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* Move sandbox articles into the "(Article)" name space by using the "Move" tab, by setting the namespace to "(Article)" and by setting the page title to be whatever you want the article to be named. | * Move sandbox articles into the "(Article)" name space by using the "Move" tab, by setting the namespace to "(Article)" and by setting the page title to be whatever you want the article to be named. | ||
** Once you have moved the article, visit the [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Building_Successful_Online_Communities_%28Fall_2016%29/students list of students in the WikiEdu dashboard] and (a) assign the new URL to yourself and (b) remove the old one by clicking the "'''+'''" button to open the menu and using the "'''-'''" button next to the old "sandbox" copy of your article. You need to press "Save" at the top of the page once you are done. | ** Once you have moved the article, visit the [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Building_Successful_Online_Communities_%28Fall_2016%29/students list of students in the WikiEdu dashboard] and (a) assign the new URL to yourself and (b) remove the old one by clicking the "'''+'''" button to open the menu and using the "'''-'''" button next to the old "sandbox" copy of your article. You need to press "Save" at the top of the page once you are done. | ||
* Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copy-edit. (You don't need to start reviewing yet.) To sign up, you can mark this in the [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Building_Successful_Online_Communities_%28Fall_2016%29/students the dashboard] by using the ''Assign a review''' button. Try to pick articles that other students are not yet reviewing | * Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copy-edit. (You don't need to start reviewing yet.) To sign up, you can mark this in the [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/Building_Successful_Online_Communities_%28Fall_2016%29/students the dashboard] by using the ''Assign a review''' button. Try to pick articles that other students are not yet reviewing. | ||
==== Wikipedia Task #5 ==== | ==== Wikipedia Task #5 ==== | ||
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==== Wikipedia Task #6 ==== | ==== Wikipedia Task #6 ==== | ||
;Task: Finalize article and turn in your report to Wikipedia | ;Task: Finalize article and turn in your report to Wikipedia | ||
;Due Date: | ;Due Date: Friday November 4 | ||
;Deliverables: Finish article in Wikipedia and turn in link to article in Canvas. Turn in report as subpage of your Wikipedia userpage and turn in link in Canvas. | ;Deliverables: Finish article in Wikipedia and turn in link to article in Canvas. Turn in report as subpage of your Wikipedia userpage and turn in link in Canvas. | ||
:Post your report as a subpage of your userpage. For example, I would create mine with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Benjamin_Mako_Hill/Report as the URL. Of course, | :Post your report as a subpage of your userpage. For example, I would create mine with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Benjamin_Mako_Hill/Report as the URL. Of course, ou should replace "Benjamin_Mako_Hill" with your Wikipedia username. You can also just go to your userpage by clicking on your username on Wikipedia and then adding "/Report" at the end of the the URL. | ||
:When you go that page, it will say '''Wikipedia does not have a user page with this exact name.''' | :When you go that page, it will say '''Wikipedia does not have a user page with this exact name.''' | ||
:You can create the new page by just clicking the "Create" tab on that page. When you're done, you can paste the URL into Canvas. | :You can create the new page by just clicking the "Create" tab on that page. When you're done, you can paste the URL into Canvas. | ||
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;Maximum Length: 750 words (~3 pages double spaced) | ;Maximum Length: 750 words (~3 pages double spaced) | ||
;Deliverables: | ;Deliverables: | ||
:* Community identification essay (Turn in to Canvas) | |||
:* Signed copy of MOU (Turn in to me in class) | :* Signed copy of MOU (Turn in to me in class) | ||
;Due Date: October 31 | |||
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In this assignment, you should identify and the community you will be working with for your final project. In the essay part of this assignment, I am asking you to write several paragraphs explaining which community you will be working with and why you think it will be an appropriate site for applying the course material. If relevant or possible, it might be useful to also provide a link to any existing community or to the organization. | In this assignment, you should identify and the community you will be working with for your final project. In the essay part of this assignment, I am asking you to write several paragraphs explaining which community you will be working with and why you think it will be an appropriate site for applying the course material. If relevant or possible, it might be useful to also provide a link to any existing community or to the organization. | ||
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==== Final Projects: Report and Presentation ==== | ==== Final Projects: Report and Presentation ==== | ||
;Presentation Date: December 12 | ;Presentation Date: December 12 | ||
;Paper Due Date: December | ;Paper Due Date: December 16 | ||
;Maximum paper length: 4500 words (~18 pages) | ;Maximum paper length: 4500 words (~18 pages) | ||
;Deliverables: Turn in in Canvas | ;Deliverables: Turn in in Canvas | ||
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* Deci, Edward L., and Richard M. Ryan. 1985. Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior. Plenum Press. | * Deci, Edward L., and Richard M. Ryan. 1985. Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior. Plenum Press. | ||
* Enjolras, Bernard. | * Enjolras, Bernard. 2002. “[https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8292.00197 Does the Commercialization of Voluntary Organizations ‘Crowd out’ Voluntary Work?]” Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 73 (3): 375–98. | ||
* Gneezy, U., and A. Rustichini. | * Gneezy, U., and A. Rustichini. 2000. “[http://rady.ucsd.edu/faculty/directory/gneezy/pub/docs/fine.pdf A Fine Is a Price].” The Journal of Legal Studies 29 (1): 1–17. | ||
* [Case] Mike Linksvayer's article on [http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2007/01/02/wikipedia-advertising/ "I support advertising on Wikipedia"] | * [Case] Mike Linksvayer's article on [http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2007/01/02/wikipedia-advertising/ "I support advertising on Wikipedia"] | ||
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* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/38306727/download?download_frd=1 Week 3 Reading Note] (Requires UW Access) | * [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/38306727/download?download_frd=1 Week 3 Reading Note] (Requires UW Access) | ||
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* [Case] Ryan Singel, 2011, [http://www.wired.com/2011/06/google-facebook-export/ Taking on Facebook, Google’s social network allows data exporting business], Wired | * [Case] Ryan Singel, 2011, [http://www.wired.com/2011/06/google-facebook-export/ Taking on Facebook, Google’s social network allows data exporting business], Wired | ||
* [Case] Benjamin Mako Hill, 2012, [http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/why-facebooks-network-effects-are-overrated Why Facebook’s Network Effects are Overrated] | * [Case] Benjamin Mako Hill, 2012, [http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/why-facebooks-network-effects-are-overrated Why Facebook’s Network Effects are Overrated] | ||
=== October 24: Rules and Governance === | === October 24: Rules and Governance === | ||
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* [Case] [http://slashdot.org/ Slashdot]: Spend 5-10 minutes to visit the homepage, look at a story you think is interesting, and read several of the comments, paying specific attention to the rating system. | * [Case] [http://slashdot.org/ Slashdot]: Spend 5-10 minutes to visit the homepage, look at a story you think is interesting, and read several of the comments, paying specific attention to the rating system. | ||
* [Case] [https://slashdot.org/faq/mod-metamod.shtml Slashdot Moderation FAQ], 2014 | * [Case] [https://slashdot.org/faq/mod-metamod.shtml Slashdot Moderation FAQ], 2014 | ||
* [Case] Lampe, Cliff, and Paul Resnick. | * [Case] Lampe, Cliff, and Paul Resnick. “Slash(Dot) and Burn: Distributed Moderation in a Large Online Conversation Space.” In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 543–50. CHI ’04. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2004. doi:10.1145/985692.985761. [[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=985761 Official Link (available through UW libraries)]] [[http://presnick.people.si.umich.edu/papers/chi04/LampeResnick.pdf Author Website (available for free)]] | ||
'''Optional Readings:''' | '''Optional Readings:''' | ||
* Reagle, J. (2016). [https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444814545840 the obligation to know: From FAQ to Feminism 101]. | * Reagle, J. (2016). [https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444814545840 the obligation to know: From FAQ to Feminism 101]. New Media & Society, 18(5), 691–707. [Available through UW libraries] | ||
=== October 31: Newcomers === | === October 31: Newcomers === | ||
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'''Required Readings:''' | '''Required Readings:''' | ||
* BSOC, Chapter 5, pg 179-223 | * BSOC, Chapter 5, pg 179-223 | ||
* [Case] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenet Freenet article on Wikipedia] | * [Case] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenet Freenet article on Wikipedia] | ||
* [Case] von Krogh, Georg, Sebastian Spaeth, and Karim R. Lakhani. “Community, Joining, and Specialization in Open Source Software Innovation: A Case Study.” Research Policy 32, no. 7 (July 2003): 1217–41. doi:10.1016/S0048-7333(03)00050-7. [[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733303000507 Official Link (Available through UW libraries)]] [[http://www.ee.oulu.fi/~vassilis/courses/socialweb10F/reading_material/3/krogh03-CommunityJoiningSpecializaitonInOpenSource.pdf Preprint Link (Free Online)]] | * [Case] von Krogh, Georg, Sebastian Spaeth, and Karim R. Lakhani. “Community, Joining, and Specialization in Open Source Software Innovation: A Case Study.” Research Policy 32, no. 7 (July 2003): 1217–41. doi:10.1016/S0048-7333(03)00050-7. [[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733303000507 Official Link (Available through UW libraries)]] [[http://www.ee.oulu.fi/~vassilis/courses/socialweb10F/reading_material/3/krogh03-CommunityJoiningSpecializaitonInOpenSource.pdf Preprint Link (Free Online)]] | ||
'''Optional Readings:''' | '''Optional Readings:''' | ||
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* Huang, Shih-Wen, Minhyang (Mia) Suh, Benjamin Mako Hill, Gary Hsieh. (2015) “How Activists are Both Born and Made: An Analysis of Users on Change.org.” In Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Human Interaction (CHI 2015). ACM Press. [[https://mako.cc/academic/huang_suh_hill_hsieh-changeorg_born_made-CHI2015-preprint.pdf Preprint Link (Free Online)]] [[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2702559 Official Link (Available through UW libraries)]] | * Huang, Shih-Wen, Minhyang (Mia) Suh, Benjamin Mako Hill, Gary Hsieh. (2015) “How Activists are Both Born and Made: An Analysis of Users on Change.org.” In Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Human Interaction (CHI 2015). ACM Press. [[https://mako.cc/academic/huang_suh_hill_hsieh-changeorg_born_made-CHI2015-preprint.pdf Preprint Link (Free Online)]] [[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2702559 Official Link (Available through UW libraries)]] | ||
* Shaw, Aaron, and Benjamin Mako Hill. (2014) “Laboratories of Oligarchy? How the Iron Law Extends to Peer Production: Laboratories of Oligarchy.” Journal of Communication 64, no. 2 (April 2014): 215–38. doi:10.1111/jcom.12082. [[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcom.12082/full Official Link (Available through UW Libraries)] [[https://mako.cc/academic/shaw_hill-laboratories_of_oligarchy-DRAFT.pdf Preprint Link (Free Online)]] | * Shaw, Aaron, and Benjamin Mako Hill. (2014) “Laboratories of Oligarchy? How the Iron Law Extends to Peer Production: Laboratories of Oligarchy.” Journal of Communication 64, no. 2 (April 2014): 215–38. doi:10.1111/jcom.12082. [[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcom.12082/full Official Link (Available through UW Libraries)] [[https://mako.cc/academic/shaw_hill-laboratories_of_oligarchy-DRAFT.pdf Preprint Link (Free Online)]] | ||
* Morgan et al., "Tea and sympathy: crafting positive new user experiences on Wikipedia" Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW '13), Pages 839-848, ACM New York, NY, USA, 2013. [[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2441871 Official Link (Available through UW libraries)]] [[http://jtmorgan.net/jtmorgan/files/morgan_cscw2013_final.pdf Author's Website (Free Online)]] | Today we'll be visited by [https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Jtmorgan Jonathan Morgan], an expert on newcomers in Wikipedia, a PhD graduate from UW, currently an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, and the first author of the paper we'll be reading as our case today. | ||
* [Case] Morgan et al., "Tea and sympathy: crafting positive new user experiences on Wikipedia" Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW '13), Pages 839-848, ACM New York, NY, USA, 2013. [[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2441871 Official Link (Available through UW libraries)]] [[http://jtmorgan.net/jtmorgan/files/morgan_cscw2013_final.pdf Author's Website (Free Online)]] | |||
* [Case] Visit the Teahouse on Wikipedia. In particular, spend time on these three pages and associated sub-questions: | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions Teahouse questions forum]: What do the questions here tell you about the kinds of challenges that new editors face? How does this jibe with your own experience as a new Wikipedian? | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse/Hosts Teahouse host profiles]: What do the profiles on this page tell you about the demographics and motivations of Teahouse Hosts? Does anything about the Teahouse host characteristics and motivations you read in these profiles surprise you? Why or why not? | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse/Guests Teahouse guest profiles] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse/Guest_book Guest book]: What do the profiles on this page tell you about the demographics and motivations of Teahouse visitors? Does anything about the Teahouse guest characteristics and motivations you read in these profiles surprise you? Why or why not? | |||
=== November 7: Creating New Communities === | === November 7: Creating New Communities === | ||
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Our second case will be about a system called Snowdrift: | Our second case will be about a system called Snowdrift: | ||
* [Case] Snowdrift.coop: Read at least the [https://snowdrift.coop/ top page], | * [Case] Snowdrift.coop: Read at least the [https://snowdrift.coop/ top page], [https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/about about page], [https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/mission mission], [https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/faq FAQ], [https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/how-to-help "How to Help" page], and [https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/next next steps page] and poke around on the rest of the site. | ||
'''Optional Readings:''' | '''Optional Readings:''' | ||
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=== November 14: ''NO CLASS'' === | === November 14: ''NO CLASS'' === | ||
=== November 21: | === November 21: Free/Open Source and Peer Production ''(Tentative)'' === | ||
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'''Required Readings:''' | |||
* Fogel, K. (2009). [http://producingoss.com/en/introduction.html Producing Open Source Software]. Introduction - includes "History" & "The Situation Today." | |||
* [Case] Stallman, R. (1984). [https://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html The GNU manifesto]. | |||
* [Case] Stallman, R. (1989). [https://gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-1.0.html The GNU general public license, version 1]. | |||
* Debian (1997). [http://www.debian.org/social_contract.1.0 Debian social contract, version 1.0]. | |||
* [Case] Raymond, E. S. (2001). [http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ The Cathedral & the Bazaar]. (The web-based version of this essay is split over many pages. Just keep clicking next until you get to the end.) | |||
=== November 28: Hackers and Pirate Communities ''(Tentative)'' === | |||
'''NOTE:''' ''There is overlap this week with material I included in my "Innovation Communities" class in spring 2016. If there's overlap in the students who take this class, I'll probably modify or drop this session in favor of something new to everybody.'' | |||
'''Required Readings:''' | '''Required Readings:''' | ||
* Rosenbaum. (1971). [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/the_spectator/2011/10/the_article_that_inspired_steve_jobs_secrets_of_the_little_blue_.single.html Secrets of the Little Blue Box] (This article was reprinted in Slate in 2011. There's also [http://www.historyofphonephreaking.org/docs/rosenbaum1971.pdf a very large PDF scan] of the original Esquire Magazine article which includes the original NSFW and offensive magazine cover image.) | * Rosenbaum. (1971). [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/the_spectator/2011/10/the_article_that_inspired_steve_jobs_secrets_of_the_little_blue_.single.html Secrets of the Little Blue Box] (This article was reprinted in Slate in 2011. There's also [http://www.historyofphonephreaking.org/docs/rosenbaum1971.pdf a very large PDF scan] of the original Esquire Magazine article which includes the original NSFW and offensive magazine cover image.) | ||
* Larkin. (2004). [http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/projects/globalization/secure/articles/16.2larkin.pdf Degraded images, distorted sounds: Nigerian video and the infrastructure of piracy]. | |||
* [Case] Wayner, Peter. “Tweaking a Camera to Suit a Hobby.” The New York Times, May 26, 2010, sec. Technology / Personal Tech. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/technology/personaltech/27basics.html Free Online] | * [Case] Wayner, Peter. “Tweaking a Camera to Suit a Hobby.” The New York Times, May 26, 2010, sec. Technology / Personal Tech. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/technology/personaltech/27basics.html Free Online] | ||
'''Optional Readings:''' | '''Optional Readings:''' | ||
* Mollick, Ethan. “Tapping into the Underground.” MIT Sloan Management Review 46, no. 4 (2005): 21. [[http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/tapping-into-the-underground/ Available through UW Libraries]] | * Mollick, Ethan. “Tapping into the Underground.” MIT Sloan Management Review 46, no. 4 (2005): 21. [[http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/tapping-into-the-underground/ Available through UW Libraries]] | ||
* Mollick, Ethan. “The Engine of the Underground: The Elite-Kiddie Divide.” SIGGROUP Bull. 25, no. 2 (2005): 23–27. [[http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1067721.1067726 Available through UW Libraries]] | * Mollick, Ethan. “The Engine of the Underground: The Elite-Kiddie Divide.” SIGGROUP Bull. 25, no. 2 (2005): 23–27. [[http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1067721.1067726 Available through UW Libraries]] | ||
* Scacchi, Walt. “Computer Game Mods, Modders, Modding, and the Mod Scene.” First Monday 15, no. 5 (2010). [[http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2965 Free Online]] | * Scacchi, Walt. “Computer Game Mods, Modders, Modding, and the Mod Scene.” First Monday 15, no. 5 (2010). [[http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2965 Free Online]] | ||
=== December 5: | === December 5: Innovation Communities ''(Tentative)'' === | ||
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'''Required Readings:''' | '''Required Readings:''' | ||
* | * von Hippel, E. (2005). [http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ1.htm Democratizing innovation]. Read Chapters 1, 2 & 5. | ||
* [Case] ''To be determined'' | |||
* [Case] | |||
=== December 12: Final Presentations === | |||
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* | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wiki_Ed/University_of_Washington/Interpersonal_Media_%28%29 Presentation Sign-up/Schedule] | ||
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/987817/assignments/2953943 Presentation Slides Dropbox in Canvas] — Slides are optional but recommended and are due by '''1:30pm before class'''. If you turn in your slides after 1:30pm, I will not have time to put them into the line-up for class. | |||
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'''No readings.''' | '''No readings.''' | ||
The final classes will be devoted entirely to presentations. | The final classes will be devoted entirely to presentations. | ||
== Practices and Policies == | == Practices and Policies == |