Hi everyone
Apologies if this has been covered previously on the list. I was inspired to
write by the reference in the post below to the Wiki Ed Program.
I am about to launch with an education scholar colleague a funded research
project aiming to develop fact-checking techniques with Y5, Y6 and Y7
schoolchildren in three Canberra schools (Australian Capital Territory). We are
basing our approach to fact-checking on concepts developed by education
scholars in the US such as "civic online reasoning" and "lateral reading": look
away from the (potentially dubious) content; check the source. The easiest and
most effective way to "check the source" is to look at a Wikipedia entry and
check the reference list.
In parallel, I am convening a first-year communication course on media literacy
at the University of Canberra with 140+ students. A couple of weeks ago we did
a group activity on Wikipedia, where students were asked to review and discuss
a Wiki Ed Program / Wikimedia brochure ("Instructor Basics: How to use
Wikipedia as a teaching tool") which clearly outlines editorial and behavioral
policies such as NPOV, Reliable Sources, Assume Good Faith, etc.
We then asked whether any prior assumptions had been challenged. It became
clear that when they were in high-school, these students had been forcefully
and repeatedly instructed by their teachers to NEVER use Wikipedia
("unreliable"). After completing the activity, students overwhelmingly
expressed amazement about the existence of quality controls on Wikipedia and
said their opinion of its reliability had changed.
We also have anecdotal evidence that primary and secondary school teachers hold
similar negative opinions about WP.
It would be helpful for us to find out if this negative image is specific to
the Canberra education system, or has been encountered elsewhere. To that end,
I would very much appreciate it if anyone could point me to any studies or
projects which explore this issue, or who could share their experiences of how
teachers perceive Wikipedia.
If you want to get in touch off-list I usually respond quickest to email sent
at my primary address: [email protected]
Many thanks!
Mathieu
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1. Re: [Wikimedia Research Showcase] September 15, 2021: Socialization on
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Subject: [Wiki-research-l] Re: [Wikimedia Research Showcase] September
15, 2021: Socialization on Wikipedia
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Reminder that the September Research Showcase is this Wednesday.
On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 1:15 PM Janna Layton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> The September Wikimedia Research Showcase will be on September 15 at 16:30
> UTC (9:30am PT/ 12:30pm ET/ 18:30pm CEST). The theme will be
> "socialization on Wikipedia" with speakers Rosta Farzan and J. Nathan
> Matias.
>
> Livestream:
> https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYVqabVvLIZU&data=04%7C01%7Cmathieu.oneil%40anu.edu.au%7C4451361d2fd74302eef008d97777a902%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637672179490869770%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=fjAkyG8EsO7sKnb7Erh2ylJboPE1VecJESHxGX4zKuQ%3D&reserved=0
>
> Talk 1
>
> Speaker: Rosta Farzan (School of Computing and Information, University of
> Pittsburgh)
>
> Title: Unlocking the Wikipedia clubhouse to newcomers: results from two
> studies
>
> Abstract: It is no news to any of us that success of online production
> communities such as Wikipedia highly relies on a continuous stream of
> newcomers to replace the inevitable high turnover and to bring on board new
> sources of ideas and workforce. However, these communities have been
> struggling with attracting newcomers, especially from a diverse population
> of users, and further retention of newcomers. In this talk, I will present
> about two different approaches in engaging new editors in Wikipedia: (1)
> newcomers joining through the Wiki Ed program, an online program in which
> college students edit Wikipedia articles as class assignments; (2)
> newcomers joining through a Wikipedia Art+Feminism edit-a-thon. I present
> how each approach incorporated techniques in engaging newcomers and how
> they succeed in attracting and retention of newcomers.
>
> More information:
>
> - Bring on Board New Enthusiasts! A Case Study of Impact of Wikipedia
> Art + Feminism Edit-A-Thon Events on Newcomers
>
> <https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Fchapter%2F10.1007%2F978-3-319-47880-7_2&data=04%7C01%7Cmathieu.oneil%40anu.edu.au%7C4451361d2fd74302eef008d97777a902%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637672179490869770%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=0KI7qsYZczVHga07k5waO1HTEAGFK6WVfNAKZcc6WjY%3D&reserved=0>,
> SocInfo 2016 (pdf
>
> <https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsaviaga.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F06%2Fsocinfo_ediathons.pdf&data=04%7C01%7Cmathieu.oneil%40anu.edu.au%7C4451361d2fd74302eef008d97777a902%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637672179490869770%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=tGpnIH3z7wYNcOqwpUysYAqCKzmHSd%2FWijK8a86FV9c%3D&reserved=0>)
> - Successful Online Socialization: Lessons from the Wikipedia
> Education Program
> <https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdl.acm.org%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1145%2F3392857&data=04%7C01%7Cmathieu.oneil%40anu.edu.au%7C4451361d2fd74302eef008d97777a902%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637672179490869770%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=3UUvlGRCXkKd4y3VWXmVOoQpmwxCPtYUpu0PcCpXVQ4%3D&reserved=0>,
> CSCW
> 2020 (pdf
>
> <https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cc.gatech.edu%2F~dyang888%2Fdocs%2Fcscw_li_2020_wiki.pdf&data=04%7C01%7Cmathieu.oneil%40anu.edu.au%7C4451361d2fd74302eef008d97777a902%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637672179490869770%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=ktQFjngHxFjbtafyvV9CVxa8REsVMqrNqpJK0BPCWT8%3D&reserved=0>)
>
>
> Talk 2
>
> Speaker: J. Nathan Matias
> <https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnatematias.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cmathieu.oneil%40anu.edu.au%7C4451361d2fd74302eef008d97777a902%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637672179490869770%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=XYHvf%2B3X76oFFSpz%2BatZKXZNAxXmJtasR07JfJD40v4%3D&reserved=0>
> (Citizens and
> Technology Lab
> <https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcitizensandtech.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cmathieu.oneil%40anu.edu.au%7C4451361d2fd74302eef008d97777a902%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637672179490869770%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=YWrk3kV7y7%2B60g8DxLK6iGlXumUnYDTQGEmDosyp5io%3D&reserved=0>,
> Cornell University
> Departments of Communication and Information Science)
>
> Title: The Effect of Receiving Appreciation on Wikipedias. A Community
> Co-Designed Field Experiment
>
> Abstract: Can saying “thank you” make online communities stronger & more
> inclusive? Or does thanking others for their voluntary efforts have little
> effect? To ask this question, the Citizens and Technology Lab (CAT Lab)
> organized 344 volunteers to send thanks to Wikipedia contributors across
> the Arabic, German, Polish, and Persian languages. We then observed the
> behavior of 15,558 newcomers and experienced contributors to Wikipedia. On
> average, we found that organizing volunteers to thank others increases
> two-week retention of newcomers and experienced accounts. It also caused
> people to send more thanks to others. This study was a field experiment, a
> randomized trial that sent thanks to some people and not to others. These
> experiments can help answer questions about the impact of community
> practices and platform design. But they can sometimes face community
> mistrust, especially when researchers conduct them without community
> consent. In this talk, learn more about CAT Lab's approach to community-led
> research and discuss open questions about best practices.
>
> More information:
>
> -
>
> Volunteers Thanked Thousands of Wikipedia Editors to Learn the Effects
> of Receiving Thanks
>
> <https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitizensandtech.org%2F2020%2F06%2Feffects-of-saying-thanks-on-wikipedia%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cmathieu.oneil%40anu.edu.au%7C4451361d2fd74302eef008d97777a902%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637672179490869770%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=ksOIGRLWt7noQNET%2FDf1HxIKnSoRUysq9p0EkRN6Mes%3D&reserved=0>,
> blogpost (in EN, DE, AR, PL, FA)
> <https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fosf.io%2Fueq5f%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cmathieu.oneil%40anu.edu.au%7C4451361d2fd74302eef008d97777a902%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637672179490869770%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=FZ2axTbZpyhwkuhkDzqr7sqCOyvswweH00MzTbQ%2Fg6o%3D&reserved=0>
> -
>
> The Diffusion and Influence of Gratitude Expressions in Large-Scale
> Cooperation: A Field Experiment in Four Knowledge Networks
>
> <https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fosf.io%2Fueq5f%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cmathieu.oneil%40anu.edu.au%7C4451361d2fd74302eef008d97777a902%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637672179490879764%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=1M4xmoXA9e4iXv37txVTzp7dwQOTShrf2vYIRDOzgRk%3D&reserved=0>,
> paper preprint
>
>
> More information:
> https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediawiki.org%2Fwiki%2FWikimedia_Research%2FShowcase&data=04%7C01%7Cmathieu.oneil%40anu.edu.au%7C4451361d2fd74302eef008d97777a902%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637672179490879764%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=kJ5Pge%2FaAt4GKWyg0C67CZgWUg1t9HwbAhpWhvRCRBw%3D&reserved=0
>
> --
> Janna Layton (she/her)
> Administrative Associate - Product & Technology
> Wikimedia Foundation
> <https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwikimediafoundation.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cmathieu.oneil%40anu.edu.au%7C4451361d2fd74302eef008d97777a902%7Ce37d725cab5c46249ae5f0533e486437%7C0%7C0%7C637672179490879764%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=9aUFdLf%2B1p92BdDafSz20tf9XugleffgWiAwUx9weyw%3D&reserved=0>
>
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Administrative Associate - Product & Technology
Wikimedia Foundation
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