Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Duke University/Lin 206 CulAnth 206 (Spring 2020)
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- Course name
- Lin 206 CulAnth 206
- Institution
- Duke University
- Instructor
- Gail Clements
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Linguistics
- Course dates
- 2020-01-09 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-04-22 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 15
Lin 206 investigates English language variation from a socio-linguistic perspective. Social, regional, ethnic, gender, and stylistic-related language variation, along with models for describing and applying knowledge about language variation. Language variation focuses on varieties of global Englishes, particular varieties will include: American (including Gullah, Hawai'ian Creole, New England varieties, Southern varieties, and Western varieties), Australian, Canadian, British, Filipino, and Indian.
Timeline
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 4 March 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:
- 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.
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- In class - Discussion
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 16 March 2020 | Wednesday, 18 March 2020
- Assignment - Choose possible topics
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 23 March 2020 | Wednesday, 25 March 2020
- Assignment - Revise a page (research content, examples, audio clips, proper citations)
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 March 2020 | Wednesday, 1 April 2020
- Assignment - Final revisions due April 1
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.