[Air-L] assigning wikipedia

[Jason Mittell]

David (et. al.),

I've assigned Wikipedia editing as part of my new media course, giving  
students the freedom to choose their area of expertise. I blogged  
about the results and students' impressions of the process at http://justtv.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/wiki-lessons 
  .

One of the problems with Wikipedia's own catalogue of academic  
assignments is that the guide to WP writing insists on objective  
neutrality, whereas reflecting on pedagogy & process is inherently  
subjective - thus the list of assignments offers no self-reflection on  
the process, making it difficult to discern whether the project was  
worthwhile or worth emulating.
-Jason

On Nov 11, 2008, at 11:02 AM, air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org wrote:

> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:44:14 -0800
> From: David M Silver <dmsilver at usfca.edu>
> Subject: [Air-L] assigning students their college/university wikipedia
>        page
> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
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> aoir people,
>
> has anyone had any experience with assigning students the task of
> altering, improving, and tweaking their university page on  
> wikipedia? in
> other words, has anyone assigned their college/university wikipedia  
> page
> as a site of construction for a class? if so, i'm curious to hear any
> anecdotes, experiences, best-practices, relevant readings, and  
> anything
> else you wish to share.
>
> david silver
> http://silverinsf.blogspot.com


-- 
Jason Mittell, Associate Professor of American Studies and Film &  
Media Culture
Chair of Film & Media Culture Department
Middlebury College
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Blog: http://justtv.wordpress.com