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Course name
Feminist research methods
Institution
Hunter College, CUNY
Instructor
Erin Siodmak
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Women and Gender Studies
Course dates
2019-08-26 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-20 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


This course will cover critical and feminist approaches to research and epistemology. We will begin by asking what makes research feminist and ethical (or not), how to apply theoretical concerns to field research, and what a feminist citation practice is. And scholars of Women and Gender Studies, students have much to offer Wikipedia, both by filling information gaps and by engaging in debates about what makes something a NPOV. Students will also gain experience doing literature reviews, understanding plagiarism, conducting collaborative work, and creating new media content.

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 August 2019   |   Thursday, 29 August 2019
Assignment - 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.)


Assignment - Wikipedia assignment blog

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 September 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Assignment - Blog post

After completing the plagiarism exercise, what have you learned? How will you avoid plagiarism on Wikipedia? How might you recognize plagiarism if you come across it?

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 September 2019   |   Thursday, 12 September 2019
Assignment - Exercise

What's a content gap?

Assignment - Blog post

What articles did you find? Post links to five different articles you would like to contribute to or create. Explain why for each article. What's missing? How could it be improved? What can you bring to the entry?

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 September 2019   |   Thursday, 19 September 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Assignment - Exercise

Copyedit an article

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 September 2019   |   Thursday, 26 September 2019
Assignment - 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


Assignment - Everyone has started writing

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Thursday, 3 October 2019
Assignment - Exercise

Thinking about Wikipedia

Assignment - Continue writing

Week 7

Course meetings
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review three articles

Guiding framework

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 October 2019   |   Thursday, 17 October 2019
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.
Milestones

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


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
Tuesday, 22 October 2019   |   Thursday, 24 October 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. You can continue working in your Sandbox to create any additional content, or you can work live.

Consider media you can create or seek out that could improve your articles (or any others you were interested in).


Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 October 2019   |   Thursday, 31 October 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!


Assignment - Blog post

Post at least three ideas for original media content or of things you have found that could be added to Wikipedia. Include any reservations you have re: licensing or public domain.

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 November 2019   |   Thursday, 7 November 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
Tuesday, 12 November 2019   |   Thursday, 14 November 2019
Assignment - New media contributions

Add your images, tables, etc to Wikipedia.


Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Milestones

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