Documentation talk:Wiki Editing for Students

-student producer context -Wikipedia orientation -Wikipedia hands-on (editing) -Research -Writing for Wikipedia -Copyright and Images -20minute chunks delivered over 4 weeks. 1. Overview, background and sandbox creation/group role 2. Research specific to course goals (topic,article, proposals) 3. Writing and citation 4.Images and Copyright

Reflection on student orientation session:

• need more balance between context (Wikipedia) and time for students to edit.
• suggest integrating an analysis activity that students could do in pairs: consider the structure or two wikipedia pages - similarities? differences? what makes it easy for you as a reader to learn something from these pages?
• suggest students review examples: why is this important as a publicly accessible/editable resource?
• suggest clearer transition between wikipedia stuff and UBC wiki - what's the difference between the 2 and what do students need to know about the editing they will be doing (perhaps more reference to studen.t course page and resources there).

some students confused about difference between profile page and other pages. May need some time to create their assignment page directly after creating their profile page -

We have talked about the wiki as a tool for collaboration - yet collaboration isn't part of the assignment - may want to think about how to build this in and start them off with an activity to comment on each other's talk pages - maybe think about how to make this playful - for example: what's one of life's questions that you would love someone to answer? Add it to your profile page. Then exchange wiki usernames with a partner and comment on their talk page with an answer to the question.

Might help for instructors to include a component for peer comment on discussion pages - they could comment on how well the entry helped them understand the topic: what was missing? what could have been expanded?, maybe they could use the assignment criteria as a guide?