Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Texas at Arlington/Pragmatics (Spring 2020)
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- Course name
- Pragmatics
- Institution
- University of Texas at Arlington
- Instructor
- Laurel Stvan
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Linguistics
- Course dates
- 2020-01-22 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-13 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 40
Students will be studying some of the ways in which the context and the form of an utterance interact to affect speaker's intended meaning beyond literal word meaning. Our main topics this term will include reference, deixis, implicature, presupposition, and speech acts.
Working to build up Wikipedia articles students will find, assess, cite, and contribute verifiable definitions and references in order to enhance wiki pages on designated topics in pragmatics and linguistics.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 27 January 2020 | Wednesday, 29 January 2020
- 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.)
- 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. Start by doing the two training modules above. Make sure you are logged in to Wikipedia when you do them, so I'll be able to tell you've completed the training.
Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Here's some helpful resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, (This is a PDF you can download. Start by looking at pages 1–5.)
- Evaluating Wikipedia (This is another PDF resource. It's shorter, and gives a good overview of how to assess good and bad pages.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 3 February 2020 | Wednesday, 5 February 2020
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- In class - Discussion
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished the first three Training Modules and done the Evaluation exercise (while logged in).
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 10 February 2020 | Wednesday, 12 February 2020
- In class - Adding Citations tutorial
This training will walk you throught the process of how to add a citation to back up an existing claim on a Wikipedia page.
- In class - Discussion
- Milestones
Your goal this week is to add a citation to some exisitng page. If you need help finding a different page that needs a citation added, use Citation Hunt:
- Milestones
Everyone should have completed the fourth of the assigned training modules (Adding citations) which includes practice on adding a citation to an existing page.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 17 February 2020 | Wednesday, 19 February 2020
- In class - Thinking About Sources and Plagiarism
- Assignment - Choosing your topic/find sources
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Milestones
Everyone has chosen an article so they can begin researching and working in their article drafts.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 24 February 2020 | Wednesday, 26 February 2020
- Assignment - Draft your Article Improvements
- In class - Discussion
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing in their article drafts.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 2 March 2020 | Wednesday, 4 March 2020
- In class - Thinking About Wikipedia
- In class - Expand your draft
- Assignment - Peer review and copy edit
- Assignment - Writing your peer reviews
- Milestones
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 16 March 2020 | Wednesday, 18 March 2020
- In class - Respond to your Peer Reviews
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 23 March 2020 | Wednesday, 25 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 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 March 2020 | Wednesday, 1 April 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
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- Monday, 6 April 2020 | Wednesday, 8 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
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- Monday, 13 April 2020 | Wednesday, 15 April 2020
- In class - In-class presentations
- 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 13
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 20 April 2020 | Wednesday, 22 April 2020
- In class - In-class Presentations
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 27 April 2020 | Wednesday, 29 April 2020
- Assignment - Reflective essay
This essay should be submitted through Canvas. It's replacing our originally planned in-class presesntations. Please look over the prompt in the assignment above, but repsond to the prompt in Canvas to create your submisson!
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 4 May 2020 | Wednesday, 6 May 2020
- In class - Windup
As we move towards Finals Week, and you finish your reflective essay, remember that you can contintue to edit your page, or any other Wikipedia page, anytime in the future. As you read more about pragmatics and other fields of linguistics, share your knowledge!