Presented at LILAC 2019

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Wikiliteracy
Caroline Ball, Academic Librarian
Jonathan White, Academic Librarian

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Background
• #1lib1ref
• Women in Red project
• International Women’s
Day editathon
• University Learning and
Teaching Conference

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Information Literacy Framework

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Academic perspectives on Wikipedia:
from this…
“I think it is like anything in
that it has to be viewed
critically and people have
to understand how it is
sourced, created and
funded.”
“I just see it as something
that is not necessarily
reliable.”
“It has no
value
whatsoever.”
“Wikipedia is replete with
factual errors, tendentious
statements and is
underpinned by poor and
thin research.”

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…to this
“It’s something
interesting to
potentially do
with students.”
“You’ve made me reconsider what
Wikipedia is and what it’s for.”

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Module planning
• New Content
Development module
in planning stages
• Planned module
timeline
• Created custom
marking rubric
• Planned individual and
group assignments
• Created programme
on Wikipedia
dashboard
Timeline:
Week 1: Course introduction
Week 2: Editing essentials
Week 3: Evaluating articles and sources
Week 4: Research and citations
Week 5: Plagiarism and copyright
Week 6: Using images and media files
Week 7: London Book Fair
Week 8: Cyber-safety, online communities
and dealing with harassment
Week 9: Feedback and peer reviewing
Week 10: Criticisms of Wikipedia
Week 11: Portfolio work
Week 12: Recap, tutorials and feedback

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Custom marking rubric

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Assignments
Assignment A - individual
Substantially edit 1 article
of your choice
Additional content must be
roughly 1500 words
Additional content can
include references, info
box, new sections
Also submit 500 word
report detailing decisions
made, approach used.
Assignment B - group
Create a portfolio of mixed
edits
Could be:
• 2 brand new articles
• Adding 30 missing
references
• Translating existing
articles
• Combination of above
Weekly blog detailing
experiences, decisions
made, difficulties etc.

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Wikipedia educational dashboard

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Tracking articles edited

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Tracking user activity

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Wikipedia training modules

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Delivery
Activities included:
• photography
masterclass
• speed-dating peer
review
• Citation Hunt
competition
• ‘Google Yourself’
digital footprint
activity
• copyright card
game
Sessions designed to
be very interactive:
• 1st hour – lecture-
style presentation
• 2nd hour –
activities
• 3rd and 4th hour –
Wikipedia editing

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Student feedback
Feedback collected weekly:
• 1 thing you liked
• 1 thing you didn’t like
• 1 thing you learned
“I enjoyed how hands-on this
lecture was.”
“I liked gaining a little more
confidence.”
“I liked how hands-on we are
with Wikipedia.”
“Application of critical thinking
within Wikipedia.”
“Felt like editing an article
wasn’t as daunting as I once
thought.”
“There wasn’t really anything
about it that I didn’t like.”
“Nothing to really dislike.”
“I learnt to keep trying!”
“I learned how to find good
sources of information.”
“Found it interesting to
research different topics.”
“The very practical
lessons – Kahoot, card
game and photography:
fun!”
“I liked spending time looking at articles and
finding references.”

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The future…
Currently in talks with History department to do a similar
module focusing around local history
Looking to create a generic module that can run in place of
existing skills modules
Planning to use Wikipedia as part of library skills sessions
and workshops to teach concepts of research, referencing
etc.

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Questions?

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Caroline Ball
Academic Librarian
University of Derby
Email: c.ball@derby.ac.uk
Telephone: 01332 591760
Twitter: @heroicendeavour
Jonathan White
Academic Librarian
University of Derby
Email: j.p.white@derby.ac.uk
Telephone: 0161 987 284
Twitter: @jonwhite82