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Project Schedule
Week 6 (1): Sep 27–Oct 3
- Introduce concept of collaborative research and Wikipedia environment
- Set up groups
- Article quality
- Browsing articles, history, and talk pages
- Rhetorical interactions, community discussions
- Wikipedia essentials for participation—the Five Pillars
- Resources: The "Rules"; Notability
- Assignment: Read this week’s resources
Week 7 (2): Oct 4–10
Week 8 (3): Oct 11–25
- Develop topic, explore content
- Select topic proposal for review by Online Ambassador
- Assignment: Pathfinders coordinate topic revision with OA; divide responsibilities within groups
Week 10 (4): Oct 25–29
- Finalize topic and group responsibilities
- Ongoing work on research and article development
- Pathfinders post overview of article intentions in Talk pages (where applicable)
- Assignment: Begin to draft articles in sandboxes (each group will decide details)
Week 11 (5): Oct 30–Nov 5
- Draft articles must be ready in sandboxes by end of class Oct 30
- Pathfinders request additional comments from OA
Week 12 (6): Nov 6–8
- Checking and verification of references and proper use of source language (plagiarism avoidance)
- Move article to Wikipedia as ready (with help from OA if needed)
- Reflective memo due to instructor by Nov 11, 10:00 pm
Weeks 13 on
- All groups monitor status of articles--answer questions, explain articles on talk pages if necessary
- Follow up article status; apply to “Featured article” or “Did you know?” if appropriate; help may be requested from OAs
Assignment Overview
Ball State University
Department of English
Fall 2012
ENG 213: Introduction to Digital Literacy
Webster Newbold, Instructor
213F12 Collaborative Research Project: Working with Wikipedia
Main assignment focus:
Research through collaborative production on the Web (tie-in with Shirky's discussion of the social Web and Wikipedia)
Points: 250 out of 1000
Overview:
The Social Web is possibly the most significant development of the 21st century thus far. As a part of this movement, Wikipedia is unique in uniting people in a voluntary project for the improvement of human knowledge. This assignment encourages you to become an intentional and productive member of this global enterprise.
Since much 21st century work is collaborative, and digital literacy includes being able to leverage digital tools for “collaborative production,” this will be a group project.
Guidelines:
Collaboratively identify a topic of your choosing for a group contribution to Wikipedia. It can be over any topic, but it must conform to Wikipedia guidelines and all members of the group need to agree to work on this topic. This is CRUCIAL to the success of your project! Please clear the topic with me before you start.
Using Web or print resources (including Bracken Library databases and card cat), identify and actively use at least 2 sources contributed by each member; these should ultimately appear in the References section of the article. (Or, if the group is dividing up jobs, there should be at least twice as many sources as there are people in the group.)
Evaluation:
Project will be evaluated in three parts
- The article itself 100 points
- A reflective memo 100 points
- Peer evaluation 50 points
The Article
The article itself will be judged on Wikipedia standards, normal research standards, and style. Especially important will be:
- Notability
- Objectivity
- Number and use of reliable sources
- Timely completion
The Reflective Memo
Points will be earned according to how fully and thoughtfully, and with how much detail, you answer these questions:
- What you did within the project—the part of the topic you worked with and contributed most to. Discuss your specific contributions and give examples.
- Talk about your work with the topic and sources: How did your group arrive at an article topic and how did it work out? Did you personally find useful, quality information? What types of sources did you work with? What gives you confidence that your contribution has a reliable foundation?
- What was the quality of the collaborative work within your group? did the group function well to pool knowledge and resources? Did everyone contribute? Did you pull your weight? What could have made it better?
- Did you connect productively with folks outside your group (other WP contributors, WP staff, the Online Ambassador)? If there were problems, how could they have been avoided?
- What you learned about this social media environment. Show that you understand Shirky’s concept of collaborative production and compare it with your experience in Wikipedia.
- Will your own use of or involvement with Wikipedia change in the future?
Length:
At least 500 words; normally, memos that receive highest credit are 600 words or more
Peer Evaluation: Each person will evaluate others in his/her group
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