Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Spelman College/2016 ACS Symposium (Summer 2016)

This Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) Symposium is a faculty development event designed to introduce ACS teachers to the idea that Wikipedia is a generative knowledge community that can and should be integrated into Writing-Intensive courses as both a site of composition and subject of research. On one hand, Instructors will learn how to edit Wikipedia. However, this is not just a technical workshop. By learning about Wikipedia’s educational features, ACS faculty will learn to use Wikipedia as a writing space, which will enable them to show their students that knowledge is socially situated–accessed, produced, and circulated in a community of practice.

One of our primary goals is to explore the ways in which editing Wikipedia relates to the political, social, and economic implications of teaching and learning in web 2.0 environments. Symposium participants will discuss how editing Wikipedia might impact the teaching and assessment of writing, as well as invent specific strategies for addressing the challenges of incorporating this digital medium into their courses. Moreover, participants will participate in “hack sessions” for curriculum development--editing Wikipedia pages and collaborating with other ACS faculty to devise curricular approaches to teaching academic writing and research through Wikipedia editing. For instance, they may propose major assignments or course themes related to truth, trust, respect, credibility, intellectual property, expertise, homogeneity, diversity, or collective intelligence.

Note: The 2016 ACS Symposium has been generously funded by the Associated Colleges of the South's 2015 Faculty Grant.

Week 1
Before you attend the symposium, please complete the Orientation for New Instructors and read Wikipedia Essentials.  We also recommend that you browse WikiEdu's rich help materials and resources.

We'll be spending some time discussing the technical, social, and political processes of editing Wikipedia. Your 'homework' is to complete these modules, in advance on Day 2 of the symposium.

These modules may offer some ways for you to think about developing WAC/WID assignments.

Block description…

Wondering about the various ways you can engage your students in Wikipedia writing? Consult/complete these modules.