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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