7661
Print ISSN : 0917-1436
ISSN-L : 0917-1436
Teaching How to Edit Wikipedia
Soichi TOKIZANE
Author information
JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

2013 Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages 185-192

Details
Abstract
 English abstract: In the Library and Information Science class, the Author have students write and edit Wikipedia articles. Groups of 5-6 students each chose an article topic, and created a Wikipedia article with a pre-registered account. Since 2007, 25 articles were created including two edits of existing articles. Among them, four new articles were later removed, and two edits were deleted, but the rest are still alive. A survey of students revealed that many were surprised how easy to edit Wikipedia articles. A survey of teachers about the use of Wikipedia was described, too.
Content from these authors
© 2013 Japan Society of Information and Knowledge
Previous article Next article
feedback
Top