Many students (and professors!) begin researching an unfamiliar topic by reading about it on Wikipedia. But how does Wikipedia actually work? Who can edit Wikipedia? And how does an editor craft language to be added in an entry?
WikiEdu Guides help faculty create assignments that use Wikipedia to engage students in knowledge production and develop information literacy.
Instructor Basics: How to use Wikipedia as a teaching tool
Theories: Wikipedia and the production of knowledge
Case Studies: How instructors are teaching with Wikipedia
Guides for Editing Wikipedia (by discipline)
The Teaching with Wikipedia Guides are OER.
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