Using Wikipedia in the Classroom

Objective

To engage students in the debates around knowledge production and dissemination and to acknowledge that students already access Wikipedia regularly, we encourage the use of Wikipedia in the classroom in a very intentional way. Below are some resources on how to do this. And check out our lesson on “Popular Culture, Global Knowledge and Kenya's First Internet Meme”. It explores the changing role of Wikipedia in global knowledge production and demonstrates how this relates to local and global knowledge of and expressions of experiences in the Horn of Africa.

From Wikipedia

“Wikipedia:Education Program.” 2013. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Education_program&oldid=555293029.

“Wikipedia:WikiProject Classroom Coordination.” 2013. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Classroom_coordination&oldid=533031524.

“Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Contributing_to_Wikipedia&oldid=562914935

Wikiversity: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Main_Page

Other Resources

Association for Psychological Science. 2013. “APS Wikipedia Initiative.” Association for Psychological Science. Accessed July 4. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/members/aps-wikipedia-initiative.

Boggs, Jeremy. 2009. “Assigning Wikipedia in a US History Survey · ClioWeb.” ClioWeb. http://clioweb.org/2009/04/05/assigning-wikipedia-in-a-us-history-survey/.

Dunn, Jeff. 2011. “9 Tools For Using Wikipedia in the Classroom - Edudemic.” Edudemic. December 13. http://www.edudemic.com/2011/12/wikipedia-in-classroom/.

Orlando, John. 2010. “Wikipedia in the Classroom: Tips for Effective Use - Faculty Focus | Faculty Focus.” Faculty Focus. May 26. http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/wikipedia-in-the-classroom-tips-for-effective-use/.

Sasges, Gerard. 2013, (video) Buzzed 2013 Wikipedia as a Teaching Tool in Humanities Modules. January 16. CIT, National University of Singapore. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me7Siq_scT4&feature=youtube_gdata_player.

Sasges, Gerard.  2013. (slides) “Wikipedia as a Teaching Tool in Humanities Modules” February 20. CIT, National University of Singapore. http://www.slideshare.net/CITations/gerard-sasges.

Rosenzweig, Roy. 2006. “Can History Be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past.” The Journal of American History 93 (1) (June 1): 117–146. doi:10.2307/4486062. And http://chnm.gmu.edu/essays-on-history-new-media/essays/?essayid=42

Yonatan Moskowitz, and Annie Lin. 2011. “Wikipedia in the Classroom: Changing the Way Teachers and Students Use Wikipedia” January 5, educause.edu. http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/wikipedia-classroom-changing-way-teachers-and-students-use-wikipedia

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