Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of California, Berkeley/Social Movements and Social Media (Spring 2019)
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- Course name
- Social Movements and Social Media
- Institution
- University of California, Berkeley
- Instructor
- David Harris
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Undergraduate Business Administration
- Course dates
- 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-01 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 48
Social Movements and Social Media provides a critical survey of innovative social movements and their complex relationships to social media technologies. Spanning a wide variety of movements, the course will examine the evolution from pre-social-media to present-day mobilizing strategies and the interplay between explicitly policy- and advocacy-focused approaches and related efforts rooted in music, visual arts, popular culture, and celebrities. The course will place into comparative relief the discourses of explicitly racially- or ethnically-defined movements and movements that mobilize based on other, sometimes overlapping categories of analysis including class, immigration status, gender identity, disability, and occupational category. From the Freedom Movements of the 1960’s to the modern-day Tea Party mobilization, the course will consider the organizational structures and cultural context of change, from church pews to hashtag activism and clicktivism.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 30 January 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.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 6 February 2019
- In class - Discussion
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 20 February 2019
- In class - Discussion
- Assignment - Exercise
- Copyedit an article
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 27 February 2019
- Assignment - Exercise
- Finalize your topic/Find your sources
- Assignment - Illustrate Wikipedia
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 6 March 2019
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 13 March 2019
- In class - Discussion
- Assignment - Peer review three articles
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 20 March 2019
- 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.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 3 April 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 - Optional Exercise
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 10 April 2019
- 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.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 17 April 2019
- 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 13
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 24 April 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!
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 1 May 2019
- Assignment - Reflective essay
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.