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ERIC Number: EJ1031809
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1534-9322
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Archive 2.0: What Composition Students and Academic Libraries Can Gain from Digital-Collaborative Pedagogies
Vetter, Matthew A.
Composition Studies, v42 n1 p35-53 Spr 2014
Research across disciplines in recent years has demonstrated a number of gains involved in community engagement and service-learning pedagogies. More recently, these pedagogies are being filtered into digital contexts as instructors begin to realize the opportunities made available by online writing venues. This presentation describes a specific pedagogical model which sought to engage composition students in two specific communities, 1) the University libraries' Special Collections (Archives), and 2) the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Student-participants in this study performed original research within Special Collections on regional topics in order to edit and create corresponding Wikipedia articles. The presentation ultimately argues that such a pedagogical model leads to an increase in students' rhetorical knowledge and motivation levels, while at the same time promoting public awareness of library resources and contributing to public knowledge via Wikipedia.
University of Cincinnati. Department of English, P.O. Box 210069, Cincinnati, OH 45221. Tel: 513-556-6519; Fax: 513-556-5960; e-mail: compstudies@uc.edu; Web site: http://www.uc.edu/journals/composition-studies.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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