Title :
Editing the Wikipedia: Its role in science education
Author :
Mareca, Pilar ; Bosch, Vicente Alcober
Author_Institution :
Dipt. de Fis. Aplic., ETSI de Telecomun. (UPM), Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
This paper describes and analyzes how the cooperation of Engineering students in a Wikipedia editing project helped to improve their learning and understanding of Physics. This project aims to incorporate to the first University Courses other forms of learning, including specifically the communication of scientific concepts to other students and general audiences. Students have been in accordance to say that with the Wikipedia project have learned to work better together and helped them gain insight into the concepts of Physics.
Keywords :
Web sites; computer aided instruction; engineering education; physics computing; physics education; Wikipedia editing project; engineering students; physics; science education; scientific concepts; university courses; Education; Electronic publishing; Encyclopedias; Internet; Physics; Editing Wikipedia to improve learning in Science Education; Educational innovation; Web resources in Higher Education;
Conference_Titel :
Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2011 6th Iberian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chaves
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1487-0