Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Wellesley College/CS 115 Computing for the Socio-Techno Web (Spring 2021)

CS115 is for students who want a broad exposure to the fundamental concepts of computer programming, but also for those that may want to major in Media Arts and Sciences. Students get hands-on programming experience building and manipulating web pages using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Given the almost ubiquitous reach of web-based platforms (Google, Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, Wikipedia, etc.), and the way they have transformed how we communicate, learn, and experience society, the technical topics are explored alongside the implications of this web-based mediation for society. We study the structure of the socio-techno web, and focus on a variety of cyberspace issues such as quality of online information and pollution of the information ecosystem, personal and group privacy in the context of surveillance capitalism, and networked creativity. No prior knowledge of computing is assumed.

This course has multiple learning goals, but one of them is to learn to contribute to Wikipedia:

Information Ecosystem - Become a student fact-checker, and strive to preserve a healthy information ecosystem, by contributing your factual knowledge on various social networks and Wikipedia, as well as combating misinformation.

Students will particularly work on improving the Wikipedia pages of locals news papers.

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

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 2
History

Political Science

Science Communication

Women's Studies

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

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

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.

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!

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!