Editing Interpersonal Media (Winter 2019)
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In the first project, you will be asked to learn about Wikipedia, its norms, rules, and processes. With this knowledge, you will all be asked to research and write a new article in Wikipedia on a topic of your choice and to publish this article in the encyclopedia. As part of this process, you will interact with other community members who are not part of the class. Afterward, you will be asked to write a short essay piece to reflect on this process and to connect your experience to the conceptual course material where appropriate. | In the first project, you will be asked to learn about Wikipedia, its norms, rules, and processes. With this knowledge, you will all be asked to research and write a new article in Wikipedia on a topic of your choice and to publish this article in the encyclopedia. As part of this process, you will interact with other community members who are not part of the class. Afterward, you will be asked to write a short essay piece to reflect on this process and to connect your experience to the conceptual course material where appropriate. | ||
We will use material from [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/COM_482_Interpersonal_Media_-_Online_Communities__(Winter_2018) WikiEdu], a program by the Wikimedia Foundation, to help you learn how to participate in Wikipedia. Every Friday during this first component of this class, there will be a assignment due that corresponds to one step in the process of getting involved in Wikipedia. | We will use material from [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Washington/COM_482_Interpersonal_Media_-_Online_Communities__(Winter_2018) WikiEdu], a program by the Wikimedia Foundation, to help you learn how to participate in Wikipedia. WikiEdu has its own learning modules and assignments that are scheduled weekly. Each week during this component of the course you should log in to WikiEdu and complete the assigned modules. | ||
Every Friday during this first component of this class, there will be a assignment due that corresponds to one step in the process of getting involved in Wikipedia. Usually, this will correspond to the WikiEdu assignment. These Wikipedia participation assignments won't be synced up with the theory, but they will provide with you lots of opportunity to reflect on the theoretical work we are covering. | |||
Although only Task #6 includes anything that you will need to turn in to me, you will need to participate in Wikipedia each week. I will be able to see this activity and I will help you. We will take time each week to discuss our progress and experience with Wikipedia and to connect it explicitly to the theoretical concepts we are covering. | Although only Task #6 includes anything that you will need to turn in to me, you will need to participate in Wikipedia each week. I will be able to see this activity and I will help you. We will take time each week to discuss our progress and experience with Wikipedia and to connect it explicitly to the theoretical concepts we are covering. |