33.2280, FYI: Give your students the chance to improve linguistic content on Wikipedia this fall!

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Subject: 33.2280, FYI: Give your students the chance to improve linguistic content on Wikipedia this fall!

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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 02:12:43
From: Helaine Blumenthal [helaine at wikiedu.org]
Subject: Give your students the chance to improve linguistic content on Wikipedia this fall!

 
Digital literacy is no longer a nice-to-have for today's students. It's a
critical skill as students engage with today's media landscape, and its the
responsibility of educators to ensure that students are able to accurately and
responsibly consume as well as produce information.

Over the past several years, we've worked with over 150 courses in the field
of linguistics whose students have contributed over two million words to
Wikipedia! These students have tackled everything from linguistic theory, to
biographies of underrepresented linguists, to writing about endangered
languages.

What you can do:

Consider running a Wikipedia assignment in one of your courses in a coming
term to improve linguistic content on Wikipedia and allow your students to
have real world impact. The idea is simple, but powerful: Students contribute
to Wikipedia as a course assignment, and Wiki Education provides the support
that you and your students need to make it all work.

Our support is fully funded, and there are no fees to run a Wikipedia
assignment. To find out more about the program, visit
https://teach.wikiedu.org. We're currently accepting courses for the Fall 2022
term, and priority will be given to classes that sign up by July 29.

If you have any questions about the program, please feel free to reach out to
me directly. I hope we have the chance to work with you in the coming academic
year.

 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics





 



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