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5 themes that emerge from a Wikipedia assignment

Thu. May. 27, 2021

Since 2013, Wiki Education has supported university instructors across North America in their efforts to incorporate Wikipedia writing into their courses. Dr. Victoria Austen is one of these instructors, and she incorporated a Wikipedia assignment into her Roman Britain course here at UW in Winter 2021.

Wiki Education just featured Dr. Austen as a guest contributor on their site, writing about five themes that emerged from this assignment which demonstrate the benefits and impact of Wiki Education.

Read Dr. Austen's full Wiki Education article: 5 themes that emerge from a Wikipedia assignment

To see the contributions Dr. Austen's students made to Wikipedia during their Roman Britain course, check out Dr. Austen's Twitter thread on the subject

Phone open to Wikipedia page, held up in front of a library stack; Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay