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Course name
Linguistics in the Digital Age
Institution
University of Arizona
Instructor
Amy Fountain
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Linguistics
Course dates
2020-01-15 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-06 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
60


Language is increasingly being produced and interpreted by machines and this fact ripples through humans’ lives in an increasing variety of linguistic interactions. This course asks students to explore the applications of linguistic analysis to the problems posed and opportunities created by the creation and dissemination of language in digital world. Students will learn about corpus-based and machine-learning approaches, including machine translation, to the production and understanding of language, and the ways these may interact to magnify or diminish some problematic properties of public speech, and reveal or conceal its authorship, especially in the digital world. In collaboration with the WikiEducation initiative, students will actively engage in the critical review of Wikipedia resources to assist in the identification and remediation of problematic language.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Chaseschnell
Ziadzibaoui Management information system
BRomero47 Surrealism
Michael T Warren
Andreaworden
KHProNote
Bobaylobor Vector Calculus Deep Blue (chess computer), Surrealism
Ericblomquist3
KeegSmerg
MerleC4
The Tanner B Deep Blue (chess computer) Chewbacca
Shuyushi
CRD6166
Kkorch2019
Ralhinai
Shkiraka
Mohammedabdulhadi13
Cruma1
Trschwab
Kellyd7214
Avarosellini Plant
AlejandroLeyvaa
Swyndyl Hedgehog
Miles guerrero
Noaheco
Johnfavero
Alejandro AU The Cars
SeanKearns2001 National Football League Hedgehog
Curtiswolfe
Hongsheng Yin College football
Tinanguyen520
UOFAJulian
Jakeprouhet
Juliashawnyc
Taylorkchurch
SouTach
SerajAhaji
RizzoWiki100
Jbaker5
Noahjee
Pberman
KB-3yp
WikiZJB
Rramirezjr
JazzerJazzie Hedgehog
JasonTParker
Noahjee777 Air Jordan, Siberian tiger, Binturong

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 15 January 2020   |   Friday, 17 January 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:


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 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 22 January 2020   |   Friday, 24 January 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 27 January 2020   |   Wednesday, 29 January 2020   |   Friday, 31 January 2020
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 3 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 5 February 2020   |   Friday, 7 February 2020
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 10 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 12 February 2020   |   Friday, 14 February 2020
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Linguistics

Science Communication

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 17 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 19 February 2020   |   Friday, 21 February 2020
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 24 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 26 February 2020   |   Friday, 28 February 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 8

Course meetings
Monday, 2 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 4 March 2020   |   Friday, 6 March 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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 16 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 18 March 2020   |   Friday, 20 March 2020
Assignment - Continue improving your article

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 10

Course meetings
Monday, 23 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 25 March 2020
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!

Week 11

Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.