Research:The Transformative Potential of Wikipedia in Higher Education

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Research:Projects

This page documents a planned research project.
Information may be incomplete and change before the project starts.

Key Personnel

• Christine Trala

Project Summary

Creation of a organizational framework depicting how Wikipedia can be used to support, enhance and transform learning and teaching in higher education

Methods

Methods include direct non-participant observation of Wikipedia use in higher education classrooms, questionnaires for students and professors/lecturers, focus groups with students.

Dissemination

The work will be published as a PhD and I expect to publish articles along the way.

Wikimedia Policies, Ethics, and Human Subjects Protection

Not Applicable

Benefits for the Wikimedia community

The project will support Wikimedia Outreach Education and the research group.

Timeline

November 2011- November 2012: Literature review and trialing methods in Applied and Interactive Theatre at the University of Hull, Scarborough with Dr. Toni Sant.

Spring 2013 Co-author article of the use of Wikipedia in HE with Dr. Toni Sant

Funding

Institutional Funding from the Faculty of Education at the University of Hull

References

To be added as the PhD is written.

Contacts

Christine Trala c.trala@hull.ac.uk