Wikipedia talk:Education Program/Structure proposals/Proposal by Mike Christie

• "We need to understand what sorts of classes avoid these conflicts, and then help professors design the Wikipedia component of their classes accordingly."
  • I, MichChemGSI (talk), second Mike's suggestion about helping professors design the Wikipedia component. The most successful projects have been the ones where the professors are willing to listen about the goals of the assignment and are invested in the quality of work that their students contribute as well as are well aware of what can potentially be a response from the community on their student's work.

MichChemGSI (talk) 19:01, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

• On-wiki publicity
  • I think that this is great for the Wiki-Community but very poor for the professors and academics as it is only one sided. I feel that here one would really have to gain support from the professional societies and also have them do parallel publicity with the On-wiki publicity. It is very difficult to find information on Wikipedia that is associated with projects. and discussions and rules (I myself, took a bit to be involved in Wikiprojects even).

MichChemGSI (talk) 19:04, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

• also, really great article in the signpost! I am sorry to have only caught it just now! I believe that it will be key to get professional societies involved or teaching and learning centers or academic centers to take a bulk of the leads for recruiting and growing the program with Wikipedians available to help when needed. but in terms of the content and ensuring that the material is of high enough quality is to have that with the responsibility of the professor.

MichChemGSI (talk) 19:44, 7 May 2012 (UTC)