This PBL course is designed to equip ESL/EFL learners with crucial media and information literacy skills that are essential for 21st-century education. Given that Wikipedia functions as a free and accessible platform, it offers an excellent opportunity to foster these abilities on a global scale. This course, developed in collaboration with Wikimedia Taiwan, stands as the inaugural co-designed module. It aims to train upcoming Wikipedia editors, covering subjects like the platform's fundamental principles and editing guidelines, the assessment and evaluation of information, and the process of knowledge creation. Through lectures, discussions, workshops, collaborative documentation, and mini edit-a-thons, students will be guided in their transition from being mere readers to becoming writers and editors. This process will involve the identification of challenges and the exploration of potential solutions. Experienced editors will provide valuable feedback and commentary on student documentation projects. This guidance will assist students in shaping their multiliteracies experiences and skills within an authentic context.
This problem-based learning course intends to cultivate ESL/EFL learners' media and information literacies using Wikipedia in a documentation initiative for female artists. Students will learn to:
Address the gender disparities in both Wikipedia's content and its pool of editors
Get familiar with Wikipedia's culture and editing guidelines
Initiate multiliteracies projects as English as a Second/Foreign Language learners
Access and evaluate credible sources in the production process of the Wikipedia articles
Compose and present information through collaborative efforts
Enhance their problem-solving and decision-making skills
Lin, Y. -T. (Aug, 2024). Advancing ESL/EFL Multiliteracies through Wikipedia: An Innovative University-Community Education Program in Taiwan. Paper presented at the 21st AILA World Congress. Online.
Lin, W. -R. (Aug, 2024).Integrating Intercultural Insights and Educational Dynamics: My Journey as a Wiki Contributor and Teaching Assistant. Lightning Talk Showcase. Wikimania 2024.
Lin, Y. -T. (Jun, 2024). Collaborative Reading and Writing on English Wikipedia as New Fashion for Gen Z: A Case Study in Taiwan. Wiki Workshop 2024. Online. [extended abstract]
Fall 2022-Spring 2023 Instructor's reflection: [Chinese version]