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Wikipedia in the
College Classroom
Pete Forsyth, Wiki Strategies
http://wikistrategies.net
Wikipedia in the
College Classroom
 http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/
Ole_Miss_talk_2012
Observations
Ten years ago, students were told not to cite
Wikipedia.
Observations
Ten years ago, students were told not to cite
Wikipedia.

Today, Wikipedia is everywhere, and two
questions rise to the surface:
Observations
Ten years ago, students were told not to cite
Wikipedia.

Today, Wikipedia is everywhere, and two
questions rise to the surface:
Does access to vast amounts of factual
information, in itself, make us smarter?
Observations
Ten years ago, students were told not to cite
Wikipedia.

Today, Wikipedia is everywhere, and two
questions rise to the surface:
Does access to vast amounts of factual
information, in itself, make us smarter?
Do we even know what to do with this flood of
information?
Overview
Part 1: Is Wikipedia important?
Does it help us understand broad changes
in society?
Overview
Part 1: Is Wikipedia important?
Does it help us understand broad changes
in society?

Part 2: Is Wikipedia useful to an educator?
Does it offer unique and beneficial teaching and
learning opportunities?
Overview
Part 1: Is Wikipedia important?
Does it help us understand broad changes
in society?
(YES!)
Part 2: Is Wikipedia useful to an educator?
Does it offer unique and beneficial teaching and
learning opportunities?
(YES!)
What is the purpose
of the academy?
Broad principles of ethics
In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle presented
  a dilemma. Should the virtuous citizen lead:

A life of quiet contemplation
A life of political activism


                        ?
A practical reality:
Many people do not have the luxury to choose.
 They want to engage; and with barriers to
 engagement falling…
A practical reality:
Many people do not have the luxury to choose.
 They want to engage; and with barriers to
 engagement falling…

…they are not waiting for an invitation.

                           See Eric Raymond,
           The Cathedral and the Bazaar, 1997
Implications for diverse
institutions
The Museum, a Temple or the Forum
                —Duncan F. Cameron, 1971

“…Wikipedia as a platform for museums to
  encourage accessibility and community
  dialogue”
                            —Lori Byrd Phillips
             Wikipedian in Residence, Indianapolis Children’s Museum
         U.S. Cultural Partnerships Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation
                                     Museum Studies graduate student
A practical reality:
Why can’t we have high quality information
 about Michael Jackson, the Ole Miss
 football program, and a local art museum
 in the same place as articles about
 Afghanistan and zebras?

Answer: we can, if we’re willing to build it
 ourselves.
Free licenses
Disruption or course-correction?

A legal construct expressing:
Free licenses
Disruption or course-correction?

A legal construct expressing:

            “I am here to share.”
Part 1: Something
important is happening…
…in the way society processes, deliberates,
and records knowledge.
New methods of knowledge
production
How is a Wikipedia article constructed?

Discussion pages
Revision history
Warning banners
WikiProjects
New methods of knowledge
production
use of Wikipedia…to help undergraduate
history majors learn how to think and reason
like historians.

                 Prof. Michael Bess, Vanderbilt
                         http://bit.ly/WP-history
Innovations to support this
model
What is surprising in the Wikipedia ecosystem?

Fund-raising model
($20 million raised, from 1 million donors.)
Innovations to support this
model
What is surprising in the Wikipedia ecosystem?

Fund-raising model
($20 million raised, from 1 million donors.)
Strategic planning process
(one year. 1000 volunteers. A clear direction.)
The public becomes
invested
“A new and profoundly different political force
has emerged in the last few months, a
constituency that identifies itself not by local
interests but as citizens of the Internet.
“Understanding who they are and what they
want is essential…”
                          —Larry Downes, Forbes
                   http://onforb.es/downesSOPA
Part 1: Something
important is happening…
…in the way society processes, deliberates,
and records knowledge.
Your students want to understand;
they want to be involved.
Disrupting cultural
institutions
British Museum
Indianapolis Children’s Museum
U.S. National Archives
QRpedia

http://glamwiki.org
Part 1: Something
important is happening…
…in the way society processes, deliberates,
and records knowledge.
Your students want to understand;
they want to be involved.
Academia has an important role to play;
but it must choose to participate.
There are more and less
effective ways to engage.
Michel Aaij
http://bit.ly/WPtenure

Tim Messer Kruse
http://bit.ly/UndueWeight
The vision is aspirational,
more than it is practical.

“Imagine a world in
which everyone has
access to the sum of
human knowledge.”
Part 2. Serving students
today & tomorrow
“Soon the acquisition of higher knowledge will
  no longer be the preserve of universities:
  what then? …
“What has happened to Encyclopaedia
  Britannica is a dress rehearsal for what will
  happen to universities unless they radically
  and speedily redefine their methods and
  purpose.”
      —Jim Barber, University of New England
                   http://bit.ly/StandLastLegs
Part 2. Serving students
today & tomorrow
Individual professors experimenting
Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative
Wikimedia Global Education Program
AVO project, Finland
Open Educational Resources
Resources
Wikipedia Educators email list
Dr. Robert Cummings, Center for Writing &
Rhetoric
Teaching & Learning Center
Regional Ambassador Tony Ard:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tony_ard
Pete Forsyth, Wiki Strategies consulting:
http://wikistrategies.net

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Wikipedia in the college classroom

  • 1. Wikipedia in the College Classroom Pete Forsyth, Wiki Strategies http://wikistrategies.net
  • 2. Wikipedia in the College Classroom http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/ Ole_Miss_talk_2012
  • 3. Observations Ten years ago, students were told not to cite Wikipedia.
  • 4. Observations Ten years ago, students were told not to cite Wikipedia. Today, Wikipedia is everywhere, and two questions rise to the surface:
  • 5. Observations Ten years ago, students were told not to cite Wikipedia. Today, Wikipedia is everywhere, and two questions rise to the surface: Does access to vast amounts of factual information, in itself, make us smarter?
  • 6. Observations Ten years ago, students were told not to cite Wikipedia. Today, Wikipedia is everywhere, and two questions rise to the surface: Does access to vast amounts of factual information, in itself, make us smarter? Do we even know what to do with this flood of information?
  • 7. Overview Part 1: Is Wikipedia important? Does it help us understand broad changes in society?
  • 8. Overview Part 1: Is Wikipedia important? Does it help us understand broad changes in society? Part 2: Is Wikipedia useful to an educator? Does it offer unique and beneficial teaching and learning opportunities?
  • 9. Overview Part 1: Is Wikipedia important? Does it help us understand broad changes in society? (YES!) Part 2: Is Wikipedia useful to an educator? Does it offer unique and beneficial teaching and learning opportunities? (YES!)
  • 10. What is the purpose of the academy?
  • 11. Broad principles of ethics In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle presented a dilemma. Should the virtuous citizen lead: A life of quiet contemplation A life of political activism ?
  • 12. A practical reality: Many people do not have the luxury to choose. They want to engage; and with barriers to engagement falling…
  • 13. A practical reality: Many people do not have the luxury to choose. They want to engage; and with barriers to engagement falling… …they are not waiting for an invitation. See Eric Raymond, The Cathedral and the Bazaar, 1997
  • 14. Implications for diverse institutions The Museum, a Temple or the Forum —Duncan F. Cameron, 1971 “…Wikipedia as a platform for museums to encourage accessibility and community dialogue” —Lori Byrd Phillips Wikipedian in Residence, Indianapolis Children’s Museum U.S. Cultural Partnerships Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Museum Studies graduate student
  • 15. A practical reality: Why can’t we have high quality information about Michael Jackson, the Ole Miss football program, and a local art museum in the same place as articles about Afghanistan and zebras? Answer: we can, if we’re willing to build it ourselves.
  • 16. Free licenses Disruption or course-correction? A legal construct expressing:
  • 17. Free licenses Disruption or course-correction? A legal construct expressing: “I am here to share.”
  • 18. Part 1: Something important is happening… …in the way society processes, deliberates, and records knowledge.
  • 19. New methods of knowledge production How is a Wikipedia article constructed? Discussion pages Revision history Warning banners WikiProjects
  • 20. New methods of knowledge production use of Wikipedia…to help undergraduate history majors learn how to think and reason like historians. Prof. Michael Bess, Vanderbilt http://bit.ly/WP-history
  • 21. Innovations to support this model What is surprising in the Wikipedia ecosystem? Fund-raising model ($20 million raised, from 1 million donors.)
  • 22. Innovations to support this model What is surprising in the Wikipedia ecosystem? Fund-raising model ($20 million raised, from 1 million donors.) Strategic planning process (one year. 1000 volunteers. A clear direction.)
  • 23. The public becomes invested “A new and profoundly different political force has emerged in the last few months, a constituency that identifies itself not by local interests but as citizens of the Internet. “Understanding who they are and what they want is essential…” —Larry Downes, Forbes http://onforb.es/downesSOPA
  • 24. Part 1: Something important is happening… …in the way society processes, deliberates, and records knowledge. Your students want to understand; they want to be involved.
  • 25. Disrupting cultural institutions British Museum Indianapolis Children’s Museum U.S. National Archives QRpedia http://glamwiki.org
  • 26. Part 1: Something important is happening… …in the way society processes, deliberates, and records knowledge. Your students want to understand; they want to be involved. Academia has an important role to play; but it must choose to participate.
  • 27. There are more and less effective ways to engage. Michel Aaij http://bit.ly/WPtenure Tim Messer Kruse http://bit.ly/UndueWeight
  • 28. The vision is aspirational, more than it is practical. “Imagine a world in which everyone has access to the sum of human knowledge.”
  • 29. Part 2. Serving students today & tomorrow “Soon the acquisition of higher knowledge will no longer be the preserve of universities: what then? … “What has happened to Encyclopaedia Britannica is a dress rehearsal for what will happen to universities unless they radically and speedily redefine their methods and purpose.” —Jim Barber, University of New England http://bit.ly/StandLastLegs
  • 30. Part 2. Serving students today & tomorrow Individual professors experimenting Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative Wikimedia Global Education Program AVO project, Finland Open Educational Resources
  • 31. Resources Wikipedia Educators email list Dr. Robert Cummings, Center for Writing & Rhetoric Teaching & Learning Center Regional Ambassador Tony Ard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tony_ard Pete Forsyth, Wiki Strategies consulting: http://wikistrategies.net