A story of love and hate? How teachers at upper secondary schools in Sweden use Wikipedia and what they think of the free encyclopedia
A story of love and hate? How teachers at upper secondary schools in Sweden use Wikipedia and what they think of the free encyclopedia | ||
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| Presenter | Einar Spetz (Chartered librarian, College of Library and information science, Sweden) | |
| Themes | Academic, Education | |
| About the presenter | ||
| Einar Spetz is a Chartered librarian at College of Library and information science, Sweden. | ||
| Abstract | ||
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Presentation of a user survey based on questionnaire interviews with 266 teachers in the greather Stockholm area, Sweden. The survey focuses on the teachers' view on the Swedish language version of Wikipedia. The teachers interviewed were all working at upper secondary schools, training/educating pupils between 16 and 20 years of age. Aspects covered in the presentation: Teachers' usage of Wikipedia and usage of Wikipedias main competitor on the Swedish market. Do teachers rely on Wikipedia's content? To what extent do teachers think their students rely on Wikipedia's content? To what extent do they think their colleagues rely on Wikipedia's content? To what extent do they warn pupils against using Wikipedia? To what extent do teachers advocate Wikipedia to fellow colleagues and pupils? Are teachers interested in contributing (writing/editing) to Wikipedia? | ||
| Language | English | |
| Video (download) | ||