Wikibooks:Wikibooks as an aid to teaching
From Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection
Wikibooks is an excellent way of getting a class to work together and produce in-depth articles in their field of study.
There are books for every level of student on the Wikibooks' bookshelves and, being a young project, many of these books need much more content. Several universities and schools have already produced excellent books by working together. A good example is Engineering Acoustics.
Contributions can be made anonymously so you need not fear that your institution will be "tripped up" by contributing. Books are often reviewed by experts in the field so even if there are mistakes these may be picked up later.
So why not organize your homework around Wikibooks? Ask each student to contribute a paragraph, stressing that the work must be as professional as possible because one day it will become part of a fully published textbook!
This is an age where poor students frequently have access to the internet but lack the funds to buy textbooks. The aim of Wikibooks is to supply textbooks to the world free of charge so that anyone, from Zaire to Detroit, can have open access to knowledge. Your gift of knowledge in these formative years of Wikibooks may become one of the most valuable things that you do in your life.
You do not need to ask anyone to begin - just find a book in your field and start contributing!
