Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Ohio Wesleyan University/Reason and Romanticism (Fall 2020)
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- Course name
- Reason and Romanticism
- Institution
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- Instructor
- Stephanie Merkel
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Comparative Literature
- Course dates
- 2020-08-21 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-11-19 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 8
"Reason and Romanticism" (CMLT 350 Honors) is a course devoted to the long 18th century where students can inhabit the drama of Enlightenment thought through digital projects in order to better understand the break in Western consciousness we call "Romanticism." Our approach to studying the cultural age emphasizes participation. In addition to reading major authors and genres, we consider the cross-cultural friendships, artistic collaborations, and political, religious, and cultural affiliations among thinkers, writers, and artists -- the privileged and the powerless. In seminar-format discussions, students explore the relevance of 18th-c. studies for understanding 21st-c. problems, questions, and issues. Students read Sterne, Voltaire, Goethe, and Pushkin, as they actively seek out under-represented participants and forms of participation, such as female virtuosity in the genre of letter writing. Each student will be assigned a female letter writer to research and "inhabit."
This course is supported by a Five Colleges of Ohio Collaborative for Digital Engagement and Experience (CODEX) grant. The instructor teamed up with a university librarian and a digital technologist to attend a week-long institute (July 13-17, 2020) during which "Reason and Romanticism" (CMLT 350 Honors) was reimagined to include a Wikipedia editing component, where students can research and write content for existing articles, while learning about the 18th-c. Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert (https://quod.lib.umich.edu). Final project in the course will aim to cultivate critical engagement with digital technologies and methods for mapping female participation and virtuosity in the genre of letter writing, drawing on student research and experience with the Wiki Education project.
| Student | Assigned | Reviewing |
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| DBabbage913 | ||
| Marie1777 | ||
| Cat1729 | Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova | |
| P.R. Tucker | ||
| Sharon7833 |
Timeline
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 17 September 2020
- In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment
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
- Assignment - Get started on 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.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 22 September 2020 | Thursday, 24 September 2020
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- In class - Discussion
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 29 September 2020 | Thursday, 1 October 2020
- Assignment - Exercise
- In class - Discussion
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 6 October 2020 | Thursday, 8 October 2020
- Assignment - Add to an article
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 13 October 2020 | Thursday, 15 October 2020
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
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
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 20 October 2020 | Thursday, 22 October 2020
- Assignment - Peer review three articles
- In class - Discussion
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 27 October 2020 | Thursday, 29 October 2020
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
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 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 3 November 2020 | Thursday, 5 November 2020
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 10 November 2020 | Thursday, 12 November 2020
- Assignment - Continue improving 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 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 17 November 2020 | Thursday, 19 November 2020
- Assignment - Polish your work
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 15
- Assignment - Final article
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!
- In class - In-class presentation
- Assignment - Reflective essay
Week 16
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.