Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Courses/Wikipedia and Public Policy fall 2010

COURSE LEADERBOARD

Rank	Username	Characters added	Active days
1	SoAuthentic	73100	48
2	Kcahlber	41520	18
3	Gsrogers	40530	29
4	Clairestum	37484	15
5	Hathornt	29076	19
6	Legin-gross-drawkcab	16876	7

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Course description

Wikipedia and Public Policy is a course offered through the Undergraduate Public Affairs program at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Students will explore Public Policy issues and how Wikipedia can be used as a tool and resource. In addition, students will research the history and economic impact of Wikipedia and social media while understanding how Wikipedia has changed how we learn, work, and communicate. Students will also refine their presentation, collaboration, and research skills.

Assignment overview

Students will write three short papers accompanied by a 5-minute powerpoint presentation. In addition, students will collaboratively work on a public policy Wikipedia article as their final project.

Assignment Timeline

Assignment	Task	Due Date	Requirements	Points
#1	Research the history of social media Write a two-page paper on public policy issues surrounding electronic privacy rights Prepare a five-minute presentation of your paper using Power Point Propose a public policy issue that you will work on during the semester	September 17	Paper must have a minimum of three sources Follow writing guidelines in this syllabus Create a stub	5
#2	Conduct research on the economics of social media. Put your stub on your sandbox by Tuesday at 11PM Contribute to Electronic Privacy Rights Sandbox	October 1	Follow writing guidelines Use Wiki footnotes style and reference (see WP:CITE)	10
#3	Find an article on a similar topic. Send your TA a link to the discussion page by Tuesday at 11:59 p.m.	October 5	Click on the “View History” tab to see who contributed to that article. Go to their Discussion page and leave a request to review your article. Link your article to other article(s) where you’re topic is mentioned.
#4	Conduct a Wikipedia search of existing public policy topics and identify information that is inaccurate, not cited correctly or missing. Paper Presentation	October 29	Submit a minimum of three findings	10
#5	Final project will consist of a topic that must be agreed upon through class consensus. Students can determine how to divide the workload	December 10	Number of sources will be dependent upon number of students involved.	25
#6	Participation		Class Involvement	10
#7	Individual Wiki Submittals		Grade will be based on quality of research and writing	40

Schedule

Date	Activities	Date	Activities
September 3	Class Objectives (Project Page) TAs and Campus Ambassador Five Pillars (Zionist article) History of social media and Wikipedia What Wikipedia is and is Not User Accounts/sandbox/basic editing/stubs/proposals/Wiki support Assessment system/Anatomy of an Article	October 8	SU Wiki Research/writing updates Additional proposed policy topics Wikipedia community players Onondaga County Wiki
September 10	No Class	October 15	Panel: Why Wiki? Formatting and Images
September 17	Discussion of Anatomy of an Article and moving forward Wiki Culture Presentations of Electronic Privacy Rights Stub Presentations (Helpful Wikipedians) Annie/Sage (Skype)	October 22	Policy research updates Instant feedback Rollout to Wiki Community Playing nice Engaging the Community Watch List Project pages
September 24	Intellectual Property Economics of Social Media Peer review Select an online mentor	October 29	Wiki Community Response Discussion Continuation or start of new policy topic
October 1	Writing the Wiki Way: Granularity/Contributions Neutral Point of View and Verifiability	November 5	TBA

Staff

• Teaching Assistant - KellyBCuse (talk · contribs)
• Teaching Assistant - bonkong (talk · contribs)
• Teaching Assistant and Wikipedia Campus Ambassador - AMDomG (talk · contribs)
• Wikipedia Campus Ambassador - Gabrielm199 (talk · contribs)
• Instructor - Carol Dwyer

Students

Here is a list of the students enrolled in our class this semester. Beside each student's name is the article/article's they are currently working on. Our students are always seeking reviews and assessment of their articles in effort to reach higher classes, so please take a look at the pages and leave feedback.

• Kcahlber (talk · contribs) Alaska Ballot Measure 2 (1998), Homeland Security Grant Program
• SoAuthentic (talk · contribs) Cyber ShockWave, Homeland Security Act, Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict
• clairestum (talk · contribs) Food Quality Protection Act, California Voting Rights Act
• Legin-gross-drawkcab (talk · contribs) Patent and copyright protection of fonts, Drug Policy Alliance
• Gsrogers (talk · contribs) Fair_Sentencing_Act, Reorganization Plan No. 3
• Hathornt (talk · contribs) Geosocial Networking, Wine shipping laws in the United States, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Netscape Communications Corp.

Note: Students, please alert one of these Online Ambassadors if you are ready for a review of your article and have not gotten a review yet. -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:33, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Class Sites

• Onondaga Policy Wiki
• SU How To Wiki
• Electronic Privacy Rights Sandbox