CALL FOR PAPERS

The Office of the Dean of Teaching and Learning, Maynooth University, is
pleased to announce a CfP for the conference "*Academia and Wikipedia:
Critical Perspectives in Education and Research*" to be held on June 18,
2018, at Maynooth University (Republic of Ireland). We welcome submissions
of individual papers, panels, and round tables.  Submissions using the
guidelines below should be sent to [log in to unmask]
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later than February 28, 2018.  Decisions on conference inclusion will be
made by March 5.

Full CfP below, and at
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/dean-teaching-learning/academia-and-wikipedia-conference

Wikipedia offers *sui generis* opportunities for research and teaching.
From datamining semantics to teaching students how to reference, to using
Wikipedia as an example of the failure of the Enlightenment project,
academics increasingly recognise the value of the data available through
Wikipedia and the teaching opportunities it provides.  Views of other
academics range from indifference to disdain, potentially broadening the
elitism-gap in knowledge production and consumption.

 “Academia and Wikipedia: Critical Perspectives in Education and Research”
is a one-day conference that aims to investigate how researchers and
educators use and interrogate Wikipedia.  The conference is an opportunity
to present research into and from Wikipedia; research about Wikipedia, or
research that uses Wikipedia as a data object.  We welcome proposals from
scholars (advanced postgraduates, early career faculty, and senior faculty)
in all fields who use Wikipedia in the classroom or tap it as a primary
source.

Possible themes for panels and papers include:

   - Using Wikipedia in the classroom: a means to an end?
   - Wikipedia as a data object
   - Student perceptions of Wikipedia; student use of Wikipedia
   - Faculty perceptions of Wikipedia
   - Research and Wikipedia: academic profit or contributing to its
   mission?
   - Wikipedia and epistemology
   - Ethnography of editors
   - Wikipedia and systemic bias

Keynote speaker: Dr Bernie Hogan, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Internet
Institute

*Wikipedia in the classroom *

   - Over 400 universities in the United States and Canada have used
   Wikipedia in the classroom.
   - Universities in 94 countries outside of North America have used
   Wikipedia in the classroom.
   - According to the Wikimedia Education Foundation, 94% of instructors
   reported that using Wikipedia was more effective than traditional
   assignments in teaching media/information literacy.
   - Over 6,000 students contributed to Wikipedia as part of the 2016 “Year
   in Science” program.
   - Research indicates that although student use of Wikipedia is
   endemic many faculty continue to follow an abstinence based approach.

*Submission guidelines *

We welcome submissions of individual papers, panels, and round tables.
Submissions using the guidelines below should be sent to
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later than February 28, 2018.  Decisions on conference inclusion will be
made by March 5.

*Individual papers *
Individual presentations should be twenty minutes long.  Please email your
paper title and a 150-word abstract to the contact address above.

*Panel presentations*
Panel proposals should consist of three papers.  In addition to
individual abstracts, please provide a panel title and a 150-word
description of the panel’s theme.  Please provide a single email address
for communication.

*Round tables *
To submit a round table proposal please email the names and institutional
affiliation of participants, including the facilitator, and a 300-word
description that includes: the topic and its significance; the potential of
the topic to contribute to scholarly conversation and the goals of the
discussion; data and evidence that will be used in the discussion. Please
provide a single email address for communication.

*Programme Committee *

Chair, Dr Alison Hood, Dean of Teaching and Learning, Maynooth University
Dr Denis Casey, Maynooth University
Dr Sharon Flynn, National University of Ireland, Galway
Dr Susan Giblin, Maynooth University
Dr Brian McKenzie, Maynooth University
Dr Maire Ni Mhordha, Maynooth University
Dr Rebecca O'Neill, Wikimedia Community Ireland

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