English: Presentation slides for "Wikipedia Community Policies and Experiential Epistemology: Critical Information Literacy, Social Justice, and Inclusive Practices"

By Zachary J. McDowell, University of Illinois at Chicago and Matthew Vetter, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Drawing from a meta-analysis of research on learning outcomes in Wikipedia-based education, this presentation addresses Wikipedia community policies and practices through the Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education from the Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL). Wikipedia-based educational practices, which promote newcomers’ active engagement in the encyclopedia, have been shown to support experiential learnings in critical information literacy, communication and research outcomes, and social justice. Exploring the connections between participation in Wikipedia and transferable skills for information literacy in the context of the current new media landscape, this presentation grapples with new questions for the future of information literacies alongside the implications of large language models (LLMs), systemic biases, and the representation and inclusion of non-western and indigenous knowledge sources.