Comments on: Assigning Wikipedia in a US History Survey

By: History in the Digital Age » Blog Archive » Perspectives on Digital History

Fri, 22 May 2009 16:32:17 +0000

[...] The latest issue of Perspectives from the American Historical Association focuses on history and new media. One article in particular is relevant to our class this coming Wednesday: Kevin Sheets, “Wiki in the History Classroom.”. If you have time, take a look at it before class. If you’re interested in how I’ve used Wikipedia in my undergraduate courses, check out a post I wrote in April on assigning a Wikipedia article. [...]

By: Faculty Blog Round Up: Teaching with Technology

Faculty Blog Round Up: Teaching with Technology — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:52:19 +0000

[...] to take on the bete noire – Wikipedia. In his undergraduate American History Survey course, he assigns students to not just use, but create, Wikipedia articles, including citating sources, monitoring for follow-up collaboration, and writing a reflective [...]

By: weblog.histnet.ch » Blog Archive » Wikipedia im Hochschul-Unterricht ctd.

Thu, 07 May 2009 22:08:34 +0000

[...] Kurs am Institut für Medienwissenschaften an der Universität Basel angeboten. Über seine eigene Variation dieser Idee berichtet eremy Boggs in seinem Weblog Clioweb. Boggs geht wie folgt vor. Er lässt [...]

By: émergenceweb : blogue » Un blogue d’entreprise, c’est bien. Un réseau social aussi mais n’oubliez pas les wikis !

Mon, 04 May 2009 10:44:02 +0000

[...] initiative wiki digne de mention, celle-là dans le milieu de l’éducation. Alors, voici un projet intéressant imaginé par un certain Jeremy, qui termine actuellement ses études de Doctorat à la Georges [...]

By: Wikipediada maqola yozishni o`rgatish -

Wikipediada maqola yozishni o`rgatish - — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:06:13 +0000

[...] Bir tarixchi Wikipedia bilan yozish(writing) vazifalarini berishligi to’g’risida fikrlari bilan almashdi. Barcha maqola yozish uchun kerakli ko’rsatmalar beriladi, vazifa topshiriladi va shu bilan birga Wikipedia formati va stillari haqida yordamchi qog’ozlar ham topshiriladi. Uning fikrini esa quyidagicha: Men studentlarimga Wikipedia uchun research olib borish va maqolalar yozish vazifasini topshiraman. Va bu mening eng foydali vazifalarimdan biri bo’lib qolmoqda. Bu studentlarga fakt orqali yondashilgan yozish va analitik yozish farqlarini ko’ra olish qobiliyatini, research usullariga kirish yo’llanmasini va Wikipediada qanday qilib maqola yozishligi to’g’risida axborot beradi. Shuning uchun ular qanday vaziyatlarda uni ishlatish yo ishlatmaslik kerakligini tushunmoqdalar. [...]

By: pfctdayelise

pfctdayelise — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:38:49 +0000

I have to say kudos for designing a project that really “gets it”. Getting students to expand existing articles rather than starting their own is very smart. But the “phase 2″ part of the project is the really brilliant part. It’s that follow-up that will help them really understand how Wikipedia works. Well done!!

By: A wiki editor

A wiki editor — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:47:04 +0000

(In other words, for educational purposes and for a student class exercise, there’s specific value in asking them to originate something, rather than improve someone elses existing work.)

By: A wiki editor

A wiki editor — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:45:42 +0000

Wiritng a new article is less daunting, and much more a “level field” than adding substantially to an existing, comprehensive, article. One can much more readily see their input, and the risk of encountering the occasional existing editor who has already formed views, or may not be so supportive of a newcomer, is virtually non-existant for a new or “stub” article.

By comparison, as virgin territory, new articles are wide open, and contributions are gladly welcomed.

By: Brian McNeil

Brian McNeil — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:39:04 +0000

This is great, and another brilliant example of how an education system can – or rather should – give back to the surrounding supporting community.

If you want another example of use of wikis in education, here’s two – and if you drop me a line I can put you in touch with the professor responsible.

First up, the English Wikipedia’s 2,000th featured article. Yep, this was written as a student project for credit. There is a real potential to push people to share what they learn in an accessible way.

Whether or not this *really* is the 2,000th article could be debated. Several were promoted to that status at the same time. However, it was rather convenient to pick this as the nominal 2,000th. The professor in question actually edited in his answers for the interview.

Wikipedia is not the only way to work on a collaborative model.

By: David Gerard

David Gerard — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:43:15 +0000

Great stuff! I’ve emailed some Wikipedia mailing lists pointing them to this.

Massive collaboration is *hard*. But once you get the idea, it’s fantastic fun – particularly for the public good, as Wikipedia is.