Analysing the potential of Wikipedia for science education using automatic organization of knowledge

Q Social Sciences

Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems Pub Date : 2017-11-08 DOI:10.1108/PROG-02-2016-0016

C. G. Figuerola, Tamar Groves

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Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the presence and structure of scientific content in the Spanish version of Wikipedia by applying social networks analysis techniques. Design/methodology/approach Wikipedia articles have hyperlinks that connect them, so it is possible to represent Wikipedia as a network, in which the nodes are the articles and the edges are hyperlinks. The authors use communities detection techniques, in order to identify clusters of articles with similar content and then the authors carry out a manual analysis to detect science articles and identify the most representative scientific fields and their main features. Findings The authors conclude that science articles comprise 11.66 per cent of Spanish Wikipedia articles and that the most important clusters of scientific articles do not always coincide with classical science disciplines. Originality/value As Wikipedia is an open content resource, which is constructed by a community of users, and is widely employed in educational contexts by both students and teachers, this kind of analysis contributes to understanding Wikipedia better as an educational tool.

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利用知识的自动组织分析维基百科对科学教育的潜力

本文的目的是通过应用社会网络分析技术来分析西班牙语版维基百科中科学内容的存在和结构。设计/方法/方法维基百科的文章有超链接连接它们，因此可以将维基百科表示为一个网络，其中节点是文章，边缘是超链接。本文采用社区检测技术，对内容相似的文章进行聚类识别，然后进行人工分析，对科学文章进行检测，识别出最具代表性的科学领域及其主要特征。这组作者得出结论，科学文章占西班牙语维基百科文章的11.66%，而且最重要的科学文章群并不总是与经典科学学科相吻合。由于维基百科是一个开放的内容资源，它是由用户社区构建的，并且被学生和教师广泛应用于教育环境中，这种分析有助于更好地理解维基百科作为一种教育工具。

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Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems 工程技术-计算机：信息系统

CiteScore

1.30

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0.00%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： ■Automation of library and information services ■Storage and retrieval of all forms of electronic information ■Delivery of information to end users ■Database design and management ■Techniques for storing and distributing information ■Networking and communications technology ■The Internet ■User interface design ■Procurement of systems ■User training and support ■System evaluation