The Mason Historiographiki is a wiki (collaborative website) written and edited by graduate students in history at George Mason University who are preparing for written or oral comprehensive examinations. Only they and their instructors may edit it, but
The structure of the traditional term paper can limit its educational value. To make the assignment more meaningful, students published their papers in Wikipedia. This session will examine how publishing for a large online community motivated students t
That’s whatMartha Groom, a professor at the university’sInterdisciplinary Arts & Sciencesprogram, tried to do for the first time last fall by requiring term papers to be submitted to the popular, user-edited online encyclopedia. The project comes at
She required all of the 34 students in the course to write an article for their final class project and submit it to Wikipedia. By the end of the term, all of the papers had met her standards — in fact, she said the papers were generally the best she
Uncle Ron may work for IBM, but it doesn't mean you want him writing on your wall or poking your friends.Keep your social profile fun, but your professional profile polished.The more people you know, the less chance of fetching coffee all day.