Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Alabama/Organizational Communication (Spring 2020)

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Course name
Organizational Communication
Institution
University of Alabama
Instructor
Hannah King
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Course dates
2020-01-13 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-04-24 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
30


This course provides a theoretical perspective by which you may come to better understand the role that organizations play in our everyday lives. Taking the basic premise that communication plays a central role in the organizing process, we will examine diverse ways of understanding the links between communication and organizing, small-group communication, and public communication.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Lmlaux Douglas McGregor Fred Jablin
Lhsimpkins Hawthorne effect
Hjcheater Poole's Multiple Sequence Model
MaddiTM Poole's Multiple Sequence Model
CarterNoecker1
Mlwilloughby Poole's Multiple Sequence Model Douglas McGregor, Fred Jablin
17HugheC Douglas McGregor
Jaicecaver Multiculural Organization
Jhclark3456 Fred Jablin Douglas McGregor, Henri Fayol
Kcfountain Douglas McGregor Social learning theory
Cfreeman444 Organizational assimilation, Fred Jablin Henri Fayol, Reinforcement
Jzhang152 Hawthorne effect
Cskretz Hawthorne effect
Rosslocascio22 Fred Jablin, Karl E. Weick, Organization, Social cognitive theory, Social learning theory, Observational learning, Reinforcement, Henri Fayol Fred Jablin
Spumerriman Douglas McGregor

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
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
Friday, 24 January 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 3

Course meetings
Friday, 31 January 2020
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

Week 4

Course meetings
Friday, 7 February 2020
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise

Week 5

Course meetings
Friday, 14 February 2020
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Cultural Anthropology

Psychology

Sociology

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.


Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


In class - Discussion

Week 6

Course meetings
Friday, 21 February 2020
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 7

Course meetings
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
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
Friday, 13 March 2020
Assignment - Exercise

Week 10

Course meetings
Friday, 27 March 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 11

Course meetings
Friday, 3 April 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 12

Course meetings
Friday, 10 April 2020

Week 13

Course meetings
Friday, 17 April 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 14

Course meetings
Friday, 24 April 2020
Milestones

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