Martin, this is a great post! I particularly agree with your suggestion of providing basic explanations of complex Wikipedia policies to students and using the more nuanced version as a class discussion topic, delving into the grey areas; I know of several instructors who have used this technique to great success.
Thanks for sharing! LiAnna On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:23 AM, Martin Poulter <[email protected]> wrote: > Here in the UK, Digital Literacy is a term the education sector is very > excited about, so I've written a blog post on how Wikipedia editing relates > to that topic. It's already had some favourable feedback and retweets. > > http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/02/one-sentence-on-wikipedia-a-microcosm-of-information-literacy/ > > The "one sentence" idea was inspired by Peter Gallert's talk at the > Wikimania education workshop, so thanks Peter. > > -- > Dr Martin L Poulter > Jisc Wikimedia Ambassador, July 2013 - March 2014 > Wikipedia contributor http://enwp.org/User:MartinPoulter > Volunteer, Wikimedia UK > http://wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter<http://uk.wikimedia.org/> > Musician http://soundcloud.com/martin-poulter > http://myspace.com/comapilot > Person http://infobomb.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > -- LiAnna Davis Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation http://education.wikimedia.org +1-(415) 839-6885 x6649
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