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Welcome to WIKISOO! Week #1 of 6
Our first live session took place the last week of February. We covered a lot of ground: we provided an introduction to the various tools and practices we use in the course, and also delved into the central topics of the course: Wikipedia and open educational resources (OER).
What is Wikipedia? What has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to volunteer their time to build millions of articles in hundreds of languages? We begin with a survey of the project's history, values, and culture.
The concept of OER starts with a simple idea: by using the Internet to its full advantage, educators can share the work of creating high quality learning resources. They can build on one another's work, instead of duplicating each other's efforts. As a result, there is a huge and growing collection of freely available, freely reusable, learning materials available to teachers and informal learners around the world.
But in practice, there is lots of complexity to the topic of OER -- and related topics like open access publishing, open content, free licenses, etc.
When learners are informally researching a topic, they increasingly turn to Wikipedia for a basic overview, before turning to more detailed or authoritative sources. If we want to help expand awareness and understanding of a topic like Open Educational Resources, Wikipedia presents an opportunity: by improving its articles, we can help its many readers form a clearer understanding of the topic.
Do Wikipedia's articles related to OER help teachers and learners around the world to speak a common language about openness in education? If not, what can be done to improve these articles? This is the central question we will explore in Writing Wikipedia Articles course.
The first hour of class features a structured presentation, outlined below. Video of the session is available (see the upper right corner of this page).
The remainder of the class session provided an opportunity for students to get started on homework and ask questions.
These readings will help you get a general familiarity with Wikipedia. You do not need to read every page, but we hope you will find them useful in getting a general feel for the site. The last item will give you some background on open educational resources.
Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond (WIKISOO) | |
Past courses:
March •
May •
August 2013 February 2014 • February 2017 |
Writing Wikipedia Articles ( #WIKISOO) self-paced version | ||
[
course home page ] class pages: [
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 ] talk page: [
WT:OPEN ] finishing the course: [ final project | badges ] |
Class video & links | |
---|---|
This week's links | |
Emails | Welcome to Week 1 |
Shared notes | Etherpad |
Class time may vary! (Time zones, Daylight Savings Time, etc.) Click here for this week's class time. | |
> Next week > | |
Welcome to WIKISOO! Week #1 of 6
Our first live session took place the last week of February. We covered a lot of ground: we provided an introduction to the various tools and practices we use in the course, and also delved into the central topics of the course: Wikipedia and open educational resources (OER).
What is Wikipedia? What has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to volunteer their time to build millions of articles in hundreds of languages? We begin with a survey of the project's history, values, and culture.
The concept of OER starts with a simple idea: by using the Internet to its full advantage, educators can share the work of creating high quality learning resources. They can build on one another's work, instead of duplicating each other's efforts. As a result, there is a huge and growing collection of freely available, freely reusable, learning materials available to teachers and informal learners around the world.
But in practice, there is lots of complexity to the topic of OER -- and related topics like open access publishing, open content, free licenses, etc.
When learners are informally researching a topic, they increasingly turn to Wikipedia for a basic overview, before turning to more detailed or authoritative sources. If we want to help expand awareness and understanding of a topic like Open Educational Resources, Wikipedia presents an opportunity: by improving its articles, we can help its many readers form a clearer understanding of the topic.
Do Wikipedia's articles related to OER help teachers and learners around the world to speak a common language about openness in education? If not, what can be done to improve these articles? This is the central question we will explore in Writing Wikipedia Articles course.
The first hour of class features a structured presentation, outlined below. Video of the session is available (see the upper right corner of this page).
The remainder of the class session provided an opportunity for students to get started on homework and ask questions.
These readings will help you get a general familiarity with Wikipedia. You do not need to read every page, but we hope you will find them useful in getting a general feel for the site. The last item will give you some background on open educational resources.
Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond (WIKISOO) | |
Past courses:
March •
May •
August 2013 February 2014 • February 2017 |