Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/New York University/CAS First-Year Seminar (Spring 2022)
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- Course name
- CAS First-Year Seminar
- Institution
- New York University
- Instructor
- David Cregar
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Research, Rhetoric, and Composition
- Course dates
- 2022-01-25 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-05-14 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 19
Through hands-on work writing and editing in Wikipedia, students will investigate key issues in research methods: identifying gaps in existing knowledge, locating and accessing public records and archival materials, and the assessing and attributing of sources. Students will also engage key issues in rhetoric and composition, considering genre, audience, style, structure and organization and more.
The class will also turn to more theory-based work to help consider questions about how knowledge is constructed, in Wikipedia and other sites of information. Who has access to information? How is access to information controlled or “disciplined”? What perspectives are overrepresented or underrepresented in the texts (written, visual, audible) we encounter and engage with? How does a particular knowledge source shape or influence public knowledge or culture?
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 7 February 2022
- 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 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 14 February 2022
- In class -
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 28 February 2022
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 7 March 2022
- Assignment - Choose possible topics
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 21 March 2022
- Assignment - Finalizing your topic and finding sources
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 28 March 2022
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 4 April 2022
- Assignment - Add to an article
- In class - Peer review two articles
- In class - 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 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 11 April 2022
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 18 April 2022
- In class - Adding images and media files
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 25 April 2022
- 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
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- Monday, 2 May 2022
- Assignment - Reflective essay
- In class - In-class presentation
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 9 May 2022
- In class - In-class Presentation