What Can a Wiki Do? Exploring History, Identity and Literacy in a Digital World

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)

Target Audience

Higher Education

Presenter Information

John Vanecek, University of Central Florida

Location

Room 1002

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

This presentation will discuss the outcomes of a two-year project conducted in upper-level Shakespeare courses at the University of Central Florida. The project was designed to determine the effectiveness of employing wikis to enhance the information literacy skills of undergraduate English majors. This presentation will focus on the unique challenges we faced, especially regarding assessment and the need to construct a skills test that is both course-specific and that takes into account the changing nature of conducting research in a digital environment.

Keywords

Information literacy, Shakespeare, Wikis, Information literacy skills

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Vanecek, John, "What Can a Wiki Do? Exploring History, Identity and Literacy in a Digital World" (2009). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 76.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2009/2009/76