Research:The Transformative Potential of Wikipedia in Higher Education
This page documents a planned research project.
Information may be incomplete and change before the project starts.
Key Personnel[edit]
- Christine Trala
Project Summary[edit]
Creation of a organizational framework depicting how Wikipedia can be used to support, enhance and transform learning and teaching in higher education
Methods[edit]
Methods include direct non-participant observation of Wikipedia use in higher education classrooms, questionnaires for students and professors/lecturers, focus groups with students.
Dissemination[edit]
The work will be published as a PhD and I expect to publish articles along the way.
Wikimedia Policies, Ethics, and Human Subjects Protection[edit]
Not Applicable
Benefits for the Wikimedia community[edit]
The project will support Wikimedia Outreach Education and the research group.
Timeline[edit]
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[edit]
Institutional Funding from the Faculty of Education at the University of Hull
References[edit]
To be added as the PhD is written.
External links[edit]
Contacts[edit]
Christine Trala c.trala@hull.ac.uk