Appropedia works closely with classes at several universities, so that students help to create a knowledge bank for a rich and sustainable world as part of their course, and are inspired to learn and contribute.
Teacher's role
We ask the teachers to:
- Ensure students use an in progress tag to mark each page, if they don't want the pages edited by others yet.
- Highlight the best pages from each class, e.g. by listing them at Appropedia:Highlighted pages
- Marking very low quality pages (e.g. copyright violations, no substantial correct and useful content) with the {{delete}} tag.
- Let us know when a class has finished, so "in progress" tags can be replaced by class attribution tags (we have a bot that can help with this).
- Please consider asking your university to support Appropedia financially. Although the Appropedia wiki platform and our help are completely free and open we need and appreciate funds to continue our work.
Note that if a page is low quality (such that you don't want to associate with your class) but still has even a little useful content, then the preferred solution is to:
- Remove class tags ("in progress" or attribution)
- Remove problematic material (e.g. copyright violations or incorrect information)
- Add a relevant tag, e.g. {{stub}}.
Appropedia's role
The Appropedia community:
- Works on the wiki platform and the help pages, to make the service learning process as smooth as possible
- Is available to assist with questions and editing needs
Call for service learning partners
Join us to improve the experience and quality of education of your students. Any questions, please leave a message on the talk page, or contact us directly.
Read more
- Portal:Service learning
- Service learning posts on the Appropedia Foundation's blog.