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This special topics course offers an interdisciplinary approach to investigating our built environment using a case study focused on a specific place each semester. This course combines physical examination with information research and data collection using methodologies developed in multiple disciplines. Students from a variety of departments engage in on-site exploration and in-depth research of a location in New York City.
9/30/2015: Orientation to WikiEdu course page and Wikipedia account creation
Please read the following 3 articles and write one 100-word blog post reflecting on the readings and addressing these questions:
Can the "completely chaotic model" of Wikipedia content development be sustained in the future? Why or why not? What would help it to survive?
Wikipedia readings: Can Wikipedia Survive? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/opinion/can-wikipedia-survive.html Who Killed Wikipedia? http://www.psmag.com/books-and-culture/killed-wikipedia-93777 Jimmy Wales TED Talk Why does Wikipedia Work? http://www.npr.org/2013/10/04/191625835/why-does-wikipedia-work
Due by the beginning of class on Monday, October 5. See the blogging guidelines on the OpenLab site for blogging guidance.
For Monday, please post your responses to this prompt: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/leonardmontgomerylib2205arch2205fa2015/2015/11/11/blogging-assignment-for-monday-1116/.
Handout: Editing Wikipedia
Handouts: Using Talk Pages, Evaluating Wikipedia
Resources: Online Training for Students
All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
Handouts: Choosing an article
Handouts: Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.
Handout: Moving out of your Sandbox
Resources: Illustrating Wikipedia and Evaluating Wikipedia
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Handout: Polishing your article
Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.
This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contactwikiedu.org |
This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
This special topics course offers an interdisciplinary approach to investigating our built environment using a case study focused on a specific place each semester. This course combines physical examination with information research and data collection using methodologies developed in multiple disciplines. Students from a variety of departments engage in on-site exploration and in-depth research of a location in New York City.
9/30/2015: Orientation to WikiEdu course page and Wikipedia account creation
Please read the following 3 articles and write one 100-word blog post reflecting on the readings and addressing these questions:
Can the "completely chaotic model" of Wikipedia content development be sustained in the future? Why or why not? What would help it to survive?
Wikipedia readings: Can Wikipedia Survive? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/opinion/can-wikipedia-survive.html Who Killed Wikipedia? http://www.psmag.com/books-and-culture/killed-wikipedia-93777 Jimmy Wales TED Talk Why does Wikipedia Work? http://www.npr.org/2013/10/04/191625835/why-does-wikipedia-work
Due by the beginning of class on Monday, October 5. See the blogging guidelines on the OpenLab site for blogging guidance.
For Monday, please post your responses to this prompt: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/leonardmontgomerylib2205arch2205fa2015/2015/11/11/blogging-assignment-for-monday-1116/.
Handout: Editing Wikipedia
Handouts: Using Talk Pages, Evaluating Wikipedia
Resources: Online Training for Students
All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
Handouts: Choosing an article
Handouts: Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.
Handout: Moving out of your Sandbox
Resources: Illustrating Wikipedia and Evaluating Wikipedia
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Handout: Polishing your article
Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.