The Gender Gap in Wikipedia

I adapted this version for a 60 min 1000-level Women and Gender Studies class session. I removed a lot of the discussion questions and added a whiteboard small group exercise in the beginning. Students are given two facts: the average wikipedian is male and between the ages of 17-40. I ask them to tell me more about the average Wikipedian including race/ethnicity, religion/faith, and economic status. I also do a short overview of Finding Sources on popular sources, including newspaper collections in the library. I end with a quick overview of the "Edit" tab of Wikipedia pages and explain the internet culture of Wikipedia including deleting people's edits and toxic environments they may encounter.

I used this in my credit course for a session on Wikipedia & gender. I used it mostly as is, except abbreviating the discussion questions at the beginning at the end. My class tends to be talkative so I did not have time to get through all of them. Plus, we have already spent considerably time discussing "neutrality" and online information sources, so I felt we already had a good grasp on the concept and could focus on really critically examining Wikipedia's stated policies and how they affect contributions and edits.