Has anyone had an interest in editing Wikipedia as a
writing assignment for your course?
I work for Wiki Education Foundation (please see
wikiedu.org for more info), a nonprofit that helps university instructors and
students contribute to Wikipedia. Basically, students write Wikipedia articles
in place of a traditional term paper, or as the literature review of a longer
analytical paper — giving them a chance to write for a real audience, and to
have direct impact on the breadth and depth of Wikipedia's coverage.
The assignment motivates students by giving them an
authentic space for their writing, while encouraging them to dissect and
analyze knowledge production through careful selection and analysis of sources,
and it can add a digital literacy and writing development component to any
topic.
Wiki Ed has been doing this for 4+ years now across the
US and Canada. Right now we're looking to expand the number of courses we
support, so if this sounds like a good fit for you, drop me a line. I thought
this community might be interested in particular, as we have worked closely
with writing centers in the past to support students during their Wikipedia
assignments. I'm happy to answer questions here (if everyone is OK with that),
or otherwise through a direct email. Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from
you.
Jami Mathewson
Wiki Education Foundation
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