Graded on Wikipedia Entries
March 7th, 2007"Dr Pratt, who teaches on the Middle East for students taking a Masters in international relations and development, has built her course around Wikipedia.
Students have to edit eight articles on the online encyclopedia and then write their own article for the site.
The Wikipedia-based Middle East course counts for an eighth of the students’ MA assessment.
"They’re assessed on their ability to improve the quality and balance of the article and they demonstrate they have done that through additional reading around the topic for that week."
I’ve seen this in the past and it’s probably a good idea, but my belly berometer went off after reading this article. For some reason, it makes me nervous. Not sure why.
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March 7th, 2007 at 11:20 am
I think it’s great. Teachers give millions of assignments with the goal of getting their students to learn how to research and write, and that is essentially wasted as they write it, show it to the teacher, and then recycle it or store it in a box somewhere. They’re getting the same educational value this way and at the same time benefit everyone else.