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Savannah College of Art and Design (Spring 2008) (Ongoing)

In Spring 2008, students in Professor Lambin's undergraduate level Historic Preservation Law class took on the task of expanding on the Wiki content related to historic preservation law. There is a tremendous body of relevant historic preservation case law out there, but, for the non-practitioner, it can be challenging to find and interpret. It is hoped that these new expanded articles will make this information more readily accessible to preservationists. Students were able to choose from a range of pre-approved articles. Some students will create new articles, while others will expand on existing content such as articles on major pieces of historic preservation legislation, including the National Historic Preservation Act. This will be an on-going assignment and will take the place of the final research paper. In Winter 2009 it will take the place of the final research paper. To learn more or to provide comment, contact Professor Lambin in Talk. A list of completed articles is coming soon.

Professor Kristan Wheaton teaches an Intelligence Communications course twice yearly, part of which includes a publication assignment. In Spring 2008, he assigned a dozen students to contribute new articles on topics he preapproved in the areas of intelligence reform, analytical techniques, etc. He plans to continue these assignments in the future, having found the experience effective in teaching online collaboration, publication, and research skills. See Professor Wheaton's blog for a list of the articles and his feedback on the assignment. --Pat (talk) 02:25, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Gloucester County College (Fall 2008 and ongoing)

Offered as an alternate information literacy assignment in the spring 2008 semester in Christine Herz's English Composition class, the assignment was to create a new article or revise an existing article. See the following page for a list of student projects: COM101 Wikipedia article.

SUNY New Paltz (Spring 2009) (Ongoing)

Students taking CMM 360 (Organizational Communication 1) will be expanding on the information contained on Wikipedia related to Organizational Communication. The goal of this project is to foster student learning about the core concepts related to organizational communication and how to present them to people in the general public. Questions to User:JasonSWrench (talk) December 28, 2008

Students in Professor Cyrus Mulready's ENG 301 (English Literature I) compile research on figures from British literary history and update stub pages on Wikipedia using their research. Project ongoing since Spring 2008. talk Redcknight (talk) 14:15, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Boston College Biology (fall 2009)

As a part of the BI481, Introduction to Neuroscience course at Boston College, students are assigned the task of writing several articles in Wikipedia pertaining to neuroscience. The Society for Neuroscience has recently begun an initiative to update and improve incomplete neuroscience related articles here on Wikipedia. You will play an important role in this initiative through this assignment.

There will be approximately 20 groups of 3 students each. Each student will have a separate Wikipedia account, and each group will propose, write, edit, and maintain a new article or significantly expand upon an existing incomplete article (stub). They will be expected to expand their article to the level as close to Featured Article as they can.

Supervisors: I, Joseph Burdo will take care of introducing students to Wikipedia and ensuring they and the project are working within the bounds of Wikipedia guidelines.

Important dates: The project will begin on Friday, September 18th, 2009, and end Monday, November 30th, 2009.

Course instructor User:NeuroJoe. Course page: Wikipedia:School and university projects/User:NeuroJoe/Fall 2009.