Teaching with Wikipedia Workshop, Oct. 11

Wikipedia is the go-to source for information for much of the world. However, few understand its inner workings, and even fewer still contribute to it, even though it’s the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Wikipedia is a dynamic enterprise in need of constant updating and expansion. Nowhere is this more true than in subjects related to historically marginalized and underrepresented populations, regions and topic areas. You and your students can play a critical role in ensuring that Wikipedia is up to date, reliable and, above all, equitable. 
 
Join Wiki Education on Tuesday, October 11 at 12 p.m. for a faculty professional development program to learn how you and your students can contribute to Wikipedia in an upcoming term. Learn how to run a Wikipedia assignment and gain a better understanding of how the assignment is structured, what types of support you’ll receive from Wiki Education and how the assignment may play out in your own class. Most of all, you’ll see how you and your students can make a real difference in the types and quality of information the world has access to in your field of expertise.

Learn more about teaching with Wikipedia and then Register here.

Submitted by:
W. Preston Davis, Director of Academic Affairs , WDavis@nvcc.edu