Wikipedia:Not The Wikipedia Weekly/Episode 41

Episode 41 Wikipedia assignments and Lazy Virtues: Teaching Writing in the Age of Wikipedia

Date and time

31 March 2009

Length: 59m 43s

Topics discussed in this episode

• Robert Cummings book Lazy Virtues: Teaching Writing in the Age of Wikipedia
  • The value of theory in understanding the teaching of writing and the value of Wikipedia assignments
  • The role of audience in student writing
  • Student buy-in
• Participants' experiences with Wikipedia assignments

Links:

• Inside Higher Ed - Opinion piece by Robert Cummings, with ensuing discussion among academics and others. The commenter who suggests Cummings be brought up for tenure review is Jon Awbrey, a banned former Wikipedian who comments on many Wikipedia-related stories in a similarly negative vein.
• The Color Purple (film) (Wikirank statistics for the book and film articles, grokstats statistics for the film)
• Durova's link - Potential restorations
• Robert said in chat: "I would suggest that anyone who would like to author content on Wiki/Wikipedia writing assignments, who needs/wants academic credit for peer review of those contributions, consider: http://writingspaces.org/ "

Participants

• Robert Cummings, author of Lazy Virtues: Teaching Writing in the Age of Wikipedia (Vanderbilt University Press, 2009)
• User:Awadewit
• User:Ragesoss
• User:John Broughton
• User:Durova
• User:AEG English4994