Assignments teaching students to evaluate, edit, and improve Wikipedia can be valuable opportunities to learn about information literacy, critical thinking, and critical reflection skills, etc. etc.
Resources
Links
Wiki Education Site – Official website for the education arm of the Wikimedia Foundation with case studies, sample student work, testimonials, etc.
Wiki Education Dashboard – For educators to plan out their course structure and assignments, links to tutorials, and to track student work for their classes.
Wikipedia Research Guide (M Library) – Includes information on citing Wikipedia pages, how to get started, projects, and how to teach with Wikipedia.
Slides
Below is a slide deck used for an in-class introduction a Wikipedia editing assignment to students.
Assessment
Because of the ever-changing nature of Wikipedia, in general, we recommend not evaluating students based on any number of edits or on the creation of new articles, since the changes can be reverted if the topic is controversial. Instead, we recommend asking students to reflect critically on their experience learning to edit, engaging in the community, and obstacles they encountered in the process.