Registration is now open through this Eventbrite link.  We are pleased to announce that registration for the conference is free as a result of the generous support of the Office of the Dean of Teaching and Learning at Maynooth University.

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    Session 1: 9:30 to 11:00
    Panel 1: Medicating Wikipedia, room SE011 Chair: Denis Casey, Maynooth University
     
    The Rate of Information Diffusion from Scholarly Journals into Wikipedia Medical Articles
    Gwinyai Masukume, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Dariusz Jemielniak, Kozminski University,
    Maciej Wilamowski, University of Warsaw
     
    Wikipedia in Healthcare Education - Observations and Opportunities
    Conor Malone, National Doctors Training and Planning (NDTP), Health Service Executive (HSE); Sligo University Hospital,
    Gwinyai Masukume, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Maeve O’Connell, Cork University Maternity Hospital
     
    Bringing Information Literacy into the “Real World”: How to Teach Key Concepts and Research Skills using Wikipedia
    Lydia Dawe, University of Notre Dame Australia
     
    Roundtable: Persistent, Systemic Bias on Wikipedia: Experiences of Students and Faculty, room SE012 Facilitator: Brian McKenzie, Maynooth University
     
    Brian Martin, Wollongong University
    Susan Giblin, Jonathan Brown, Máire Ní Mhórdha, Maynooth University
     
    Panel 2: Academic Encounters with Wikipedia (I), room SE013 Chair: Alison Hood, Dean of Teaching and Learning, Maynooth University
     
    Wikipedia in Higher Education: an Empirical Study on Faculty Perceptions and Attitudes
    Eduard Aibar, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
     
    MediaWiki in Academic Online Publications – Asset or Drawback?
    Corinna Salomon, Universität Wien, David Stifter, Maynooth University
     
    An Osprey’s View of Open Education in Scotland, Wales and other Nations
    Robin Owain, Wikimedia Wales and Wikimedia UK
    Session 2: 11:30 to 1:00
    Panel 3: The Languages of Wikipedia, room SE011 Chair: Máire Ní Mhórdha, Maynooth University
     
    Mind your (Irish) Language! Knowledge Creation in Minority Languages on Wikipedia
    Sarah McMonagle, University of Hamburg Niamh Ní Bhroin, University of Oslo
     
    Mouse vs. Ratón: a Study of Attitudes and Contributions to Language Mixing in English-to-Spanish Translations of Wikipedia Articles
    José Gustavo Góngora-Goloubintseff, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
     
    Panel 4:  Students and Wikipedia, room SE012
    Chair: Susan Giblin, Maynooth University
     
    Turkish University Students as Consumers and Producers of Wikipedia Content
    Leman Pınar Tosun, Uludag University, Funda Turhan, Uludag University
     
    Student Use and Perceptions of Wikipedia in Algeria
    Laeed Zaghlami, Algiers University
     
    The Role of Wikipedia in Supporting the Engagement and Participation of Students in Research
    Loretta Anthony-Okeke, University of Manchester
     
    Panel 5: Academic Encounters with Wikipedia (II), room SE013
    Chair: Brian McKenzie, Maynooth University
     
    Wikipedia and Higher Education - the Relationship that should be Renegotiated
    Nebojša Ratković and Djordje Stakić, Wikimedia Serbia

    Measuring the Impact of Wikimedians in Academia
    Ewan McAndrew, University of Edinburgh
     
    Evidence and Editing: Case Studies from Wellcome Library's Work with Academics and Wikipedia
    Alice White, Wellcome Library
     
     Science is Shaped by Wikipedia: Evidence From a Randomized Control Trial
    Neil Thompson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
     
    Session 3: 2:30 to 4:00
    Roundtable: From Poetry to Palmerstown: Editing Wikipedia with 452 Students, room SE011 Facilitator: Brian McKenzie, Maynooth University
     
    Faculty members of the Critical Skills Programme at Maynooth University
     
    Panel 6: Information Literacy and Wikipedia, room SE012
    Chair: Sharon Flynn, NUI Galway
     
    Information Literacy and the Wikipedia Assignment: Teaching Students in a ‘Post-Truth’ World
    Zachary McDowell, University of Illinois, Chicago
     
    Students’ Perceptions about Wikipedia’s use in their Studies
    Muhammad Sajid Mirza, International Islamic University
     
    Sharing our Heritage Collaboratively Through Wikipedia
    Crystal Fulton, University College Dublin
     
    Panel 7: Writing and Righting Wikipedia, room SE013
    Chair: Rebecca O'Neill, Wikimedia Ireland
     
    Writing for Wikipedia: Scaffolding Process and Authority for First Year University Writing Students
    Randi Gray Kristensen, George Washington University
     
    Pedagogical Innovations using Wikipedia as a Participatory Writing Platform
    Frances Di Lauro, University of Sydney