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Publication Date: 2017-Oct
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Joining the Global Village: Teaching Globalization with Wikipedia
Konieczny, Piotr
Teaching Sociology, v45 n4 p368-378 Oct 2017
This paper presents an analysis of my experiences with a teaching activity that engages students in publishing in Wikipedia on issues relating to globalization. It begins with a short overview of some of the current debates revolving around teaching globalization, which lay ground for the assignment. I discuss how this teaching tool fits with a number of dimensions related to teaching globalization, particularly with an international service learning approach. Finally, I present assessment data from a series of surveys I conducted from 2008 to 2016 on the effectiveness of the assignment.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Global Approach, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Collaborative Writing, Sociology, Service Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Social Justice, Likert Scales, Writing Assignments, Course Descriptions, Foreign Countries, College Students
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