Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Hollins University/Designing Women (Fall 2018)
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- Course name
- Designing Women
- Institution
- Hollins University
- Instructor
- Maryke Barber
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Architecture
- Course dates
- 2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-06 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 15
Over the course of this semester, we have considered why architecture remains among the most male-dominated of all the professions. Moreover, when women have been able to work as architects, their production has often been overlooked or ignored. This assignment will give students the opportunity to participate directly in the documentation of women’s contributions to the built environment.
Your second paper will consist of two parts. First, you will research the work of a specific woman architect, to be selected from the list of female architects given here:
https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Category:Women_architects
or
https://tinyurl(.)com/yd9rngcn (article stubs for women architects)
You will work to find five additional sources for the architect you chose, to be incorporated into their Wikipedia page. Like architecture, editing Wikipedia is a male-dominated field. This assignment also addresses imbalance by having you learn to edit Wikipedia and add your sources to the article’s reference list.
You will also write a 2000-word essay that will discuss your chosen architect’s more in-depth, and incorporate one of the themes that we have addressed in class.
Timeline
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 15 October 2018
- 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 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 22 October 2018
- Assignment - Choose possible topics
Exercise
For this project, select any of the articles listed in the Category: Women Architects article list.
Once you have your biography selected:
Finalize your topic / start finding your sources
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 29 October 2018
- Assignment - Start collecting your sources
For this assignment, you're being asked to contribute at least 5 sources to your article. These sources must conform to Wikipedia's standards for authoratitive publications. Use this week to collect your sources in your Sandbox, and don't forget you can 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
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 5 November 2018
- In class - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
====== Use the trainings and exercises here to help move your sources into your articles.
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Exercise
- Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 12 November 2018
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 19 November 2018
- Thanksgiving Break - No Class!
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 26 November 2018
- In class - In Class Presentations
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 3 December 2018
- In class - In Class Presentations