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Public Intellectual Contribution: How Student-Professionals Add Content to Wikipedia

Public Intellectual Contribution: How Student-Professionals Add Content to Wikipedia. Wayne Smith, Ph.D. Department of Management CSU Northridge ws@csun.edu. CSUN Teaching and Learning Bytes Monday, March 14 th , 2011. http://ocw.smithw.org/tlb/. Motivation. Context

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Public Intellectual Contribution: How Student-Professionals Add Content to Wikipedia

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  1. Public Intellectual Contribution: How Student-Professionals Add Content to Wikipedia Wayne Smith, Ph.D. Department of Management CSU Northridge ws@csun.edu CSUN Teaching and Learning Bytes Monday, March 14th, 2011 http://ocw.smithw.org/tlb/

  2. Motivation • Context • MGT 360—”Principles of Management and Organizational Behavior” • Required, upper-division survey course • Large lecture-hall • Persistent Challenge • Continuous Improvement in English composition, prose, and rhetorical skills (“writing across the curriculum”) • Emergent Challenge • Leverage student passion for a “culture of participation” • Start with a “social network;” construct an “intellectual network” • Parsimonious Approach • What is the most meaningful student learning outcome for the least amount of investment in resources, infrastructure, and learning curve? • Further Reading • Martha Groom’s “Using Wikipedia to Re-envision the Term Paper” (2008) • http://connect.educause.edu/eprofile/163872

  3. From the Perspective of a Student, What is a Public Intellectual Contribution? Brittanica Wikipedia More public Personal Home page Citizendium Electronic-based Academic Journal Published Book of Poems Print-based Academic Journal Facebook Scope/ Visibility Club Activity Flyer Research Assistant Twitter Resumé System-wide Undergraduate Research Competition Workplace Assignments Text messaging More private Classroom Assignments More relevant Rigor/Validity More rigorous

  4. Pedagogical Details • Requirements • Optional (helps with intrinsic motivation) • Near the end of the semester • After other writing assignments with instructor feedback • Content originates from a vetted library book or e-book (range aligned with course content) and a concomitant book report • The new content on the Wikipedia page must include a citation to the book following the existing citation standards on the page • No less than 5 words, no more than 50 words • English for first year; now any language • Submit a printout of the WikiPedia page for credit • Artifacts (CSUN) • http://ocw.smithw.org/2009spring/mgt360-12727/assign-pic.pdf • http://ocw.smithw.org/mgt360/pic.html • http://ocw.smithw.org/2009spring/mgt360-12727/assign-pic-ancillary.pdf • Some Student Projects (other-than-CSUN) • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wikipedia:SUP

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