Hi everybody,
We’re preparing for the May 2015 research newsletter and looking for contributors. Please take a look at: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WRN201505 and add your name next to any paper you are interested in covering. As usual, short notes and one-paragraph reviews are most welcome.
Highlights from this month:
Wikipedia Use in Research: Perceptions in Secondary Schools
How to motivate formal students and informal learners to participate in Open Content Educational Resources (OCER)
Wikipedia – challenges and new horizons in enhancing medical education
Using Wikipedia to enhance student learning: A case study in economics
The Internet School of Medicine: Use of Electronic Resources by Medical Trainees and the Reliability of those Resources
Accuracy and Completeness of Drug Information in Wikipedia: A Comparison with Standard Textbooks of Pharmacology
Academic Ethics Conflict in the Age of Wikipedia and "Turnitin.com": A Study Assessing the Opinions of Exiting College Students
If you have any question about the format or process feel free to get in touch off-list.
Masssly, Tilman Bayer and Dario Taraborelli
Dear colleagues,
Thank you for reaching out to the Wikimedia Education mailing list and sharing the invitation to contribute in the research newsletter with the list members. The list of topics looks really interesting.
I hope that our valuable education mailing list members will response positively to this invitation by adding great input to the newsletter as we are used to get from them.
Looking forward to seeing the new issue of the research newsletter. I'm sure it will be amazing as usual!
Please drop me a line if you have any questions or need my help with anything.
Thank you,