Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it?

2019-02-12 Thread Marshall Miller
> On Behalf Of Piotr Konieczny > > Sent: Monday, 11 February 2019 1:20 AM > > To: wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with > > Wikipedia AFTER having tried it? > > > > Thank you for the very detailed

Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it?

2019-02-10 Thread Juliana Bastos Marques
nday, 11 February 2019 1:20 AM > To: wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with > Wikipedia AFTER having tried it? > > Thank you for the very detailed story! > > I don't know about US/Canada(?) where Wiki Edu

Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it?

2019-02-10 Thread Kerry Raymond
Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it? Thank you for the very detailed story! I don't know about US/Canada(?) where Wiki Edu operates, but recently I heard the explanation for why there is almost no outreach to universities

Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it?

2019-02-10 Thread Piotr Konieczny
..@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Morgan Sent: Saturday, 9 February 2019 4:07 AM To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it? Piotr, I think this is an excel

Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it?

2019-02-10 Thread Jonathan Cardy
-research-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jesús Tramullas Sent: Saturday, 9 February 2019 8:39 PM To: wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it? Dear colleagues: I work with Wikipe

Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it?

2019-02-09 Thread Kerry Raymond
rch-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jesús Tramullas Sent: Saturday, 9 February 2019 8:39 PM To: wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it? Dear colleagues: I work with Wikipedia in classroom since 2015-20

Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it?

2019-02-09 Thread Kerry Raymond
Behalf Of Jonathan Morgan Sent: Saturday, 9 February 2019 4:07 AM To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it? Piotr, I think this is an excellent topic, FWIW. And I bet the W

Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it?

2019-02-09 Thread Juliana Bastos Marques
Jesús, I suppose the key to understanding effectiveness of help pages may have big variations between language projects. As for the help sections on WP:PT, they are simply overwhelming, and navigating through them can feel like wandering through the Minotaur's maze. Juliana On Sat, Feb 9, 2019

Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it?

2019-02-09 Thread Jesús Tramullas
Dear colleagues: I work with Wikipedia in classroom since 2015-2016 (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Proyecto_educativo/WikiDoc,_Universidad_de_Zaragoza). Of course, I agree with the common problems about this kind of approach... ..but now I'm working on a specific area, asking the

Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it?

2019-02-08 Thread Jeffrey Keefer
I agree, this would be fascinating research. Having used Wikipedia with a number of my classes and conducted research in related areas, this sound fascinating. Happy to talk more about it or assist if you need anything. - With Incredulity toward Metanarratives, Jeffrey Keefer, PhD

Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it?

2019-02-08 Thread Jonathan Morgan
Piotr, I think this is an excellent topic, FWIW. And I bet the Wikipedia Education Program would be interested in the outcomes of this research. And they might be willing to point you to potential interview candidates (tho, obviously, they have a strong US/EnWiki bias, so it wouldn't be the

Re: [Wiki-research-l] What instructors think about teaching with Wikipedia AFTER having tried it?

2019-02-08 Thread Juliana Bastos Marques
I can add something to this, from my own experiences and from what colleagues have told me. Here are some negative feedbacks to the experience of teaching with Wikipedia. Not in any particular order: 1. Lack of support from the Wikipedia community (reversions, scaring newbies - depends on the