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Abstract: This assignment allows students to research topics in depth and become skilled at communicating academic knowledge for a public audience. The assignment draws attention to the collaborative construction of knowledge and the forces that shape what counts as knowledge and what gets disseminated. It also encourages students to consider how to organize information to be useful and illuminating to others, and how to consider connections between topics and concepts. The assignment engages students in critique, as they are more willing to critique and revise their writing when that writing will be accessible to the public. The assignment also exposes students to a social media information-sharing medium, [[Wikipedia]], and encourages their critical consideration of the strengths and limitations of this online encyclopedic resource.
 
Abstract: This assignment allows students to research topics in depth and become skilled at communicating academic knowledge for a public audience. The assignment draws attention to the collaborative construction of knowledge and the forces that shape what counts as knowledge and what gets disseminated. It also encourages students to consider how to organize information to be useful and illuminating to others, and how to consider connections between topics and concepts. The assignment engages students in critique, as they are more willing to critique and revise their writing when that writing will be accessible to the public. The assignment also exposes students to a social media information-sharing medium, [[Wikipedia]], and encourages their critical consideration of the strengths and limitations of this online encyclopedic resource.
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Writing for Wikipedia: Co-Constructing Knowledge and Writing for a Public Audience
Authors
Lori L. Britt
Publication date
2013
DOI
10.1016/B978-1-84334-694-4.50001-6
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Writing for Wikipedia: Co-Constructing Knowledge and Writing for a Public Audience - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2013, written by Lori L. Britt.

Overview

Abstract: This assignment allows students to research topics in depth and become skilled at communicating academic knowledge for a public audience. The assignment draws attention to the collaborative construction of knowledge and the forces that shape what counts as knowledge and what gets disseminated. It also encourages students to consider how to organize information to be useful and illuminating to others, and how to consider connections between topics and concepts. The assignment engages students in critique, as they are more willing to critique and revise their writing when that writing will be accessible to the public. The assignment also exposes students to a social media information-sharing medium, Wikipedia, and encourages their critical consideration of the strengths and limitations of this online encyclopedic resource.

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Wikipedia Quality

Britt, Lori L.. (2013). "[[Writing for Wikipedia: Co-Constructing Knowledge and Writing for a Public Audience]]". Chandos Publishing. DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-84334-694-4.50001-6.

English Wikipedia

{{cite journal |last1=Britt |first1=Lori L. |title=Writing for Wikipedia: Co-Constructing Knowledge and Writing for a Public Audience |date=2013 |doi=10.1016/B978-1-84334-694-4.50001-6 |url=https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Writing_for_Wikipedia:_Co-Constructing_Knowledge_and_Writing_for_a_Public_Audience |journal=Chandos Publishing}}

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Britt, Lori L.. (2013). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Writing_for_Wikipedia:_Co-Constructing_Knowledge_and_Writing_for_a_Public_Audience">Writing for Wikipedia: Co-Constructing Knowledge and Writing for a Public Audience</a>&quot;. Chandos Publishing. DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-84334-694-4.50001-6.