Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Longwood University/Gender, Representation, and Culture (Spring 2022)

The course will introduce students to the interdisciplinary field of women, gender, and sexuality (WGSS) studies through a detailed exploration of cultural representations of gender. One of the primary objectives of the course is to instigate and develop independent, critical thinking about issues of gender and social action around gender inequity. To understand how gender works, we will study a series of written and visual texts that demonstrate the breadth and depth of gender issues in representation. But we will also examine how artists across genres create depictions of gender through formal and aesthetic strategies.

One such way to do this is to examine the disparities in representation on Wikipedia and engage in critical thinking, digital literacy, and research to become social change agents and reduce the information gap.

Week 2
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.

For this course, you are going to specifically be contributing to Biographies of figures with women, gender, and sexuality backgrounds. Instructor approval of these figures are required, and students may not do any of the ten figures we discuss in class.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating 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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3
For this activity, get started by examining the Wikipedia page of our first WGST figure: Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This will help you get a jumpstart on next week's course materials, too.

Week 4
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

With your partner, identify who you would like to work on during the class Wiki Project.

Week 6
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Biographies

Books

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Psychology

Sociology

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7
Guiding framework

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

Week 8
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 9
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 10
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 11
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 12
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 13
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.

Week 14
This week, you should be preparing a short 3-5 minute presentation for the class next week.

Week 15
This week in class, you are presenting on your work and contributions.