David (et. al.), I've assigned Wikipedia editing as part of my new media course, giving students the freedom to choose their area of expertise. I blogged about the results and students' impressions of the process at http://justtv.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/wiki-lessons . One of the problems with Wikipedia's own catalogue of academic assignments is that the guide to WP writing insists on objective neutrality, whereas reflecting on pedagogy & process is inherently subjective - thus the list of assignments offers no self-reflection on the process, making it difficult to discern whether the project was worthwhile or worth emulating. -Jason On Nov 11, 2008, at 11:02 AM, air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org wrote:
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:44:14 -0800 From: David M Silver <dmsilver@usfca.edu> Subject: [Air-L] assigning students their college/university wikipedia page To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Message-ID: <fe8cd435d694.d694fe8cd435@usfca.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
aoir people,
has anyone had any experience with assigning students the task of altering, improving, and tweaking their university page on wikipedia? in other words, has anyone assigned their college/university wikipedia page as a site of construction for a class? if so, i'm curious to hear any anecdotes, experiences, best-practices, relevant readings, and anything else you wish to share.
david silver http://silverinsf.blogspot.com
-- Jason Mittell, Associate Professor of American Studies and Film & Media Culture Chair of Film & Media Culture Department Middlebury College 208 Axinn Center at Starr Library Middlebury, Vermont 05753 (802) 443-3435 / fax: (802) 443-2805 Homepage: http://seguecommunity.middlebury.edu/sites/jmittell Blog: http://justtv.wordpress.com