ISSS608 2016-17 T1 Assign2 Wesley Chan
Introduction
While the use of Wikipedia among the general public is well documented, in this study we explore the use of Wikipedia amongst University faculty members as a tool for teaching in Higher Education. This study has two objectives: (i) to understand the factors that influence the use of Wikipedia in Higher Education and (ii) to understand what factors might shape their disposition towards the use of Wikipedia as a tool for teaching in Higher Education.
In this study, we will look at developing an interactive visualization tool to assist the authors of the paper – “Factors that influence the teaching use of Wikipedia in Higher Education” and the provost of the University, herein referred to as our target audience, to explore the data, uncover any meaningful relationship and share key insights to further the adoption of Wikipedia as a tool for teaching and collaboration in Higher Education.
References
- Meseguer, A., Aibar, E., Llados, J., Minguillon, J., Lerga, M. (2015). Factors that influence the teaching use of Wikipedia in Higher Education. JASIST, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. ISSN: 2330-1635. doi: 10.1002/asi.23488
- Tableau – Visualizing Survey Data (Version 2.0 – June 2016)
- Data Revelations – Likert Scales (http://www.datarevelations.com/likert-scales-the-final-word.html and http://www.datarevelations.com/using-tableau-to-visualize-survey-data-part-2-%C2%BD.html)
