Melissa Kahili-Heede|Uday Patil|KJ Hillgren|Earl S. Hishinuma|Richard T. Kasuya
Library instruction and Wikipedia: investigating students’ perceived information literacy, lifelong learning, and social responsibility through Wikipedia editing
University of Hawai?i at M?noa|University of Hawai?i at M?noa|University of Hawai?i at M?noa|University of Hawai?i at M?noa|University of Hawai?i at M?noa
article presents multiyear pilot study delineating practical challenges solutions lessons learned wikipedia editing experiences firstyear medical students john burns school medicine university hawaii mnoa purpose project determine feasibility effectiveness wikipedia editing improve information literacy lifelong learning skills investigate aspects social responsibility firstyear medical studentslessons provided combination inperson online instruction via wikiedu learning management system lms students next selected healthrelated wikipedia article edit editing experience structural completeness data collected wikiedu lms feedback collected via anonymous retrospective prepost survey assess students attitudes toward perceived information literacy skills social responsibility improving wikipedia articles nonparametric tests conducted compare pre versus post outcomesfiftyseven 79 participants 2018 cohort fortynine 64 participants 2019 cohort completed retrospective prepost survey cohorts respondents showed statistically significant increases p05 selfrating ten domains information literacy social responsibility completing programthis study showed medical students competent editors wikipedia contributions improve quality articles perceived information literacy additionally editing medicinerelated articles provides opportunity build students social responsibility improving content open platform reaches millions day