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Course name
Politics of the Internet
Institution
University of San Francisco
Instructor
Elisabeth Jay Friedman
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Political Science
Course dates
2020-01-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-06 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
17


This class focuses on the complex relationships between the digital and the political. It begins with an exploration of analytic groundwork for understanding the internet: conceptual, historical, and social-structural. It then moves on to three critical arenas: governance of the internet; internet intervention in political governance: and the dynamics of digitally mediated social movements.

Our Wikipedia assignment is to create course-relevant articles.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Dns2018 Youth Activism Internet Militarization
Gracie15 Online Gender Based Violence Alclear
2k415 Youth activism Alclear
Rbf2019 Alclear, AlClear Youth Activism
AcademicAlien Internet Militarization Youth Activism
Runddm Alclear
Fit21 Online Gender Based Violence Internet Militarization
NoMamesFoo Internet Militarization Online Gender Based Violence
Klementine2000 Online Gender Based Violence Youth Activism, Youth activism
Bais20 Youth Activism Online Gender Based Violence
Lkd36 Alclear Online Gender Based Violence
KellyJoB445 Internet Militarization Alclear
IssacLovesNews Alclear Internet Militarization

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 3 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 5 February 2020   |   Friday, 7 February 2020
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:


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
Monday, 10 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 12 February 2020   |   Friday, 14 February 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 17 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 19 February 2020   |   Friday, 21 February 2020
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

Week 5

Course meetings
Friday, 28 February 2020
Assignment - Add to an article

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 16 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 18 March 2020   |   Friday, 20 March 2020
Assignment - Exercise
we'll choose topics in class today; biblio due Monday 3/16

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 23 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 25 March 2020   |   Friday, 27 March 2020
In class - Thinking about Wikipedia
Assignment - Bibliography Peer Review & Writing Planning

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Political Science

Milestones

Article groups should divide up their major tasks.

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 30 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 1 April 2020   |   Friday, 3 April 2020

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 6 April 2020   |   Wednesday, 8 April 2020   |   Friday, 10 April 2020
Assignment - Article Draft Due in Sandbox

A complete draft should be in your sandbox by the end of class today!

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 13 April 2020   |   Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 20 April 2020   |   Wednesday, 22 April 2020   |   Friday, 24 April 2020
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 - 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 - 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.


Assignment - Exercise

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 27 April 2020   |   Wednesday, 29 April 2020   |   Friday, 1 May 2020
Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and address any feedback after your article went live.


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!
Milestones

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

Week 13

Assignment - Reflective Essay
due on Canvas

Week 14

Assignment - Final Presentation

Youth Activism and AlClear will present on Monday; Internet Militarization and Online Gender Based Violence, on Wednesday.