https://wikiconference.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Etlib&feedformat=atomWikiConference North America - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T15:07:28ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.13https://wikiconference.org/index.php?title=Submissions:2016/Teaching_Wikipedia_One_Edit-a-thon_at_a_time&diff=5291Submissions:2016/Teaching Wikipedia One Edit-a-thon at a time2016-08-31T21:57:54Z<p>Etlib: Created page with "<!-- Simply provide information about your submission below and save the page. --> ;Title: Teaching Wikipedia One Edit-a-thon at a time ;Theme..."</p>
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;Title: Teaching Wikipedia One Edit-a-thon at a time<br />
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;[[Submissions#Proposal Themes|Theme]]: Education<br />
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;[[Submissions#Academic Peer Review Option|Academic Peer Review option]]: Y<br />
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;[[Submissions#Presentation Types|Type of submission]]: Presentation<br />
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;Author: Chanitra Bishop<br />
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;E-mail address: cb1579@hunter.cuny.edu<br />
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;Username:etlib<br />
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;Affiliation: Hunter College<br />
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Wikipedia has becoming an increasingly popular tool to integrate into college courses. Faculty that have published on their use of Wikipedia in the classroom have noted that it provides an excellent way to teach students to be producers of information while simultaneously teaching students critical thinking and research skills. Through the process of editing a Wikipedia article, students can begin to see themselves as capable of contributing quality information to a widely used online website and thereby learn to become information producers instead of primarily information consumers. At the same time, they also realize that the information they are learning is class is relevant outside of the traditional classroom and has a real-world application. Wikipedia also provides the opportunity for students to begin to understand the peer-review process by writing an encyclopedia article, a more basic form of academic writing. Writing a Wikipedia article requires students to learn to write based on guidelines and community standards. Through the editing process students often find the content added to Wikipedia may be removed if it does not fit within the guidelines and must revise the content added for it be accepted and remain on the encyclopedia. Similarly, peer reviewed journals have submission guidelines that authors must follow and an editorial process.<br />
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However, for faculty new to Wikipedia, adding another component to the class can be challenging. How can instructors provide students with the experience of editing Wikipedia without developing a class assignment? How can librarians and other Wikipedians help instructors learn about Wikipedia and become more comfortable using Wikipedia as a pedagogical tool? This presentation will discuss using edit-a-thons to introduce students and faculty to Wikipedia. Through the edit-a-thon, students have an opportunity to learn to edit Wikipedia without the pressures of a regular class assignment and faculty can learn about Wikipedia without the need to also decide on how to integrate it into their course. The presentation will provide examples of how edit-a-thons can be integrated into classroom. <br />
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;Length of presentation: 20 minutes<br />
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[[Category:Submissions/2016]]</div>Etlibhttps://wikiconference.org/index.php?title=Think_Tank_with_Wiki_Ed_Board&diff=2673Think Tank with Wiki Ed Board2015-10-07T14:30:45Z<p>Etlib: /* Interested attendees */</p>
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<div>A '''Think Tank''' with the [[meta:Wiki Education Foundation|Wiki Education Foundation]] board!<br />
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Exploring how a community-driven partnership with academia on content policy can possibly expand the scope and types of knowledge represented in the encyclopedia.<br />
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Held on Sunday as part of the [[2015/Unconference|Unconference]], and featuring the pros and cons of ideas for innovation in the areas of:<br />
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*[[w:WP:RS|''Reliable Sources'']]: How can we identify appropriate sources in undercovered communities?<br />
*[[w:WP:NOR|''(No) Original Research'']]: How can we build gateways for outside crowdsourced but academic-vetted research to feed into Wikipedia?<br />
*[[w:WP:AFC|''Articles For Creation'']]: How can we specialize and speed this process for different fields?<br />
*[[w:WP:NOT|''What Wikipedia Is (Not)'']]: What types of articles and knowledge could fit into the encyclopedia, but have not yet been conceptualized?<br />
*[[w:WP:NPOV|''(Neutral) Point of View'']]: How can we better balance alternative viewpoints?<br />
*[[w:WP:EXPERTISE|''Expertise'']]: How can academic expertise fulfill an effective advisory role on the non-article pages of the Wikiproject ecosystem? <br />
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Possibly with mini-proposals from individuals present, and remote collaboration.<br />
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#[[User:Pharos|Pharos]] ([[User talk:Pharos|talk]]) 13:15, 22 September 2015 (EDT)<br />
# [[User:Bluerasberry|<span style="background:#cedff2;color:#11e">''' Blue Rasberry '''</span>]][[User talk:Bluerasberry|<span style="background:#cedff2;color:#11e">(talk)</span>]] 13:26, 22 September 2015 (EDT)<br />
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# [[User:Megs|Megs]] ([[User talk:Megs|talk]]) 13:44, 22 September 2015 (EDT)<br />
# [[User:Aliceba|Aliceba]] ([[User talk:Aliceba|talk]]) 13:48, 22 September 2015 (EDT)<br />
# [[User:Mozucat|Mozucat]] ([[User talk:Mozucat|talk]]) 14:51, 22 September 2015 (EDT)<br />
#-[[User:Another Believer|Another Believer]] ([[User talk:Another Believer|talk]]) 11:28, 23 September 2015 (EDT)<br />
# [[User:Theredproject|Theredproject]] ([[User talk:Theredproject|talk]]) 22:53, 23 September 2015 (EDT)<br />
# [[User:DStrassmann|DStrassmann]] ([[User talk:DStrassmann|talk]]) 19:34, 28 September 2015 (EDT)<br />
# [[User:BobCummings|BobCummings]] ([[User talk:BobCummings|talk]]) 11:40, 5 October 2015 (EDT)<br />
# [[User:Sue Gardner|Sue Gardner]] ([[User talk:Sue Gardner|talk]]) 16:52, 5 October 2015 (EDT)<br />
# [[User:Gobonobo|Gobonobo]] ([[User talk:Gobonobo|talk]]) 19:00, 5 October 2015 (EDT)<br />
# [[User:johnwillinsky|johnwillinsky]] ([[User talk:johnwillinsky|talk]]) 19:00, 6 October 2015 (EDT)<br />
# [[User:Pjtabit|Pjtabit]] ([[User talk:Pjtabit|talk]]) 01:05, 7 October 2015 (EDT)<br />
# [[User:Etlib|Etlib]] ([[User talk:Etlib|talk]]) 10:30, 7 October 2015 (EDT)</div>Etlibhttps://wikiconference.org/index.php?title=Submissions:2015/Teaching_Research_%26_Critical_Thinking_Skills_Through_Wikipedia&diff=2075Submissions:2015/Teaching Research & Critical Thinking Skills Through Wikipedia2015-08-31T21:55:54Z<p>Etlib: Created page with "<!-- Simply provide information about your submission below and save the page. --> ;Title: Teaching Research & Critical Thinking Skills Through Wikipedia ;Submissions#Propo..."</p>
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Teaching Research & Critical Thinking Skills Through Wikipedia<br />
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Education<br />
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Presentation<br />
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Chanitra Bishop<br />
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chabis10@gmail.com<br />
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[[User:Etlib|Etlib]] ([[User talk:Etlib|talk]]) 17:55, 31 August 2015 (EDT)<br />
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Hunter College, New York, NY 10065<br />
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Many instructors in academia approach using Wikipedia in the classroom with apprehension or completely ban its use due to the fact that "anyone can edit Wikipedia". However, students as well as faculty often find themselves using Wikipedia to do basic research and learn more about a given topic. Instead of discouraging students from using Wikipedia, it is important to teach students how to best incorporate Wikipedia into their research. Learning how Wikipedia works and how to effectively use Wikipedia is a skill that students will be able to use outside of the classroom and take into the workplace. <br />
This session will discuss how Wikipedia can be used to teach research and critical thinking skills by providing students will the tools necessary to evaluate Wikipedia articles. There are a variety of assignments, some of which only require part of a class session that can be used to teach students about Wikipedia. This includes designing assignments to assist students in understanding what makes a "good" Wikipedia article by having students review references listed and asking them to determine the creditability of sources used. It can also include asking students to review an article and discuss how well the topic is covered and if there are gaps, asking students to edit the article and thereby improve the quality of Wikipedia. Assignments can also take the form of looking at how information is presented in an online community driven website. Students can be tasked with reviewing the talk page and the history of the article to determine how the article was developed over time. By discussing what information was included in the first iteration of the article, students are able to see how an article can improve over time and see how edits from an active online community can result in a robust article on a given subject.<br />
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