Wikipedia:Writing Wikipedia Articles course/Round 1/Week 2

Week 2 homework

1. Read How Wikipedia Works (PDF) (2008)

• 4: Understanding and Evaluating an Article
• 6: Good Writing and Research
• 10: The Life Cycle of an Article

1. Read http://wikistrategies.net/conflicts-of-interest/
2. Compile a shortlist of open education articles you might want to work on (see the Communicate OER Content page for ideas). List these on your user page or talk page. This task is critical as it feeds into your main assignment for the course, to be introduced in Week 3.

Week 2 extra credit A (beginners)

Log in to your account, and then choose from one or more of the following:

• Comment on an any article's talk page, in any topic that interests you
• Read the Communicate OER Content page and/or open educational resources article
• Review the above article on the relevant talk page - i.e. is it relevant/thorough? What would you like to change, add or delete?

Week 2 extra credit B (more experienced users)

Log in to your account.

• Read about WikiProjects on Wikipedia. Find one that interests you, and join it! Begin to monitor its talk page on at least a weekly basis; start or participate in at least one discussion there. Communicate OER is ideal for students interested in Open Educational Resources - just add yourself to the team page.)

This page details homework assignments for Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond,
a free course offered through Peer to Peer University's School of Open.