Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Central Florida/COM 3402 - Communication Theory (Fall 2022)

My course is all about communication theories. We discuss the ethics of creating theories as well as how to evaluate and test them. We spend the rest of the semester overviewing a handful of theories from various communication fields. My class is somewhat different from a traditional communication theory class because my students are learning about critical, non-Western theories (those written by non-Western authors or those about non-Western populations). These theories are less known and less talked about, but I do not believe that is right which is why it's the emphasis of this class. Before the semester began, I already looked into whether Wikipedia had articles on some of these theories and found that, in most cases, there were not articles about them. That's why I want my students to participate in this program. I want them to contribute to people's knowledge about these theories by using the skills they learn in my class coupled with the skills they'll learn from the Wikipedia program. My plan is to have 8 small groups of students. Each group will choose one of the theories we've talked about in class and write an article based on that theory - providing its background, its tenets, its strengths and limitations, and how the theory is or can be applied to real-world scenarios.

Week 6
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 7
Science Communication

Week 10
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 11
Guiding framework

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

Week 12
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 13
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 14
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!