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Course name
Communication Theory and Frameworks
Institution
Georgetown University
Instructor
Jeanine W Turner
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
communication
Course dates
2018-09-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-11 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


This course provides students with an overview of important theories in communication. The course will examine interpersonal, organizational, mass communication, and mediated theories for explaining the content and form of messages and the role of communicators as individuals, participants, and members of communities. Students will explore how these theories explain various aspects of message production, underlying assumptions supporting these explanations, and the implications of these explanations on how communication is studied.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Mgmaliska
Annnnayu Dramatism
Yvette72 Elaboration Likelihood Model
Qzzzzz Organization Information Theory
Funkayever Hyperpersonal model
T2pitchy Channel Expansion Theory
WMMaddox Muted group theory
Lb1114 Multicommunicating
Vk1993 Relational Dialectics
Philos-o-Shark Symbolic Convergence
Corve1994 Social presence theory
Amsensenbrenner Media ecology theory, Channel expansion theory, Dramatism, Organizational information theory, Muted group theory
Badgaldidi Theory of Reasoned Action

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
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:


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, 11 September 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 October 2018
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
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 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 October 2018
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

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

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 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
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 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
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!


Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 November 2018
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.