James A. Gibson Libraryhttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/27202024-03-28T19:05:29Z2024-03-28T19:05:29ZLeveraging Wikipedia in undergraduate health sciences education: a key tool for information literacy and knowledge translationSmith, Denise A.http://hdl.handle.net/10464/183452024-03-11T14:58:36Z2024-03-11T00:00:00ZLeveraging Wikipedia in undergraduate health sciences education: a key tool for information literacy and knowledge translation
Smith, Denise A.
2024-03-11T00:00:00ZLeveraging Wikipedia to Disseminate New KnowledgeSmith, Denise A.http://hdl.handle.net/10464/182452024-02-02T18:26:05Z2024-02-02T00:00:00ZLeveraging Wikipedia to Disseminate New Knowledge
Smith, Denise A.
2024-02-02T00:00:00ZLeveraging Wikipedia in undergraduate health sciences education: a key tool for information literacy and knowledge translationSmith, Denisehttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/182432024-02-02T15:48:59Z2023-12-01T00:00:00ZLeveraging Wikipedia in undergraduate health sciences education: a key tool for information literacy and knowledge translation
Smith, Denise
Background: Academic institutions and libraries are familiar with Wikipedia. There is growing momentum in higher education for using Wikipedia as a learning tool in various contexts. These include, but are not limited to, the use of Wikipedia-based assignments to teach information literacy, science communication, evidence-based practice, and more. Although there is growing acceptance of Wikipedia’s value in the classroom, there are limited exemplars available for how it is applied in undergraduate health sciences education.
Description: This program description describes a librarian instructed course in the Bachelor of Health Sciences Program at McMaster University in which students dedicate one academic term to learning about Wikipedia content production and making contributions to a health-related Wikipedia article of their choice.
Outcomes: In the five iterations of this course that have been offered, undergraduate health sciences students have made significant contributions to 25 health-related articles in Wikipedia. They have added more than 120,000 words and over 2,000 references to high-quality literature. In class, conversations emerged about the meaningfulness of the editing Wikipedia, information literacy, and knowledge translation.
2023-12-01T00:00:00Z“I’m comfortable with it”: User stories of health information on WikipediaSmith, Denise A.http://hdl.handle.net/10464/179832023-08-27T01:35:05Z2023-08-12T00:00:00Z“I’m comfortable with it”: User stories of health information on Wikipedia
Smith, Denise A.
Applying a critical-constructivist approach, 21 semi-structured interviews conducted from June to October 2021 were analyzed thematically. Qualitative analysis suggests that users reported that Wikipedia’s health content can facilitate personal agency, is familiar and convenient to access, and that individuals’ trust in Wikipedia is contextual, conditional, and framed by their personal experiences.
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