Course design

Materials from this workshop:

• Teaching with Wikipedia Resources (compiled by Jonas)
• Information for Instructors (WikiEdu): general information about incorporating Wikipedia into classroom instruction
• Teach with Wikipedia (WikiEdu): process of setting up a WikiEdu course site/assignment for your class
• Questions (WikiEdu): a discussion forum with numerous questions/answers re: using WikiEdu

Have you ever told your students that Wikipedia is not a reliable source for their research? After all, anyone edit a Wikipedia article! Regardless of our caution, students around the world turn to the site for information every day. With over 5 million articles in English, 30 million registered English language users, and 800 new article written and edited by 30,000 active English language editors per day, the online encyclopedia represents a major breakthrough in the open sharing of knowledge at the heart of education.

Why not flip the script and have your students contribute to Wikipedia themselves? Wikipedia's education branch now provides support for university instructors interested in having their students contribute their critical thinking, writing and research skills to the project. From WikiEdu:

Help students make a real-world impact through their work. In Wiki Education’s Classroom Program, university instructors assign students to write Wikipedia articles, empowering them to share knowledge with the world. Students research course-related topics that are missing or underrepresented, synthesize the available literature, and use our free tools and trainings to add the information to Wikipedia.

Want to know more? Grab your lunch and join library faculty Megan Watson and Jonas Lamb for an informal conversation on Friday, April 13 from 11:30am-12:30pm in CELT (Egan Library 103). We'll share our recent experiences editing Wikipedia in a class setting, brainstorm ideas, consider use cases, look at sample assignments, and discuss whatever else comes up. Participants can also join remotely by: 

• Google Hangout: Go to https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/alaska.edu/celt-wikipedia, or go to http://hangouts.google.com, click on Video Call, click "Start or join a Hangout," and enter celt-wikipedia as the Hangout name.
• Conference call: Dial 796-6600 (or just 6600 from a campus phone), enter meeting number 006515 followed by #, and enter attendee access code 2358 (CELT) followed by #.

Join Emily Wall, Allison Neeland, and English faculty for a round-table discussion and brainstorming session around embedding writing tutors into writing-intensive courses. Come prepared to share ideas, questions, and experiences you've had with tutors in the past. Participants can also join remotely by:

• Conference call: Dial 796-6600 (or just 6600 from a campus phone), enter meeting number 006515 followed by #, and enter attendee access code 2358 (CELT) followed by #.

• Google Hangout: Go to https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/alaska.edu/celt-writing, or go to http://hangouts.google.com, click on Video Call, click "Start or join a Hangout," and enter celt-writing as the Hangout name.

Session materials can be accessed via the links below:

• Best practices handout
• Notes