36.2168, FYI: Why do faculty love the Wikipedia assignment?

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LINGUIST List: Vol-36-2168. Tue Jul 15 2025. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 36.2168, FYI: Why do faculty love the Wikipedia assignment?

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Date: 15-Jul-2025
From: Andrés Vera [andres at wikiedu.org]
Subject: Why do faculty love the Wikipedia assignment?


How do faculty describe their Wikipedia assignments? We asked them!
Watch 1 minute video: https://wp.me/P4LBez-qjT
Next semester, take your students beyond the classroom to make a
real-world impact with their work – incorporate the Wikipedia
assignment into your courses!
What’s a Wikipedia assignment? It's a motivating, hands-on project
with public impact that enhances skills in digital media literacy,
research, collaboration, and fact-based writing. Your students will
write for the world, not just you – and improve the world’s go-to
source of independent, open-access information.
What kind of support do faculty receive? Nonprofit Wiki Education
provides postsecondary instructors in the U.S. and Canada with
tailored assignment plans for their courses, including student
trainings, exercises, digital tools that automatically track student
work, and our staff support – all free of charge.
Learn more and apply by August 10 for the fall term at
teach.wikiedu.org.
Questions? Reach out to andres at wikiedu.org or register for an upcoming
information session [at teach.wikiedu.org] – we’re here to help!

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics




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