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[[File:Eduwiki Conference 2012.gif|thumb|The EduWiki conference takes place on 5 and 6 September. Click the button below to register!]]
What do {{w|Dictator novel}}, {{w|Implicit self-esteem}} and {{w|Nuclear energy policy in the United States}} have in common? Each of these Wikipedia articles has been improved by university students in exchange for course credit.


What do [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictator_novel Dictator novel], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicit_self-esteem Implicit self-esteem] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_energy_policy_of_the_United_States Nuclear energy policy in the United States] have in common? Each of these Wikipedia articles has been improved by university students in exchange for course credit.
Wikipedia educational assignments – where improving the free online encyclopaedia is integral to the course – already happen in many universities [[outreach:Education/For educators|in the USA, Canada and other countries]]. Here in the UK, lecturers in the universities of Hull, Southampton, Portsmouth and Imperial College, London have been experimenting with Wikipedia assignments.
 
Wikipedia educational assignments – where improving the free online encyclopaedia is integral to the course – already happen in many universities [http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/For_educators in the USA, Canada and other countries]. Here in the UK, lecturers in the universities of Hull, Southampton, Portsmouth and Imperial College, London have been experimenting with Wikipedia assignments.
 
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It seems that everybody gains from this sort of assignment. <span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/06/eduwiki-2012-wikipedia-as-an-educational-resource-now-and-in-the-future/ <nowiki>[</nowiki>...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span>
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Register for the EduWiki 2012 conference, 5 & 6 September 2012 at the University of Leicester, by clicking on the button.  
Register for the EduWiki 2012 conference, 5 & 6 September 2012 at the University of Leicester, by clicking on the button.  
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