Dear fellow Wikipedians:
This is to let you know about my most recent article, co-authored with former student Kate Rattray. We’re especially proud of this piece, in which we make a pedagogical and public-service case for writing and editing Wikipedia articles for law school credit. The article has just been published in the Journal of Legal Education, which, appropriately, is an open-access journal. The current volume can be found here: http://jle.aals.org/home/. You can also read an abstract and download the article from my SSRN (Social Sciences Research Network) website, here: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2729241.
Yours truly,
John Kleefeld
Associate Professor, College of Law
University of Saskatchewan
15 Campus Drive
Saskatoon SK S7N 5A6
tel: (+1) 306.966.1039
email: john.kleefeld(a)usask.ca
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Good evening, Professor Christie. My name is Lixxx235, and I'm a Wikipedia
editor and an Online Ambassador with the Wikipedia Education Program. (
userpage <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lixxx235>)
It's come to my attention (through a student's request for help via
Wikipedia's live chat) that you have given your students assignments
relating to editing Wikipedia. While the Wikipedia Education Program fully
supports such assignments, and endorses a number of courses at various
universities around the world, according to one of your students, an
assignment you've given seems to have students confused and is causing
submissions in violation of some Wikipedia policies and wasting volunteer
and student time. For example, this
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Fuel_controlled_fires_…>
is an entry one of your students tried to get help on from our live help
chat. This submission does not meet Wikipedia guidelines such as notability
policies, policies requiring verifiability of material, and policies
requiring a neutral point of view (NPOV) to be kept. In addition, it was
not in Wikipedia's standard format.
We'd love to get in touch with you. Please reply back to
lixxx235wikipedia(a)gmail.com and education(a)lists.wikimedia.org to see how we
can help you develop good assignments for editing Wikipedia and how we can
resolve some issues with your current assignment.
All the best,
Lixxx235
English Wikipedia
Greetings!
With apologies for cross-posting, I am writing to share a recently adapted version of the "Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom" curriculum, which is a teacher training curriculum for secondary teachers to engage in Wikipedia literacy. Revised documents include the following:
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Teacher's Introductory Booklet: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_in_the_Classroom_-_Teache…
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Teacher's Guide Module 1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_in_the_Classroom_-_Teache…
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Teacher's Guide Module 2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_in_the_Classroom_-_Teache…
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Teacher's Guide Module 3: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_in_the_Classroom_-_Teache…
The rebranded "Wikipedia in the Classroom" documents are adapted from the "Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom" program to align with the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards<https://iste.org/standards>. This adaptation connects the program with a recognized framework for technology integration in education. The revised program emphasizes the first three ISTE Standards:
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Empowered Learner: Students set goals, use technology strategically, customize learning environments, seek feedback, and understand how technology works to achieve and demonstrate learning competency.
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Digital Citizen: Students recognize the responsibilities and opportunities for contributing to their digital communities.
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Knowledge Constructor: Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts, and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
The "Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom" program was originally developed by the Wikimedia Foundation Education team to enhance teachers' understanding of Wikipedia as a pedagogical tool. The adaptation to "Wikipedia in the Classroom" aims to connect the program with the ISTE framework for technology integration in education. The ISTE Standards for Students provide a roadmap for developing essential skills for 21st-century learners, including digital citizenship, creative thinking, and problem-solving in digital environments. The "Wikipedia in the Classroom" program emphasizes: Empowering learners to use Wikipedia as a learning tool; Evaluating information using Wikipedia's pillars and guidelines; Supporting students to make micro-contributions to Wikipedia.
The revisions in the "Wikipedia in the Classroom" documents are designed to help teachers integrate Wikipedia into their teaching practices in a way that aligns with the ISTE standards, promoting digital citizenship and open knowledge construction.
Please share with interested parties,
Thanks,
Matt
Matt Vetter, PhD (he/him)
Professor of English
Dept. of Language, Literature, and Writing
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
http://mattvetter.net<http://mattvetter.net/>
Connect with me on Zoom,
https://iupvideo.zoom.us/my/dr.vetterzooms
Managing co-editor, Writing Spaces<http://www.writingspaces.org/>
Co-chair, CCCC Wikipedia Initiative<https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/wikipedia-initiative/>
Available as open access ebook, Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality<https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003094081/wikipedia…..>