קול המון כקול שדי? עמדות מורים כלפי שימוש בוויקיפדיה

The study investigates teachers’ attitudes toward the use of Wikipedia. Previous studies have shown that Wikipedia has proven to be a relatively reliable source of information. Nevertheless, teachers tend to forbid their students to use it rather than teach them how to use it intelligently. The present study aims to reveal the .factors that impact the attitudes of teachers toward the use of Wikipedia The paper describes findings from a questionnaire that was administered to 150 teachers in Israel. The findings show that teachers perceive the extent of their personal use of Wikipedia as medium to low, and may indicate a superficial familiarity with Wikipedia. The extent of their use of Wikipedia with students is also low and is expressed mainly in the fact of allowing the students to use Wikipedia rather than teaching them how to use it responsibly. There was a correlation between the level of Wikipedia use and the teachers’ perceptions of the value of its information. The findings suggest a need to develop intervention processes in order to expose teachers to the advantages of using Wikipedia in .learning and train them to use Wikipedia in teaching