A Wikipédia como prática e recurso educacional aberto na formação docente

Abstract

With the advent of the world wide web, in particular in its the second generation, known as web 2.0, tools and technologies emerged that enabled collaborative work and the epitome of the collective intelligence. One of these resources are wikis, of which the paradigmatic example, perhaps because it is more popular and global, is Wikipedia. In fact, this encyclopedia is supported by the work of a vast group of volunteers who, in a collaborative way, advocate the so called collective intelligence. In this context, and because it is a community of practice, as some authors acknowledge, important challenges arise, namely in the field of training, ethics, humanity and social responsibility. Considering its potential, both as a practice and an open educational resource, we have been defending its use in teaching practices, in different educational dimensions and spaces (formal and non-formal), levels and modalities of schooling and learning. Thus, this text aims to present examples of this use in teacher training, from basic education to higher education, and to contribute to the debate around digital competences and multiple literacies, including information literacy, in a reflection anchored in open education and the United Nations' sustainable development goals. We therefore believe that we can still contribute to the development of common public goods, based on the contemporary assumption of educational change and innovation within the scope of the International Academic Network WEIWER®.