Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Georgetown University/Communication Technology and Organizations (Spring)

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Course name
Communication Technology and Organizations
Institution
Georgetown University
Instructor
Jeanine W Turner
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
organizational communication/technology
Course dates
2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-06 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


We cover organizational use of communication technologies both internally and externally. This year, I want the students to experience the challenge of working in a virtual organization.

Student Assigned Reviewing
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Sharkafter17
Raimes59
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Josephine Dong

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 January 2019
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

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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 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 January 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Science Communication

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 February 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