Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/U-M Library/Digital Pedagogy with U-M Library (Winter)

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Course name
Digital Pedagogy with U-M Library
Institution
U-M Library
Instructor
Anne Cong-Huyen
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Digital Pedagogy
Course dates
2018-11-05 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-06-28 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


In this hands-on session, learn why and how you might include a Wikipedia editing assignment in your courses. We will discuss pedagogical questions, logistics, (scaffolding assignments, training students, tracking progress, etc.) and ways to frame the assignment, including evaluating digital publications, the politics of citation, and forms of public scholarship. We’ll also provide examples and discuss ways you can collaborate with subject specialists and digital pedagogy librarians to develop assignments for your courses.

This workshop will provide a basic introduction to editing Wikipedia, and is designed for those who want to learn how to help students, how to make edits “stick,” add citations, fix orphan pages, engage in Talk Pages, and otherwise improve and support the work of new editors.

No prior editing experience is required, but please bring a laptop to the event. Participation in this workshop can count toward the Requirement ‘G’ of the CRLT Graduate Teacher Plus Certificate in Digital Media (GTC+).

Articles to Work On

Hint: check for Start Class or Stubs that need expanding

Partners

This event is made possible through collaborations between Pratt Institute Libraries, and Humanities & Media Studies.

Resources

References

LibGuide

Training Modules

Student Assigned Reviewing
EmHSLib13
CounterCounterEarth
Chlihong
Attabey Rodz
Itsme101
Friyay101
Westmidwest39
Hammbh

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 5 November 2018   |   Tuesday, 6 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 7 November 2018   |   Thursday, 8 November 2018   |   Friday, 9 November 2018
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 12 November 2018   |   Tuesday, 13 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 14 November 2018   |   Thursday, 15 November 2018   |   Friday, 16 November 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 19 November 2018   |   Tuesday, 20 November 2018
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 26 November 2018   |   Tuesday, 27 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 28 November 2018   |   Thursday, 29 November 2018   |   Friday, 30 November 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Assignment - Exercise

Copyedit an article

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 3 December 2018   |   Tuesday, 4 December 2018   |   Wednesday, 5 December 2018   |   Thursday, 6 December 2018   |   Friday, 7 December 2018
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

History

Women's Studies

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 10 December 2018   |   Tuesday, 11 December 2018   |   Wednesday, 12 December 2018   |   Thursday, 13 December 2018   |   Friday, 14 December 2018
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 17 December 2018   |   Tuesday, 18 December 2018   |   Wednesday, 19 December 2018   |   Thursday, 20 December 2018   |   Friday, 21 December 2018
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 24 December 2018   |   Tuesday, 25 December 2018   |   Wednesday, 26 December 2018   |   Thursday, 27 December 2018   |   Friday, 28 December 2018
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 31 December 2018   |   Tuesday, 1 January 2019   |   Wednesday, 2 January 2019   |   Thursday, 3 January 2019   |   Friday, 4 January 2019
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 7 January 2019   |   Tuesday, 8 January 2019   |   Wednesday, 9 January 2019   |   Thursday, 10 January 2019   |   Friday, 11 January 2019
Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 14 January 2019   |   Tuesday, 15 January 2019   |   Wednesday, 16 January 2019   |   Thursday, 17 January 2019   |   Friday, 18 January 2019
Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 21 January 2019   |   Tuesday, 22 January 2019   |   Wednesday, 23 January 2019   |   Thursday, 24 January 2019   |   Friday, 25 January 2019
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.