typically are spread over more courses and professors only see them a few times a week, so communication can be more difficult.
We originally developed the assignment for use in a one-month summer course. is worked well: students expected an intensive experience and Jessica was able to address student questions face-to-face quickly. In the one-month format, learners researched and drafted their contribution to a Wikipedia page during the first full week of class, worked through drafts the second week, made work live to Wikipedia in the third week, and submitted their nal re ection paper on the last week of class.
Resources
Teaching and Learning Wikipedia
Art+Feminism. (n.d.). Get started: Learn to edit! Art + Feminism. https://artandfeminism.org/resources/getting-started/quick-guides-for-editing/.
This is a quick guide for editing Wikipedia—great for an overview or to plan an edit-a-thon.
Blumenthal, H. (2018, May 1). Assessing Wikipedia contributions. Wikiedu. https://wikiedu.org/blog/2018/05/01/assessing-wikipedia-contributions/.
This blog post lays out guidelines for grading learner contributions to Wikipedia.
Citation Hunt. (n.d.). https://citationhunt.toolforge.org/en?id=b001095b.
Citation Hunt finds ideas in Wikipedia that are tagged “citation needed.” is can be used as part of an assignment. Education/Reasons to use Wikipedia—Outreach Wiki. (n.d.). https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Reasons_to_use_Wikipedia.
This is a discussion of some of the benefits and drawbacks of teaching with Wikipedia.
Wiki Education. (2017, November 1). Teach with Wikipedia. Wiki Education. https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/.
Learn how the Wikipedia Education Foundation can support your teaching.
Wiki Education. (2017, November 2017). Wiki Education classroom program example grading rubric. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Education_Classroom_Program_example_grading_rubric.pdf.
Sample rubrics for assessing learner writing and references for Wikipedia writing. Wikimedia Education. (n.d.). https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education.
