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APS is calling on its Members to support the Association’s mission to deploy the power of Wikipedia to represent scientific psychology as fully and as accurately as possible and thereby to promote the free teaching of psychology worldwide.

If you would like to find out more about using Wikipedia in the classroom and about new tools to help with classroom assignments, you can join the “Wikipedia in the Classroom” list by completing the short form below.

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Wikipedia Resources
Welcome to Wikipedia Guide   |   Evaluating Wikipedia Article Quality   |   Wikipedia Sample Syllabus

Wikipedia: The Missing Manual   |  Engaging Undergrads with Wikipedia (Scientific American on APSWI)   

Member Experiences

Reflections on Wikipedia in the Classroom (Mona Ibrahim)   |     More Than Just a Grade (Rebecca Silton)
Scholarship 101: Introducing Wikipedia to 1st-Year Doctoral Candidates in Social Psychology (Ben Karney)    |   Having Undergraduates Write for Wikipedia (Greta Munger)    |   Wikipedia in the Classroom (Michael Reynolds)

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Robert Kraut (left) and Rosta Farzan (middle) from Carnegie Mellon University, along with Sage Ross (right) from the Wikimedia Foundation, discuss how the APS Wikipedia Initiative (APSWI) can help teachers incorporate Wikipedia into class assignments. Several demonstrations at the 2011 APS Convention showed faculty and students how to get involved in APSWI.

Robert Kraut (left) and Rosta Farzan (middle) from Carnegie Mellon University, along with Sage Ross (right) from the Wikimedia Foundation, discuss how the APS Wikipedia Initiative (APSWI) can help teachers incorporate Wikipedia into class assignments. Several demonstrations at the 2011 APS Convention showed faculty and students how to get involved in APSWI.

The broad goals of the APS Wikipedia Initiative (APSWI) are:

  • Ensure that articles about psychological research and theory are accurate, up-to-date, complete and written in a style appropriate for the general public
  • Ensure that articles are based on independent reliable secondary sources
  • To represent scientific controversies and scientific consensus fairly, writing articles in a neutral style
  • Improve and review articles to Good Article and Featured Article quality
  • Assess psychology-related articles and tag them appropriately when there are problems

All APS Members are encouraged to participate by adding new entries and enhancing existing ones with more complete and accurate information with references. This is an especially exciting initiative for teachers and students who can make updating or creating Wikipedia entries part of coursework.

Such work can teach students:

  • that even the simplest ideas are hard to communicate to general audiences
  • the importance of logic, strength of argument, flow and clarity of writing, and citations of the appropriate literature
  • the significance of accuracy in scientific writing

To get you started and guide you through the editing process, the APSWI portal includes:

  • Tutorial materials introducing Wikipedia, the Wikipedia community, and the editing process;
  • Tools to match APS members and students to appropriate volunteer opportunities in Wikipedia; and
  • Easy ways to connect contributors to fellow volunteers and to Wikipedia experts

There are three easy steps to join the

APS Wikipedia Initiative:

1. Create Wikipedia Account
(If you already have a Wikipedia
account, you’re ready for Step 2)

2. Register with the APS Wikipedia Initiative

3. Specify your interest and expertise

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