That is very useful information for me to hear. Thanks Leigh. I think that Wikimedia Armenia is similarly finding that they can be successful on projects other than Wikipedia; in their case I believe that their younger students are having success with Wiktionary.
Pine On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 4:44 AM, Leigh Thelmadatter <[email protected]> wrote: > If we only think about WEP as writing a Wikipedia article as a class > assignment, then yes, the overriding qualification is writing ability... > same as for any other volunteer doing that work. > > Fortunately, there are other ways to participate... just like any other > Wikimedian. > > I think what it really comes down to is designing a program/activities > that meet the needs and strengths of students. We saw a long time ago that > what works for the US and Canada does not necessarily work for other parts > of the world. Even at the national level, a single model may not work. > > At Tec de Monterrey, little of our activity is writing new articles as > part of coursework and there are various reasons for this based on our > system and culture. Instead, we focus on students doing their community > service requirement (WP is a popular option for this) and Semana i (i Week) > ... when students work on projects instead of going to class. We do > translations, photography, video, audio and animation. (still working on > convincing someone to look into hacking opportunities). These activities > have worked very well for us so far, and we have excellent contribution > stats. > > > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 20:49:11 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Wikimedia Education] Which kinds of students are successful in > education programs? > > > Hi Education Program participants, > > I am wondering, for purposes of the "LearnWiki" video series, which kinds > of students tend to be successful in Wikipedia Education Program courses. > The impression I am getting is that age is less important than writing > ability. I have heard that some middle school students with strong writing > abilities can do well on Wikipedia, while 1st and 2nd year college students > can struggle if their writing skills are weak. Would you agree with that > assessment? > > Are there any "skill checks" that you would recommend educators do with > their students to make sure that they have the skills necessary for a WEP > course? > > Thanks, > > Pine > > > > _______________________________________________ Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > >
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