Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Southern Methodist University/Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Global Perspectives (Spring 2019)

Description

This course provides a cross-cultural and historical comparison of women’s and men’s life experiences in the areas of family, marriage and kinship, economic and political participation, sexuality, reproduction, ritual and religion.

Assignment:

Student will create new page or add significantly to an existing page having to do with gender, sex, and/or sexuality.

Week 1
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

In what ways is information contextual? When is it authoritative?

Week 2
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

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.)

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 3
Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Week 4
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

Cultural Anthropology

LGBT+ Studies

Sociology

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 5
Guiding framework

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

Week 6
Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 7
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
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

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
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
You will need at least four authoritative sources for your bibliography. If our course readings cover information relevant to your Wikipedia Page, please utilize them. However, only one course reading can count toward these four.

Each entry should include:

      The full reference for the source

      A very short summary/main idea (usually 1-2 sentences)

      A short description of why it is authoritative in this context

      How did you use the source in your project? (This should help you as you research/write)

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!

What have you learned about knowledge production on Wikipedia through this assignment? What kind of perspectives or information were missing from the page you worked on (e.g. non-Western perspectives? Information on women’s lives?) What did you learn from the process of editing Wikipedia, especially your online interactions with others?



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