Wikipedia is truly an engaging platform for students to actively participate and grasp knowledge from reliable sources.I discovered WikiEdu for my Applied Plant Ecology (BIOL4095) course website to be really helpful in editing my article for Lepidosaur herbivory.
The website is designed with helpful training modules which helped me in understanding the five pillars of Wikipedia and the policies that govern it. I was also able to comprehend the importance of adding a Wikipedia page under my watchlist especially my edited Wikipedia pages, as it allowed me to keep track of my editing and also observe the way my edits were modified by other users.
I also discovered the talk page to be an interesting tool. In my talk page, I was greeted by a fellow Wiki Educator which made me feel welcomed into the Wikipedia Community. I learnt about some basic Wiki codes from the training module but the visual editor interface was relatively easier for me.
Adding citations and images from Open Access and reliable sources is an important skill I learned in my journey of becoming a Wikipedian. WikiEdu also directed me to an Open Access image library and I was able to browse through a huge variety of images and filter them according to their licenses and use.
Finally, searching articles through WikiEdu on a particular topic was relatively easier and it directed me to many Wikipedia articles of similar kinds. Hence, I found WikiEdu’s resources and tools to be very efficient for editing my Wikipedia article.
Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2020 