Wikipedia:Writing Wikipedia Articles course/Round 4/Week 5

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Week of 25/26 March 2014 (Class #5)

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Week 5: A deeper dive into Open Educational Resources

This week we will have two guests reflecting on Wikipedia articles, and how they can be improved. We are honored to have with us:

• [[User:Maximilianklein|Maximilian Klein], who recently concluded a term as "Wikipedian in Residence" at OCLC Reserach. Max will discuss an article related to OER, and also some of his work helping OCLC Research work alongside Wikipedia toward common goals.
• Dan Cook is a journalist, wh

Discussion and Q/A will follow our guests' comments. Please bring any questions or ideas prompted by your work on your final project! Please add (and refine) your questions to the Etherpad page, and we will pass them along.

Please note: We expect a lively session, and plan to keep our focus on our guests' presentations this week. If you have questions or ideas about your final project that are not related to OER, this week especially, we recommend that you use our class discussion page and/or the lab session after the first hour; we will not have much time to take general questions before the panel discussion in class this week.

Week 5 Homework

Do:

• This is the last week to work on the final project for this course, as outlined in Week 3. Having either selected an existing Wikipedia article to improve at least one level on the quality scale, OR started a new Wikipedia article (which you will aim to bring to at least "Start" class in quality), you should by now have this well underway. Not so much? No worries. Work on it this week, joining us in the lab if you're stuck. Also bring any questions, concerns, or ideas up on our course talk page! We will be reviewing selected articles in the last class.
• How many edits (changes) have you accumulated on Wikipedia? Check out your user contributions page to find out. By now it should be nearing 200. If not, don't worry -- you're getting there, and you're welcome to apply for the badge after the course's conclusion if you need extra time!
• Enjoy what you're learning? Write a blog post about your experiences working on Wikipedia (or similar: a YouTube video, a series of tweets or Facebook posts, a Storify or Tumblr page…) Use the hashtag #wikisoo (and, if appropriate, #CommOER). Post about it on the course talk page!

Week 5 Extra Credit

Choose from one or more of the following, if you haven't done so already:

Do:

• Seek an assessment of your article. This could be from a WikiProject, through a formal peer review process (WP:GA, WP:FA, WP:PR). It's also a good idea to seek input from classmates, but we do not suggest that class participants assign article quality ranks on one another's articles.
• Participate in a decision on Wikipedia (e.g. a peer review discussion, an article deletion or merge debate, etc.)
• Discuss one or more of Wikipedia's policies with a colleague, student, or friend.
• Help a newbie figure something out (yes, you are ready!)
• Improve the lead section of an article (in addition to your main assignment).
• Perform a Good Article review for another Wikipedian.
• Leave a WikiLove message or a Barn Starfor a fellow Wikipedian.