Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Wiki-Project Management (Jonathan Obar)/Course description
Course description
[edit]MSU's TISM department has been working with the Wikimedia Foundation to develop a brand new course called Wiki-Project Management. This course is a pilot project and will be the first in the world to introduce students to the process of becoming Wikipedia administrators. Students will learn general Project Management skills and apply them to the social media realm, with the main emphasis being the study of the Wikipedia social network. The course in many ways will be a "Wikipedia internship" in which students will connect directly with members of the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikipedia online community to learn how Wikipedia operates from the perspective of an administrator. The course provides a tremendous opportunity to work with one of the most popular social media organizations in the world, without having to leave East Lansing.
