Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Arizona/Linguistics in the Digital Age (Spring)

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Course name
Linguistics in the Digital Age
Institution
University of Arizona
Instructor
Amy Fountain
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Linguistics
Course dates
2022-01-12 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-05-07 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
80


Language is increasingly being produced and interpreted by machines and this fact ripples through humans’ lives in an increasing variety of linguistic interactions. This course asks students to explore the applications of linguistic analysis to the problems posed and opportunities created by the creation and dissemination of language in digital world. Students will learn about corpus-based and machine-learning approaches to the production and understanding of language, and the ways these may interact to magnify or diminish some problematic properties of public speech, and reveal or conceal its authorship, especially in the digital world. In collaboration with the WikiEducation initiative, students will actively engage in the critical review of Wikipedia resources to assist in the identification and remediation of problematic language. Students will finish the class with all necessary training and practice required responsibly participate as Wikipedians.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Dragon120
Jduran16 Sabino Canyon
SunemFlores
Hollykh The Wellingtons (folk group)
UmidjonHope Uzbek language
Hadi Arizona
Elises06 Active living
Lekroe Lauburu, Tamil loanwords in Biblical Hebrew, Sign singing
M Harper713
IanDMc Cluster reduction
Daniela sandoval07
Nichrox2000 University of Arizona
Darth Shocklet Jabberwocky sentence
B.ramirezz Vail Unified School District
Samknn Miami metropolitan area, Brazil
Georgialanderyou Navajo Nation
Huang0803
TiffS10 Breath of Life (language restoration workshops)
Egreenfield01 Boeing New Large Airplane
WarmNoodle Phone (phonetics)
Whiteseadolphin
Akj2003 God of War Ragnarök, Islam in the United Arab Emirates
HervGerv Internet linguistics
HngDarren2611
AmanDwivedi11 Computer science education
Makaylapark Hyperparameter (machine learning)
Juans21
AjLing1501 WatchMojo
Anthony.georgeadis Rules of basketball
Jackstevns Active learning (machine learning)
Spec21345
BADavidson52
Thomas Najor
NevrTD
Smoreno5631
Aribrozki
DhightowerUA

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 12 January 2022
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 - WikiProject 1
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
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Assignment - Wikiproject 2a
Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 24 January 2022   |   Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Assignment - Wikiproject 2b
Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Wikiproject 2c
Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 31 January 2022   |   Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Assignment - Wikiproject 2d
Add to an article
Assignment - Wikiproject 2e
Exercise
Assignment - Wikiproject 2f
Exercise

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 7 February 2022   |   Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Assignment - Wikiproject 3a
Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Cultural Anthropology

History

Linguistics

Science Communication

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 14 February 2022   |   Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Assignment - Wikiproject 3b
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 7

Course meetings
Monday, 21 February 2022   |   Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Assignment - Wikiproject 3c
Continue improving 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 8

Course meetings
Monday, 28 February 2022   |   Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Assignment - Wikiproject 3d
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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 14 March 2022   |   Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Assignment - Wikiproject 3e
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 10

Course meetings
Monday, 21 March 2022   |   Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Milestones

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