Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Washington/Online Communities (Winter)

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Course name
Online Communities
Institution
University of Washington
Instructor
Kaylea Champion
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Communication
Course dates
2023-01-02 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-03-24 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
40


This course combines an in-depth look into several decades of research into online communities with exercises that aim to give students experience applying this research to the evaluation of, and hands-on participation in, online communities.

As majors of communication in the twenty-first century, I expect that students taking this course will, after graduation, work in jobs that involve communicating, working with, or managing online communities. This class seeks to inform these experiences by helping you learn how to use and contribute to online communities more effectively and how to construct, improve, or design your own online communities.

We are engaging with Wikipedia so that students can learn from the experiencing of joining, engage, contributing effectively to a large, complex, online community. Students will improve existing articles and then reflect on their experience joining the community by suggesting ways that Wikipedia might improve its own processes.

Student Assigned Reviewing
JennaHCesar Intuitive eating Caffeine dependence, Glow & Lovely
Kaia UW Vietnamese iced coffee Coffee in South Korea, Diablo Lake
WanjiaRuan P1Harmony NetEase Cloud Music, Meal kit
DionnaTaylor Olivie Blake Cross processing, Photo-referencing
TayG1201 Meal kit Equity co-investment, Hard seltzer
Ayoung22 Single's Inferno Coffee in South Korea, P1Harmony
Winnie54 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship Intuitive eating, Taoist temple
WikiUser481 Glow & Lovely Meal kit, Intuitive eating
CassieClovis02 Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae Montlake Cut, Key Peninsula
Studentuw123 Equity co-investment Photo-referencing, Meal kit
Josh Hwang Key Peninsula Hard seltzer, Caffeine dependence
Iander2 Nine Spaces Nine Trees Hard seltzer, Blind (SZA song)
MomokoT NetEase Cloud Music P1Harmony, The Great Buddha+
Elasezgin Montlake Cut Glassybaby, Columbia Center
Mhdav9 Camden Snow Bowl Montlake Cut, Glassybaby
Adrifaye Blind (SZA song) Diablo Lake, Affective design
Hallekerickson Glassybaby Blind (SZA song), 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship
JulianaRios11 Cross processing Photo-referencing, Montlake Cut
Mollyanders Hard seltzer LGBT culture in Chengdu, Nine Spaces Nine Trees
Gjoe1973 Diablo Lake Nine Spaces Nine Trees, Key Peninsula
LisaR2018 Women in Namibia Nine Spaces Nine Trees, Yuantouzhu
Nathan Yu 2023 Yuantouzhu LGBT culture in Chengdu, Hou Yaowen
BarrrrbY The Great Buddha+ Coffee in South Korea, Kunming Lake
Peiyu Wan LGBT culture in Chengdu Yuantouzhu, Taoist temple
Jessiej12 Wutong Mountain NetEase Cloud Music, Blind (SZA song)
Emmaemmay Tanghulu Hou Yaowen, Yuantouzhu
Yuweij Kunming Lake Hou Yaowen, Diablo Lake
7ommybo1228 Hou Yaowen Yuantouzhu, LGBT culture in Chengdu
Alesliemir Femicide in Mexico Caffeine dependence, Glassybaby
Brontosh Photo-referencing Equity co-investment, Meal kit
Ivy Zhao 0704 Taoist temple LGBT culture in Chengdu, Kunming Lake
Claptonic Gwangju International Film Festival LGBT culture in Chengdu, P1Harmony
Sean831 Caffeine dependence LGBT culture in Chengdu, La rosa de Guadalupe, Femicide in Mexico
Jinie Ham Coffee in South Korea Meal kit, Single's Inferno
Caroliner6 Affective design 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, Camden Snow Bowl

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 January 2023   |   Thursday, 5 January 2023
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
Tuesday, 10 January 2023   |   Thursday, 12 January 2023
Assignment - Learning about Wikipedia

Evaluate

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 January 2023   |   Thursday, 19 January 2023
Assignment - Compile research and write draft

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

In class - Discussion
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 January 2023   |   Thursday, 26 January 2023
Assignment - Peer review two articles
Milestones

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

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 January 2023   |   Thursday, 2 February 2023
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.
Assignment - 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.

In class - Discussion

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 February 2023   |   Thursday, 9 February 2023
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!

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 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 February 2023   |   Thursday, 16 February 2023
Assignment - Reflection Essay

See the syllabus for details.

Milestones

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