Course Information
| Session |
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| Credits | 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs |
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| Registration dates | We accept registrations through the first week of classes, unless enrollment is full, and unless the class was canceled before it started due to low enrollment. |
Wikipedia Editing for Librarians
$250.00
Dates: August 4 - August 31Credits: 1.5 CEUs or 15 PDHs
Wikipedia, with over a billion visitors monthly, is one of the most-accessed websites on the Internet. It is often the first and only stop for general research purposes. As a freely editable public cultural record, Wikipedia both highlights inequities and provides opportunity to correct them.
Since it launched in 2001, librarians and educators have been grappling with Wikipedia’s place in the information landscape. Its staying power and prevalence suggests librarians should incorporate this open information source into our teaching, programming, and information practices.
In this course, you will learn how Wikipedia actually functions philosophically, structurally, and technically. You will create an account and work collaboratively with fellow participants to learn how to create and edit Wikipedia content while critically reflecting on adjacent topics like ethics, credibility, access, equity, and social justice. This course will give you the tools, skills, community, and confidence to incorporate Wikipedia into your work. No previous knowledge of editing Wikipedia required, and librarians and information workers at any and all types of institutions are welcome.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
-Explain how Wikipedia functions, particularly as an open educational resource
-Describe how teaching people to edit Wikipedia can increase community agency, complicate traditional notions of credibility, and serve goals relating to social justice
-Practice navigating, using, and editing on the Wikipedia platform
-Explore ways librarians are using Wikipedia for community engagement and learning
-Explore other services offered by the Wikimedia Foundation to support your project goals
-Consider opportunities to use Wikipedia at your organization
Course Description
Wikipedia, with over a billion visitors monthly, is one of the most-accessed websites on the Internet. It is often the first and only stop for general research purposes. As a freely editable public cultural record, Wikipedia both highlights inequities and provides opportunity to correct them.
Since it launched in 2001, librarians and educators have been grappling with Wikipedia’s place in the information landscape. Its staying power and prevalence suggests librarians should incorporate this open information source into our teaching, programming, and information practices.
In this course, you will learn how Wikipedia actually functions philosophically, structurally, and technically. You will create an account and work collaboratively with fellow participants to learn how to create and edit Wikipedia content while critically reflecting on adjacent topics like ethics, credibility, access, equity, and social justice. This course will give you the tools, skills, community, and confidence to incorporate Wikipedia into your work. No previous knowledge of editing Wikipedia required, and librarians and information workers at any and all types of institutions are welcome.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain how Wikipedia functions, particularly as an open educational resource
- Describe how teaching people to edit Wikipedia can increase community agency, complicate traditional notions of credibility, and serve goals relating to social justice
- Practice navigating, using, and editing on the Wikipedia platform
- Explore ways librarians are using Wikipedia for community engagement and learning
- Explore other services offered by the Wikimedia Foundation to support your project goals
- Consider opportunities to use Wikipedia at your organization
Alison Baitz
Alison Baitz received her MLIS and MA in Children's Literature from Simmons University. She is the director of a library in rural Southeastern Vermont. Since 2020, she has served as a Regional Ambassador for Art+Feminism, an organization dedicated to closing information gaps related to gender, feminism, and the arts. Alison's role at A+F is to empower and assist people and institutions who are interested in holding Wikipedia editing events. She is passionate about editing Wikipedia, teaching others to edit, and talking to librarians about how they can incorporate Wikipedia into their own work.
Colleen Sanders
Colleen Sanders is a librarian, faculty developer, instructional designer, and open education practitioner with an evergreen curiosity for how openness transforms learning to be more relevant and authentic. She currently supports faculty in academic and technical fields to combine access with inclusive pedagogy. Her work advocating for strong OER policy amidst bookstore outsourcing and analysis of commercial textbook affordability programs earned her an OER Champion award in 2019 from Open Oregon Educational Resources, where she’s an OER Development Consultant on the Targeted Pathways Open Curriculum project. She hopes to empower librarians to leverage open practices to create more equitable and critical information practices.
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