Wikipedia:Wikipedia in Higher Education Symposium, March 2014/Pete Forsyth links

Outline for Pete Forsyth's presentation

 * http://wikistrategies.net/pete-forsyth
 * WP:WikiProject Oregon -- was a founding member. Learned that:
 * Wikipedia is an important source of information
 * Wikipedia is a valuable learning community. See the Middlebury article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/education/21wikipedia.html?_r=0
 * Wikipedia Education Program
 * "Communicate OER": WP:Communicate OER
 * "Writing Wikipedia Articles" free online course: WP:WIKISOO
 * WikiProject Open: WP:OPEN

Wikipedia is important

 * Widely read
 * Unfamiliar production model
 * Flagship project illustrating "online peer production"
 * Unique among top web sites as non-profit, mission-driven

A taste of the Writing Wikipedia Articles course
The rest of my talk will constitute a very abbreviated view of how the Writing Wikipedia Articles course works.


 * Current course home page: Education Program:School of Open/WIKISOO (February 2014)


 * Brochure available: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Editing_Wikipedia_brochure_EN.pdf

Policy and peer review
Evaluating Wikipedia Article Quality brochure: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Evaluating_Wikipedia_brochure.pdf

There are many policies, guidelines, essays, etc. guiding Wikipedia engagement The main, central link:
 * The Five Pillars: WP:5P

Formal peer review processes:
 * Featured Articles: WP:FA
 * Criteria for a FA: WP:FAC
 * Good Articles (lighter requirements): WP:GA

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