Five and a Thousand Practical Ways to Use Wikipedia in Instruction

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)

Target Audience

Other

Presenter Information

• Jean Cook, University of West GeorgiaFollow

Copyright

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Location

Room 1005

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

Educators everywhere deplore the prevalence of Wikipedia in student work, but with a little creative thinking, this resource can form the basis for many interesting activities involving information literacy and critical thinking. Attendees will leave this presentation with practical ways to use Wikipedia as a tool for class discussions, active learning exercises, demonstrations, research products, and critical analyses.

Keywords

Information literacy, Wikipedia, Critical thinking, Class discussions, Active learning exercises, Demonstrations, Research products, Critical analyses

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Cook, Jean, "Five and a Thousand Practical Ways to Use Wikipedia in Instruction" (2012). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 31.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2012/2012/31