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News: Wikipedia Aims Higher - Inside Higher Ed - 1 views

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shared by Sven A. Miller on 12 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Beyond grades, the fact that students are producing work that will be scrutinized by the public, not just a professor, heightens the incentive to do good work, several professors noted. Several reported that their students sent links to their entries to their parents — something they never did with papers.
  • “time-suck,”
    • Sven A. Miller
      Sven A. Miller on 12 Jul 11
       
      This is an acute problem - also within the MA!!!
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  • all these metacognitive process that we have such a hard time teaching
  • — and in this case actually defend yourself
  • It is going take time for … students who are less tech-savvy to be able to move on
  • sacrifice parts of his syllabus and devote about two full class periods to teaching students the technical ins and outs of writing and editing in Wikipedia and communicating with other editors
  • Sven A. Miller on 12 Jul 11
     
    Two dozen universities now have courses where students are working on Wikipedia as part of their formal coursework. Many of those campuses have "Wikipedia ambassadors" tasked with helping professors weave writing and editing Wikipedia entries into the syllabus. Even Ferriero's office at the National Archives and Records Administration now employs a "Wikipedian in residence" in charge of fostering relationships with galleries, libraries, archives and museums.
  • asimpson321 on 03 Feb 12
     
    Interesting! If it is a good piece of work,it doesn't matter whether it is judged by one professor/public. It does matter what students learn during the process and how they can improve their work further.
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