Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Brown University/American Publics (Fall 2019)
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- Course name
- American Publics
- Institution
- Brown University
- Instructor
- Susan Smulyan
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Junior Seminar
- Course dates
- 2019-09-10 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-20 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 20
Americans worry about the quality of their civic life and fear its decline. We examine the public sphere's historical, cultural, and political dimensions as well as challenges to the boundaries of American public life. Who is a citizen and thus eligible to participate? What is the role of the University within the public sphere and how can we teach about that subject? The course pays particular attention to concerns about the impact of new media – print, broadcasting, digital – and to a new field of study, Public Humanities. Assignments will take students on-line, into the community, and through Brown’s curriculum to think about social, cultural and political publics.
Timeline
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 September 2019
- 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- 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.
- In class - Discussion
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 7 October 2019
- Assignment - Exercise
- In class - Discussion
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 21 October 2019
- 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
- Assignment - Exercise
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
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.
- 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!
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 28 October 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!
- Assignment - Reflective essay
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.