Appropedia:Appropedia University   

Appropedia University describes Appropedia's various learning programs, which create an essential knowledge base for the world via a learning experience for individuals and classes. The Appropedia Foundation and the Appropedia community work with universities and learning programs to create these opportunities. The main streams are:

• Service learning, also called "Work Integrated Learning."
• Internships
• Informal courses organized through P2PU (proposed)

Contents 1 Service learning and internships 2 Examples 3 Guide for teachers 4 Possible additional platforms 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Service learning and internships

There are many ways that students and academics can and do contribute to Appropedia, as well as benefiting from the site:

• Classes can work on Appropedia as part of their assessment:
  • Creating topic pages
  • Carry out projects, documenting it on the wiki - design, steps, what worked and what should be done differently.
  • Translate pages
• Academics and researchers can share what they are doing, describing their work (whatever they are willing to share under our free license), and collaborate with others on the site.
• Students (or any suitable person) can intern with Appropedia, focusing on:
  • Knowledge sharing, e.g. through porting work
  • IT-related work, helping to manage, troubleshoot and/or develop the site.
  • Engagement and/or publicity
  • Fundraising

See Portal:Service learning, and don't hesitate to get in touch. We'd love to work with more classes and are keen to support the needs of students and educators!

[edit] Examples

• Clarion University: Clarion students have an international impact for the environment: "The Clarion University student project was a collaboration between the physics department, which routinely uses sustainable technologies to teach physics, and the department of modern languages and cultures, chaired by Dr. Eleanor ter Horst, to expand the information to a global reach. Students worked throughout the semester to develop content in German and French on the mostly English-language website, which features projects that are sustainable and environmentally friendly."
• Humboldt State University
  • CCAT at Humboldt State University.
  • Parras summer program.
• Queens University, Kingston

For a more complete listing, explore the categories:

[−] Learning institutions

[×] Appropedia and learning institutions

[+] Clarion University of Pennsylvania

[+] Humboldt State University

[+] Massachusetts Institute of Technology

[+] MTU

[+] Oregon State University

[+] Queens University, Kingston

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[edit] Guide for teachers

See Appropedia:Guide for teachers using Appropedia.

[edit] Possible additional platforms

See Appropedia:Appropedia University/Platforms for ideas on extending Appropedia with additional functionality for running courses.

[edit] See also

• Portal: Service learning
• Portal: Learning
• Category: Service Learning
• Category: Service Learning members
• Category: Education

[edit] External links

• Let's change the world: Share our smarts.