Reliability of wikipedia use as a source of school research

Internet and its medias have been stimulating new means of producing and sharing intelectual means, working on the process of production of human knowledge. The revolution over production and diffusion of knowledge, universally solidified, opposes and defies conventional means. Such affirmation just...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Vieira1, Marli Vick, Christofoletti, Rogério
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP)
Repositorio:Revista Política e gestão educacional
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/9351
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/rpge/article/view/9351
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Wikipedia
Credibility
Education on the web
Wikipédia
Credibilidade
Web na educação
Descripción
Sumario:Internet and its medias have been stimulating new means of producing and sharing intelectual means, working on the process of production of human knowledge. The revolution over production and diffusion of knowledge, universally solidified, opposes and defies conventional means. Such affirmation justifies the need to verify its possibilities, limitations, efficiency and applicability on academic environment. The purpose of this research is to analyze the use and acceptance of Wikipédia as a trustful reference resource to scholar papers on higher education. For such, the inquiry applied data collection by using questionnaires, with the participation of students and teachers of a university in Santa Catarina. The results obtained indicated that, beyond other aspects, most students use Wikipédia as a source of research and most teachers accept this reference, however not normally indicating it, revealing a process of development of significant credibility of this source.