Wikipedia:Academic studies of Wikipedia in education

This is a list of academic articles covering the use of Wikipedia in education. For general academic articles see Academic studies of Wikipedia. For academic articles on the medical content of Wikipedia popular media coverage of Wikipedia's medical content see Academic studies of health information on Wikipedia.

Summaries, literature reviews of studies of Wikipedia in education

• Maggio, Lauren A.; Willinsky, John M.; Costello, Joseph A.; Skinner, Nadine A.; Martin, Paolo C.; Dawson, Jennifer E. (2020-10-08). "Integrating Wikipedia editing into health professions education: a curricular inventory and review of the literature". Perspectives on Medical Education. 9 (6): 333–342. doi:10.1007/S40037-020-00620-1. ISSN 2212-277X. PMC 7718341. PMID 33030643.
• Fesakis, Georgios; Zoumpatianou, Maria (January 2012). "Wikipedia uses in learning design: A literature review". Themes in Science and Technology Education. 5 (1–2): 97–106.

By year

2023

• Azar, Tawnya (8 April 2023). "Wikipedia: One of the last, best internet spaces for teaching digital literacy, public writing, and research skills in first year composition". Computers and Composition. 68: 102774. doi:10.1016/j.compcom.2023.102774.
• Arslan, Ayla; Turk, Marko (2023-12-21). Wikipedia as an academic service-learning tool in science and technology: higher education case from Siberia. J Community Genet (2023). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-023-00692-6 PMID: 38127180. Open Access Link
• Martin, Paolo C.; Maggio, Lauren A.; Murray, Heather; Willinsky, John M. (7 February 2023). "Enculturating a Community of Action: Health Professions Educators' Perspectives on Teaching With Wikipedia". Academic Medicine. 98 (3): 394–400. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000004897. ISSN 1040-2446. PMID 35921150. S2CID 251281723.
• Konieczny, Piotr (2023-03-01). "Quick Fix: Making Writing Assignment Motivational with Wikipedia". College Teaching: 1–5. doi:10.1080/87567555.2023.2182756. ISSN 8756-7555. S2CID 257303230.
• Sigalov, Shani Evenstein; Cohen, Anat; Nachmias, Rafi (8 February 2023), Olivier, Jako; Rambow, Andreas (eds.), "Open Educational Resources for Literacies, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: The Case of Integrating Wikidata into Higher Education", Open Educational Resources in Higher Education, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 279–306, doi:10.1007/978-981-19-8590-4_13, ISBN 978-981-19-8589-8, retrieved 2023-12-14
• Lugosi, Nicole VT; Patrie, Nicole; Cromwell, Kris (2023-05-27). "Theorizing and implementing meaningful Indigenization: Wikipedia as an opportunity for course-based digital advocacy". Critical Studies in Education. 64 (3): 201–217. doi:10.1080/17508487.2022.2074489. ISSN 1750-8487.
• Reinsalu, Riina; Vija, Maigi; Org, Andrus; Siiman, Ann; Remmik, Marvi (2023-06-07). "With or without Wikipedia? Integrating Wikipedia into the Teaching Process in Estonian General Education Schools". Education Sciences. 13 (6): 583. doi:10.3390/educsci13060583. ISSN 2227-7102.
• Shetty, Malavika; Choi, Helen (2023-01-01). "Perspectives on teaching with Wikipedia in writing courses before and during the pandemic". Computers & Composition Online. ISSN 8755-4615.
• Davis, LiAnna L.; Sigalov, Shani Evenstein; Maljković, Filip; Peschanski, João Alexandre (8 February 2023), Olivier, Jako; Rambow, Andreas (eds.), "The Wikipedia Education Program as Open Educational Practice: Global Stories", Open Educational Resources in Higher Education, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 251–278, doi:10.1007/978-981-19-8590-4_12, ISBN 978-981-19-8589-8, retrieved 2023-12-14
• Leonard, Victoria; Judson, Anna P.; Shields, Katharine (September 2023). "Wikipedia in Classics Education" (PDF). Bulletin of the Council of University Classics Departments. 52. doi:10.17613/fawv-2c22.
• Malik, Amara; Rafiq, Muhammad; Mahmood, Khalid (2023-08-11). "Wikipedia and academia: University faculty patterns of use and perceptions of credibility". Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. doi:10.1177/09610006231190652. ISSN 0961-0006. S2CID 260851842.
• Keeler, Kyle (2023-11-23). "Knowledge, Experience, and Anti-Colonial Action: A Methodology for Combating Settler Colonial Erasure in Digital Spaces in the Indigenous Environmental Justice Classroom". ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. doi:10.1093/isle/isad077. ISSN 1076-0962.
• Ratković, Nebojša; Rudinac, Nevena (2023-06-29), Escudeiro, Paula; Escudeiro, Nuno; Bernardes, Oscar (eds.), "Promoting Equity in Access to Open Knowledge: An Example of the Wikipedia Educational Program", Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design, IGI Global, pp. 130–155, doi:10.4018/979-8-3693-0453-2.ch007, ISBN 979-8-3693-0453-2, retrieved 2023-12-14
• Smith, Denise (2023-12-01). "Leveraging Wikipedia in undergraduate health sciences education: a key tool for information literacy and knowledge translation". Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association. 44 (3). doi:10.29173/jchla29688. ISSN 1708-6892.

2022

• Dwyer, Rachel; Jenemann, Laura (2022-10-07), Piorun, Mary E.; Raboin, Regina Fisher (eds.), "The Wheel of Wikipedia Collaborating at Boston University Libraries", Advances in Library and Information Science, IGI Global, pp. 208–229, doi:10.4018/978-1-6684-2515-2.ch011, ISBN 978-1-6684-2515-2, retrieved 2023-12-14
• Sengupta, Anasuya; Ackerly, Brooke A. (31 March 2022). "Wikipedia Edit-A-Thons: Sites of Struggle, Resistance, and Responsibility". PS: Political Science & Politics. 55 (2): 434–438. doi:10.1017/S1049096521001220. ISSN 1049-0965.
• Ackerly, Brooke A.; Michelitch, Kristin (31 March 2022). "Wikipedia and Political Science: Addressing Systematic Biases with Student Initiatives". PS: Political Science & Politics. 55 (2): 429–433. doi:10.1017/S1049096521001463. ISSN 1049-0965.
• Vetter, Matthew A.; Sarraf, Krista Speicher; Woods, Elin (2022-07-01). "Assessing the Art + feminism Edit-a-thon for Wikipedia literacy, learning outcomes, and critical thinking". Interactive Learning Environments. 30 (6): 1155–1167. doi:10.1080/10494820.2020.1805772. ISSN 1049-4820. S2CID 224944459.
• Al-Shehari, Khaled; Almanna, Ali (2022-10-02). "Collaborative translation of Wikipedia: with whom do trainee translators collaborate and for what purpose?". The Interpreter and Translator Trainer. 16 (4): 448–464. doi:10.1080/1750399X.2022.2036937. ISSN 1750-399X.
• McDowell, Zachary J.; Vetter, Matthew A. (24 February 2022). "Wikipedia as Open Educational Practice: Experiential Learning, Critical Information Literacy, and Social Justice". Social Media + Society. 8 (1): 205630512210782. doi:10.1177/20563051221078224. ISSN 2056-3051.
• Konieczny, Piotr; Eckert, Kenneth (2022-10-02). "Teaching liberal arts content via Wikipedia page authoring in an English language learning context". English in Education. 56 (4): 309–324. doi:10.1080/04250494.2021.1982378. ISSN 0425-0494. S2CID 240078910.
• Park, Diana; Bridges, Laurie (2022-06-06). "Meet Students Where They Are: Centering Wikipedia in the Classroom". Communications in Information Literacy. 16 (1). doi:10.15760/comminfolit.2022.16.1.2.
• Osadebe, Ngozi; Ukwoma, Scholastica; Njoku, Ezi; Udochukwu, Delight; Madumere, Chika; Ezeani, Chinwe (2022-06-09). "Wikipedia edit- a -thon in a Nigerian academic library". Library Philosophy and Practice (E-journal).
• Anđelković, Jelena; Meršnik, Marija; Jović, Jovana (2022). "Project-Based Translation of Wikipedia Articles in a Tertiary ESP Context: Planning, Execution and Lessons Learnt". ESP Today. 10 (1): 123–144. doi:10.18485/esptoday.2022.10.1.6. ISSN 2334-9050.
• Tan, L (2022-03-01). "Effectiveness of The Wikipedia Collaboration of Dental Schools' Training Programme: a new Paradigm for Teaching and Learning of Evidence-Based Dentistry". Community Dental Health. 39 (1): 22–26. doi:10.1922/CDH_00091Tan05. ISSN 2515-1746. PMID 34351712. S2CID 236926978.
• Wilfahrt, Martha; Michelitch, Kristin (31 March 2022). "Improving Open-Source Information on African Politics, One Student at a Time". PS: Political Science & Politics. 55 (2): 450–455. doi:10.1017/S1049096521001219. ISSN 1049-0965.
• Humer, Stefan; Schnetzer, Matthias (2022-01-02). "Wikipedagogy: Enhancing student motivation and collaboration in an economics class with Wikipedia". The Journal of Economic Education. 53 (1): 43–51. doi:10.1080/00220485.2021.2004273. ISSN 0022-0485.
• Blumenkron, Ana; Goodall, Alex; Panesar, Lucy (2022-11-21). "Decolonising Wikipedia: opportunities for digital knowledge activism". Spark: UAL Creative Teaching and Learning Journal. 5 (1): 95–100. ISSN 2397-6594.
• Gareis, Jolie A. L.; Larson, Erin I.; Ardón, Marcelo; Berges, John A.; Brandt, Jessica E.; Busch, Kaitlyn M.; Chraibi, Victoria L. S.; Gallagher, Elizabeth N.; Hondula, Kelly L.; Kincaid, Dustin W.; Levine, Todd D.; Little, Chelsea J.; Nodine, Emily R.; Rock, Amber M.; Shogren, Arial J. (2022-06-28). "Using Wikipedia Assignments to Teach Critical Thinking and Scientific Writing in STEM Courses". Frontiers in Education. 7. doi:10.3389/feduc.2022.905777. ISSN 2504-284X.
• * Miller, Robin E.; LaValle, Liliana (2022), "Writing for Wikipedia: Applying Disciplinary Knowledge to the Biggest Encyclopedia", Embracing Change: Alternatives to Traditional Research Writing Assignments, ACRL, ISBN 978-0-8389-4855-2, retrieved 2023-12-15
• Ingallinella, Laura (December 2022). "Foul Tales, Public Knowledge: Bringing Dante's 'Divine Comedy' to Wikipedia". Bibliotheca Dantesca: Journal of Dante Studies.
• Madrazo, Eneko; Sarrionandia-Ibarra, Aitor; Esteban, Gustavo Adolfo; Peña, Alberto; Izquierdo, Urko (July 2022). "Changes in the Social Responsibility of University Students Involved in Wikipedia Article Edition". EDULEARN22: Conference Proceedings. EDULEARN22 Proceedings. 1: 4151–4158. doi:10.21125/edulearn.2022.0995. ISBN 978-84-09-42484-9. S2CID 250719301.
• Wikimedia México, Programa de Educación (December 2022). LiBREros, Programando (ed.). "WikiEducación. Prácticas y experiencias educativas de México con Wikipedia y otros recursos abiertos" (PDF). Programando LiBREros. ISBN 978-607-99876-1-9.

2021

• Rubin, Joseph E. (2021-09-27). "Writing for Wikipedia: An Exercise in Microbiology, Writing, Research, Communication, and Public Service". Journal of Veterinary Medical Education: e20210099. doi:10.3138/jvme-2021-0099. ISSN 0748-321X. S2CID 238203119.
• K S, Yogesh; Kasinathan, Gurumurthy (2021-07-08). "Integrating Wikis into Open and Distance Learning". Emerging Perspectives of Open and Distance Learning (published 2020-07-13). doi:10.2139/ssrn.3872608. SSRN 3872608.
• Kalaf-Hughes, Nicole; Cravens, R.G. (2021-12-22). "Does a Wikipedia-based assignment increase self-efficacy among female students? A qualified maybe". Journal of Political Science Education. 17 (sup1): 862–879. doi:10.1080/15512169.2021.1921586. ISSN 1551-2169.
• Kahili-Heede, Melissa K.; Patil, Uday; Hillgren, K. J.; Hishinuma, Earl; Kasuya, Richard (2021-11-28). "Library instruction and Wikipedia: investigating students' perceived information literacy, lifelong learning, and social responsibility through Wikipedia editing". Journal of the Medical Library Association. 110 (2): 174–184. doi:10.5195/jmla.2022.1291. ISSN 1558-9439. PMC 9014945. PMID 35440913.
• Ceballos, Diana M.; Herrick, Robert F.; Carreón, Tania; Nguyen, Vy T.; Chu, MyDzung T.; Sadowski, John P.; Blumenthal, Helaine; Morata, Thais C. (1 October 2021). "Expanding Reach of Occupational Health Knowledge: Contributing Subject-Matter Expertise to Wikipedia as a Class Assignment". INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. 58: 004695802110357. doi:10.1177/00469580211035735. ISSN 0046-9580. PMC 8489755. PMID 34595964.
• Mendes, Thiago Bosco; Dawson, Jennifer; Evenstein Sigalov, Shani; Kleiman, Nancy; Hird, Kathryn; Terenius, Olle; Das, Diptanshu; Geres, Nour; Azzam, Amin (September 2021). "Wikipedia in Health Professional Schools: from an Opponent to an Ally". Medical Science Educator. 31 (6): 2209–2216. doi:10.1007/s40670-021-01408-6. ISSN 2156-8650. PMC 8480752. PMID 34608425.

2020

• Zou, Di; Xie, Haoran; Wang, Fu Lee; Kwan, Reggie (2020-05-03). "Flipped learning with Wikipedia in higher education". Studies in Higher Education. 45 (5): 1026–1045. doi:10.1080/03075079.2020.1750195. ISSN 0307-5079. S2CID 216534736.
• Masukume, Gwinyai (2020-05-03). "Why and how medical schools, peer-reviewed journals, and research funders should promote Wikipedia editing". Studies in Higher Education. 45 (5): 984–989. doi:10.1080/03075079.2020.1749796. ISSN 0307-5079.
• Fraser, Stuart T. (2020-05-03). "A new frontier: developing an undergraduate assessment task aimed at improving the representation of biomedical scientific information on Wikipedia". Studies in Higher Education. 45 (5): 972–983. doi:10.1080/03075079.2020.1749794. ISSN 0307-5079.
• Kilpatrick, Alastair M.; Anjum, Audra; Welch, Lonnie (2020-05-14). "Ten simple rules for designing learning experiences that involve enhancing computational biology Wikipedia articles". PLOS Computational Biology. 16 (5): e1007868. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007868. ISSN 1553-7358. PMC 7224448. PMID 32407308.
• Vetter, Matthew A. (2020-05-03). "Broadening representations of rhetoric in Wikipedia: disciplinary praxis as graduate pedagogy and research (7682)". Studies in Higher Education. 45 (5): 990–1002. doi:10.1080/03075079.2020.1749798. ISSN 0307-5079.
• Jiang, Jialei; Vetter, Matthew A. (2020). "Addressing the Challenges and Opportunities of a Feminist Rhetorical Approach for Wikipedia-based Writing Instruction in First-Year Composition". Composition Forum (45).
• Maggio, Lauren A.; Willinsky, John M.; Costello, Joseph A.; Skinner, Nadine A.; Martin, Paolo C.; Dawson, Jennifer E. (2020-10-08). "Integrating Wikipedia editing into health professions education: a curricular inventory and review of the literature". Perspectives on Medical Education. 9 (6): 333–342. doi:10.1007/S40037-020-00620-1. ISSN 2212-277X. PMC 7718341. PMID 33030643.
• Xing, Jiawei; Vetter, Matthew (2020-05-25). "Editing for equity: Understanding instructor motivations for integrating cross-disciplinary Wikipedia assignments". First Monday. doi:10.5210/fm.v25i6.10575. ISSN 1396-0466.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

2019

• Vetter, Matthew A.; McDowell, Zachary J.; Stewart, Mahala (14 February 2019). "From Opportunities to Outcomes: The Wikipedia-Based Writing Assignment". Computers and Composition. 52: 53–64. doi:10.1016/j.compcom.2019.01.008.
• Reinsalu, Riina; Zupping, Sirli; Voolaid, Ene (1 November 2019). "Üliõpilaste akadeemilise kirjaoskuse arendamine Vikipeedia ülesande kaudu". Eesti Haridusteaduste Ajakiri. Estonian Journal of Education (in Estonian). 7 (2): 128–153. doi:10.12697/eha.2019.7.2.06.
• Wikipedia on education (PDF). 2019. ISBN 978-9974-36-400-4.

2018

• McKenzie, Brian; Brown, Jonathan; Casey, Denis; Cooney, Adeline; Darcy, Eamon; Giblin, Susan; Ní Mhórdha, Máire (2018-07-03). "From Poetry to Palmerstown: Using Wikipedia to Teach Critical Skills and Information Literacy in A First-Year Seminar". College Teaching. 66 (3): 140–147. doi:10.1080/87567555.2018.1463504. ISSN 8756-7555.
• Vetter, Matthew A. (2018). "Teaching Wikipedia: Appalachian Rhetoric and the Encyclopedic Politics of Representation". College English. 80 (5): 397–422. ISSN 0010-0994.

2017

• Zemskov, Andrey (2017-08-01). "Opportunities for Academic and Research Libraries and Wikipedia". Scientific and Technical Libraries (8): 65–80. doi:10.33186/1027-3689-2017-8-65-80. ISSN 1027-3689.
• Haslam, Thomas J. (2017). "Wikipedia and the Humanities in Higher Education: Past Time to Renegotiate the Relationship". International Journal of Information and Education Technology. 7 (4): 246–251. doi:10.18178/ijiet.2017.7.4.874.
• Cummings, Robert; DiLauro, Frances (2017-06-01). "Student perceptions of writing with Wikipedia in Australian higher education". First Monday. doi:10.5210/fm.v22i6.7488. ISSN 1396-0466.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

2016

• Evenstein Sigalov, Shani; Nachmias, Rafi (12 December 2016). "Wikipedia as a platform for impactful learning: A new course model in higher education". Education and Information Technologies. 22 (6): 2959–2979. doi:10.1007/s10639-016-9564-z. ISSN 1360-2357.
• Staub, Timo; Hodel, Thomas (February 2016). "Wikipedia vs. Academia: An Investigation into the Role of the Internet in Education, with a Special Focus on Wikipedia". Universal Journal of Educational Research. 4 (2): 349–354. doi:10.13189/ujer.2016.040205. ISSN 2332-3205.

2015

• Brailas, Alexios; Koskinas, Konstantinos; Dafermos, Manolis; Alexias, Giorgos (5 November 2015). "Wikipedia in Education: Acculturation and learning in virtual communities". Learning, Culture and Social Interaction. 7: 59–70. doi:10.1016/j.lcsi.2015.07.002.
• Herbert, Verena G; Frings, Andreas; Rehatschek, Herwig; Richard, Gisbert; Leithner, Andreas (6 March 2015). "Wikipedia – challenges and new horizons in enhancing medical education". BMC Medical Education. 15 (1): 32. doi:10.1186/s12909-015-0309-2. ISSN 1472-6920. PMC 4384304. PMID 25879421.* Wannemacher, Klaus (2011). "Experiences and perspectives of Wikipedia use in higher education". International Journal of Management in Education. 5 (1): 79. doi:10.1504/IJMIE.2011.037756. ISSN 1750-385X.

2013

• Roth, Amy; Davis, Rochelle; Carver, Brian (2013-05-27). "Assigning Wikipedia editing: Triangulation toward understanding university student engagement". First Monday. doi:10.5210/fm.v18i6.4340. ISSN 1396-0466.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

2012

• Fesakis, Georgios; Zoumpatianou, Maria (January 2012). "Wikipedia uses in learning design: A literature review". Themes in Science and Technology Education. 5 (1–2): 97–106.
• Konieczny, Piotr (2012-08-25). "Wikis and Wikipedia as a teaching tool: Five years later". First Monday. doi:10.5210/fm.v0i0.3583. ISSN 1396-0466.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

2010

• Reilly, Colleen A. (2010-12-18). "Teaching Wikipedia as a mirrored technology". First Monday. doi:10.5210/fm.v16i1.2824. ISSN 1396-0466.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)