Developing students’ academic literacies via Wikipedia-based tasks

Authors

  • Riina Reinsalu
  • Sirli Zupping
  • Ene Voolaid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12697/eha.2019.7.2.06

Keywords:

academic text, academic writing, teaching communication skills, higher education

Abstract

Üliõpilaste akadeemilise kirjaoskuse arendamine on üks ülikooliõpingutele seatud eesmärke, kuid selle täitmist võivad takistada mitmesugused tegurid, sh üli õpilaste vähene huvi kirjutamisülesande vastu. Üks võimalus suurendada üliõpilaste huvi on asendada traditsiooniline referaat või essee veebis vabalt kättesaadava vikiartikliga. Siinses uurimuses on seatud eesmärgiks välja selgitada vikiülesande võimalused toetada üliõpilaste akadeemilise kirjaoskuse arengut. Tartu Ülikooli väljendusõpetuse kursuste õppejõudude, õppeassistentide ja üliõpilastega tehtud fookusrühma intervjuudest ilmneb, et vikiartikli ülesande kaudu saab peale kirjutamisoskuse muu hulgas arendada üliõpilaste digi- ja infopädevust, uurimis- ja analüüsioskust. Ühtlasi on Vikipeediasse kui avalikku veebientsüklopeediasse kirjutamine tugev motivaator, mis sunnib üliõpilasi pingutama, kuid see võib osa üliõpilaste jaoks olla ka stressiallikas, sest nad tunnevad suurt vastutust loodud artikli eest.

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2019-11-01

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Reinsalu, R., Zupping, S., & Voolaid, E. (2019). Developing students’ academic literacies via Wikipedia-based tasks. Eesti Haridusteaduste Ajakiri. Estonian Journal of Education, 7(2), 128–153. https://doi.org/10.12697/eha.2019.7.2.06

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