Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Nazareth College/TAS 223 DisInformation (Spring)

In this introductory course, students will examine and critique how information, misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation proliferate through online social technologies, like websites, social media, and private messaging apps.

We will explore the information, problem-solving, and decision-making models used by machines and how they help construct or distort “reality”. We will analyze how to identify and leverage facts, authoritative information, and expertise to help counter conspiracy theories perpetuated by everyday technologies (think: search engines) and advanced technologies (think: deep fakes).

In the Wikipedia co-editing project (30% of final grade), students will work in small teams to identify, research, and edit an existing article to incorporate missing information on how discrimination, exclusion, injustice, and bias are exacerbated by sociotechnical systems. Student teams will collectively focus on one aspect of technically mediated disinformation, such as memes, deep fakes, search engines, automated content moderation algorithms, etc.

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.

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 4
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 6
LGBT+ Studies

Science Communication

Sociology

Women's Studies

Week 7
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8
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

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 9
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.

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 10
Guiding framework

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

Week 11
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.

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!

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