Wikipedia:The NTUST AFL Wikipedia Education Program

Education Program with the Department of Applied Foreign Languages, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology


 * Course Title: Multiliteracies: Problem-based English Reading and Writing (I)&(II)
 * Time: Fall 2022 (9/7-12/28/2022), Spring 2023(2/20-6/21/2023), Fall 2023 (9/4-12/20/2023), Spring 2024 (2/21-6/5/24)
 * Place: Department of Applied Foreign Languages, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
 * Co-organizer: Wikimedia Taiwan
 * Instructor: Yen-Ting Megan Lin
 * Teaching assistant: Cindy Lin (Fall 2022), Wen-Ren Bill Lin (Spring 2023, 2024), Pei-Chen Jessie Chen (Fall 2023), U Tong Cindy Shi (Spring 2024)

Course Objectives
This PBL course is designed to equip ESL/EFL learners with crucial media and information literacy skills that are essential for 21st-century education. Given that Wikipedia functions as a free and accessible platform, it offers an excellent opportunity to foster these abilities on a global scale. This course, developed in collaboration with Wikimedia Taiwan, stands as the inaugural co-designed module. It aims to train upcoming Wikipedia editors, covering subjects like the platform's fundamental principles and editing guidelines, the assessment and evaluation of information, and the process of knowledge creation. Through lectures, discussions, workshops, collaborative documentation, and mini edit-a-thons, students will be guided in their transition from being mere readers to becoming writers and editors. This process will involve the identification of challenges and the exploration of potential solutions. Experienced editors will provide valuable feedback and commentary on student documentation projects. This guidance will assist students in shaping their multiliteracies experiences and skills within an authentic context.

This problem-based learning course intends to cultivate ESL/EFL learners' media and information literacies using Wikipedia in a documentation initiative for female artists. Students will learn to:
 * Address the gender disparities in both Wikipedia's content and its pool of editors
 * Get familiar with Wikipedia's culture and editing guidelines
 * Initiate multiliteracies projects as English as a Second/Foreign Language learners
 * Access and evaluate credible sources in the production process of the Wikipedia articles
 * Compose and present information through collaborative efforts
 * Enhance their problem-solving and decision-making skills

Outcomes
This part subsumes the outcomes of the students' semester projects.

Fall 2022

 * Chen, Shu-fang
 * Zhang Yingtai
 * Draft: Maniniwei
 * Yan Ai-Lin
 * Gingle Wang

Spring 2023

 * Draft:Yuma Taru
 * Hsieh Hsin-Ying
 * Chen Yu
 * Chen Wen-min
 * Lin Mei-Hsiu
 * Christine Ay Tjoe
 * Li Kotomi

Fall 2023

 * Draft: Lai Tsui-Shuang
 * Lien Pao-Tsai
 * Chen Hui-Chiao
 * Draft: Tang Huang-Chen
 * Draft: Dou Yi-Jen
 * Nguyễn Kim Hồng
 * Draft: Su Wen-Chi

Spring 2024

 * Lin Pey-Chwen
 * https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Joyce_Ho
 * Eleng Luluan
 * Draft: Hou Shur-Tzy
 * Draft: Chang Hwei Lan
 * Draft: Labay Eyoung

Course Schedule
The following schedule is tentative and the instructor will adjust the syllabus every semester.


 * Week 1
 * Time:9/7
 * Topic:
 * 1) Course Introduction and Policy
 * 2) *English Reading and Writing on Wikipedia
 * 3) *Project introduction: Wiki, We Keep!
 * 4) Concepts of Multiliteracies
 * 5) How to build experience in a Multiliteracies project
 * Week 2
 * Time:9/14
 * Topic:
 * Guest speaker Reke Wang from Wikimedia Taiwan
 * Week 3
 * Time:9/21
 * Topic:
 * 1) How to conceptualize old/new knowledge in a Multiliteracies project
 * 2) How to build a page/an event on Wikipedia
 * 3) Structure of a biographical writing on Wikipedia
 * 4) Term project: Wiki, We Keep!
 * Week 4
 * Time:9/28
 * Topic:
 * 1) Topic Reading I
 * 2) Key Edit Concepts
 * 3) Issues on Wikipedia
 * Week 5
 * Time:10/5
 * Topic:
 * 1) Topic Reading II
 * 2) Elements of objective writing
 * 3) Multimedia on Wikipedia
 * Week 6
 * Time:10/12
 * Topic:
 * 1) How to Perform Analysis in the Multiliteracies Project
 * 2) Topic Reading III
 * 3) Outlines for your group project
 * Week 7
 * Time:10/19
 * Topic:
 * 1) *Concepts and illustrations
 * 2) *Multimedia Copyright
 * Week 8
 * Time:10/26
 * Topic:
 * Show and tell your"“Wiki, We Keep"” proposal
 * Week 9
 * Time:11/2
 * Topic:
 * Group conferencing on project proposal
 * Week 10
 * Time:11/9
 * Topic:
 * 1) General comments and suggestions on group articles
 * 2) Collaborative writing process
 * Week 11
 * Time:11/16
 * Topic:
 * 1) How to apply the old and new knowledge in a Multiliteracies project
 * 2) Page Introduction
 * Week 12
 * Time:11/23
 * Topic:
 * 1) Peer review on Introduction
 * 2) Group conferencing on Introduction
 * Week 13
 * Time:11/30
 * Topic:
 * Edit-a-thon with international editors from Wikipedia Foundation
 * Week 14
 * Time:12/7
 * Topic:
 * 1) Revisions based on comments and suggestions
 * 2) Final presentation: formats and outlines
 * Week 15
 * Time:12/14
 * Topic:
 * 1) How to finalize your Project package
 * 2) How to maintain your page
 * Week 16
 * Time:12/21
 * Topic:
 * Wikipedia Page Launch Party
 * Week 17
 * Time:12/28
 * Topic:
 * Supplemental Materials
 * Week 18
 * Time:1/4
 * Topic:
 * Supplemental Materials

Awards and Honors

 * Spring 2024   Teaching assistant Wen-Ren Bill Lin received 2024 Wikimania Scholarship from Wikimedia Taiwan
 * Spring 2023   Innovative Teaching Strategies and Materials Development (PBL Teaching), National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Publications

 * Lin, Y. -T. (2024). Collaborative Reading and Writing on English Wikipedia as New Fashion for Gen Z: A Case Study in Taiwan. Wiki Workshop 2024. Online. [extended abstract]
 * Lin, Y. -T. (2024). Advancing ESL/EFL Multiliteracies through Wikipedia: An Innovative University-Community Education Program in Taiwan. Paper accepted at the 21st AILA World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


 * Fall 2022-Spring 2023 Instructor's reflection: [Chinese version]