Wikipedia:Wikipedia in Higher Education Symposium, March 2014/Pete Forsyth links
 Photo: Ellis Christopher, CC BY-SA Contact Pete: wikistrategies.net/contact On Twitter: peteforsyth Writing Wikipedia Articles course: enwp.org/WP:WIKISOO |
Outline for Pete Forsyth's presentation[edit]
- http://wikistrategies.net/pete-forsyth
- WP:WikiProject Oregon -- was a founding member. Learned that:
- Wikipedia is an important source of information
- Wikipedia is a valuable learning community. See the Middlebury article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/education/21wikipedia.html?_r=0
- outreach:Wikipedia Education Program
- "Communicate OER": WP:Communicate OER
- "Writing Wikipedia Articles" free online course: WP:WIKISOO
- WikiProject Open: WP:OPEN
Wikipedia is important[edit]
- Widely read
- Unfamiliar production model
- Flagship project illustrating "online peer production"
- Unique among top web sites as non-profit, mission-driven
A taste of the Writing Wikipedia Articles course[edit]
The rest of my talk will constitute a very abbreviated view of how the Writing Wikipedia Articles course works.
- Current course home page: Education Program:School of Open/WIKISOO (February 2014)
- Brochure available: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Editing_Wikipedia_brochure_EN.pdf
Policy and peer review[edit]
Evaluating Wikipedia Article Quality brochure: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Evaluating_Wikipedia_brochure.pdf
There are many policies, guidelines, essays, etc. guiding Wikipedia engagement The main, central link:
- The Five Pillars: WP:5P
Formal peer review processes:
"View history" tab[edit]
- Just click "View history" above, so we can look at the history of this page.
"Talk" tab[edit]
- Just click "Talk" above