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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?

Student Assigned Reviewing
LodFod Solana (blockchain platform) Cheating in online games
Shav21 Media monitoring Simple living
Zhuyancijinghuacishu Mathematical anxiety
LLgreenery He Jiankui affair
Shahnib2003! Impostor syndrome
KhaleesiStarkGaryen Simple living Media monitoring
Edfc1902 Media monitoring Simple living
Pavarotticarotte Media monitoring
GGLOL1600 Cheating in online games Solana (blockchain platform)
DawnWinery Peacock Mathematical anxiety
Yuhcool Cheating in online games Solana (blockchain platform)
Living2022 Impostor syndrome He Jiankui affair
Traaaco He Jiankui affair
Meta02 Solana (blockchain platform) Cheating in online games
Jcic Impostor syndrome He Jiankui affair
Egaption Psilocybe cubensis
Gigachadmoney Psilocybe cubensis

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
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
Monday, 14 February 2022
In class -

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 28 February 2022
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 7 March 2022
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 21 March 2022
Assignment - Finalizing your topic and finding sources

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 28 March 2022
Assignment - Exercise

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 4 April 2022
Assignment - Add to an article
In class - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

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
Monday, 11 April 2022
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 18 April 2022
In class - Adding images and media files

Week 11

Course meetings
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
Monday, 2 May 2022
Assignment - Reflective essay
In class - In-class presentation

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 9 May 2022
In class - In-class Presentation

Week 14