Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Minnesota/Technology and Ethics in Society (Spring 2019)

Technology is arguably the most influential force in contemporary society, affecting virtually every realm of human existence. It is commonplace in homes. It has transformed work and communities. It has made the world smaller through advances in communication and enabled new ways to interact with others – think of email, social media and video chat. Despite the fact that it is so central to our lives, we often take technology for granted. Technology as a broad subject is often thought of only as “computers,” ignoring medical devices, vehicles, or design methods - and we seldom have an opportunity to reflect upon these influences in our lives. In this course, you’ll be invited to examine technology through an ethical lens, find areas of interest you can further explore in your professional career, and also in your studies at the University of Minnesota. It is designed to help you understand the readings and concepts through reflective writing. You’ll be writing and revising your work, based on feedback from your instructor and your peers, on a consistent basis throughout the semester. As a writing intensive course, you’ll have the opportunity to practice different writing styles and writing for different audiences.

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.)

Week 3
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Exercise
Add a citation

Copyedit an article

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Week 6
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

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

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 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
Guiding questions

Week 14
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia: you are now ready to share it with the world :)