Wikipedia:Class: Instructional Psychology and Technology 692R, Brigham and Young University, spring 2016

User:Peteforsyth/OER research Wikidojo article

https://plus.google.com/events/c1abr7hnbqio8292ia0ta7fr934

Homework for students
To read/watch:
 * 15 minute video. Cathy Casserly on the importance of Wikipedia from an OER perspective.
 * "Tying it all together" blog post about the role a Wikipedia article can play in synthesizing and scaffolding information
 * "Read between the lines" blog post about the major software features of Wikipedia.
 * 9 minute video to learn about the "View History" screen.

To do:
 * '''Create a Wikipedia account
 * Say hello to the class! Leave a note on this page's talk page. Click that link, find the "Edit" button (or the "New section" button), add a note, and click "save page." Don't worry, there is nothing you can screw up here -- nobody outside our class will notice this page!
 * Create a basic Wikipedia user page. This need not be more than a couple of sentences. Say something about who you are and what you’re interested in, for other Wikipedia editors to see when they notice your edits. If you see any warning messages here, ignore them! There is some overly-aggressive messaging aimed mainly at spammers; don't let it stop you. Instructional video
 * Take some notes for yourself about what you think a Wikipedia reader might want to know about OER research.
 * Review the OER research you have studied thus far in the class, and take some notes for yourself about how you might weave it into a general article about OER research. Collect any links to the research itself, so you have them handy during class.
 * Find one or two Wikipedia articles (anything you're interested in -- a baseball player, a local park or attraction you enjoy, etc.) and find something you can improve. Fix a typo, make a sentence more readable, split up a long and cumbersome paragraph. Give it a try! Don't worry, you can't break anything. Your edit might get reverted, or you might get a note of encouragement or criticism; we'll explore whatever reactions you get later.
 * Explore the article, with the techniques from the "Read between the lines" blog post above. Can you learn anything interesting about how the article came to be? When was it started? Have there been any arguments about it? Is it mostly written by one person, or many?

In class

 * We will write an article together, Open educational resources research. We will follow the process called Wikidojo. Each student should be ready to spend about 5 minutes working on our shared article during the class. This is an experiment -- we will do the best we can, and learn something together from the process!

Questions?

 * Contact Pete Forsyth. You can leave me a (public) note on my Wikipedia talk page, or email me via this contact form.