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Wikimedia &
Information Literacy:
the importance of
reliable sources
Digital & Information Literacy Forum
Friday 17th November
Sara Thomas, Wikimedian in Residence, SLIC
@lirazelf
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“Wikipedia is the single greatest Open
Education resource the world has ever seen”
Jim Groom, Instructional technologist, speaking at #OER16
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Wikipedia is more
accurate than you
think
● Quality & ratings scale
● Vandalism picked up quickly
● Neutral point of view
● Study by Nature in 2005,
found Wiki nearly as
accurate as Britannica (2.92
errors per article comp to
3.86 on Wikipedia.)
● Journal of Clinical Oncology,
2010 found Wiki as accurate
as Physician Data Query.
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NotabilityGeneral notability guideline:
If a topic has received
significant coverage in reliable
sources that are independent
of the subject, it is presumed
to be suitable for a stand-
alone article or list.
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Verifiability
Other people using the
encyclopedia must be able to
check that the information
comes from a reliable source
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Identifying reliable sources
Articles should be based on reliable,
third party published sources with a
reputation for fact-checking and
accuracy.
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Mail piece published 4th March 2017...
Guardian piece published 8th February 2017...
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Obvious manipulation is obvious
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Wikipedia gets it...
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https://wikiedu.org/
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Down with this sort of thing*
*poorly taught information literacy
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Using Wikipedia in the classroom
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Student reflections
Students respond well to this sharing of open knowledge in a real world application of teaching and learning.
Aine Kavanagh’s article on High Grade Serous carcinoma has been viewed 20,000 times in a year...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQR_1mZ-gAA