Misplaced Pages-based education refers to the integration of Misplaced Pages and other Wikimedia projects into educational settings, where students and educators use these platforms for learning, teaching, and knowledge creation. This approach leverages Misplaced Pages's vast repository of information and collaborative nature to enhance educational experiences. As an encyclopedia, Misplaced Pages can be used as an open educational resource (OER). Additionally, because the website invites participation by its users, it can also serve as an open educational practice.
Misplaced Pages is one of the largest and most popular educational websites globally, with over 53 million articles in nearly 300 languages. It serves as a valuable resource for a wide range of topics, from science and history to current events. The Wikimedia Foundation supports educational initiatives that encourage the use of Misplaced Pages and other Wikimedia projects in classrooms and beyond.
According to a number of researchers, Misplaced Pages-based education offers unique learning benefits, including the development of digital literacy, critical thinking, and collaboration skills. Students enhance their writing and research abilities by contributing to Misplaced Pages, while also learning to evaluate the reliability of online sources. Furthermore, interacting with Misplaced Pages as a complex discourse community emphasizes the process through which knowledge is proposed, negotiated, and revised based on user interactions. Misplaced Pages's unique contributions to knowledge production lie in its collaborative, social practices, where content is generated and interrogated without a controlling editorial staff. This environment fosters critical literacy and active participation, making it a valuable tool for developing skills necessary for navigating open access content in digital spaces. Students are motivated, when editing Misplaced Pages articles, furthermore, by the opportunity to write for a more public audience.
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