Wikipedia in the Classroom

Speaker: Sarah Severson, Digital Initiatives Projects Librarian, University of Alberta Library

Often Wikipedia in the classroom is framed as something to be avoided or to be "consumed at your peril". In this workshop I will talk about how we can flip this, and think about Wikipedia as an open educational resource and how we can use it in open pedagogical practices. Instead of seeing Wikipedia as something we passively consume, I will talk about how Wikipedia can be an open educational resource that students can positively contribute to as active engaged digital citizens, and gain a lot from the teaching & learning experience as a result.

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