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Where The Wild Things Are: Navigating The Advantages And Challenges Of Teaching With Wikipedia, Adrianne Wadewitz
Where The Wild Things Are: Navigating The Advantages And Challenges Of Teaching With Wikipedia, Adrianne Wadewitz
Adrianne Wadewitz
In this assignment, students in upper-division Adolescent Literature and Children’s Literature classes contributed to Wikipedia articles about the books and authors covered in the courses. Drawing on the pedagogical scholarship that demonstrates the benefits of collaborative writing and the importance of learning a “community of practice”, the assignment asked students to edit live Wikipedia articles along with pseudonymous editors from around the world and learn the expectations of the online encyclopedia’s writing community. Over the semester, the students developed in-depth research skills, basic wiki editing skills, complex summarizing skills, and an appreciation for the constructed nature of knowledge. The students …