Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/American University/COMM535 (Spring 2015)/Course description
Crowdsourcing, Wikipedia, and Public Knowledge
Who are the keepers of history in the digital age? What does Wikipedia's crowd know that major institutions could reproduce for the greatest public good? With Washington, D.C., as the backdrop, students collaborate with some of the world's greatest institutions in media, libraries, and museums to explore the best ways to capture knowledge in the public interest. The course bridges both theory and practice, with the class pairing with world-renown institutions such as the National Archives, Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress, to analyze the policies, ethics, and dynamics of large-scale collaboration. Students not only learn how to become a Wikipedian, they learn how to apply the power of crowds to the mission of any institution, and to create high quality multimedia content for their portfolios.