Outline

Overview

In this unit you will learn to produce and publish knowledge to inform broad, general Wikipedia audiences around the globe. You will use html and a visual editing tool to edit articles, write across networks, negotiate various discourse communities, and contribute to and draw from creative commons resources while increasing the number of diverse voices that contribute to networked knowledge.

Unit details and rules

Academic unit
Credit points	6
Prerequisites ?	None
Corequisites ?	None
Prohibitions ?	None
Assumed knowledge ?	None
Available to study abroad and exchange students	Yes

Teaching staff

Coordinator	Frances Di Lauro, frances.dilauro@sydney.edu.au
Lecturer(s)	Frances Di Lauro, frances.dilauro@sydney.edu.au
Tutor(s)	Gabriel Lee, gabriel.lee@sydney.edu.au
	Jessica Sun, jessica.sun@sydney.edu.au
	Ryan Johnson, ryan.johnson@sydney.edu.au
	Carrol Besseling, carrol.besseling@sydney.edu.au
	John Da Cheng Liu, simon.liu@sydney.edu.au

Type	Description	Weight	Due	Length
Assignment	Module 1A Quiz Multiple Choice Quiz	10%	Week 01 Due date: 22 Nov 2021 at 23:59 Closing date: 31 Jan 2022	100 words
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Assignment	Module 1B Quizzes (a) and (b) Two quizzes, each worth 5%	10%	Week 01 Due date: 22 Nov 2021 at 23:59 Closing date: 31 Jan 2022	100 words combined
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Assignment	Self-assessment/Reflection Responses to questions	5%	Week 01 Due date: 24 Nov 2021 at 23:59 Closing date: 31 Jan 2022	150 words
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Assignment	Proposal, and Source Justification Justification of topic choice and annotated bibliography using 5 sources	20%	Week 02 Due date: 03 Dec 2021 at 23:59 Closing date: 31 Jan 2022	1000 words
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Assignment	Peer-review You will review a short article using a rubric to guide you.	5%	Week 03 Due date: 10 Dec 2021 at 23:59 Closing date: 31 Jan 2022	150 words
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Assignment	First Draft 1000 word draft to demonstrate readiness for writing on Wikipedia	20%	Week 04 Due date: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:59 Closing date: 31 Jan 2022	1000 words
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Assignment	Final Article This article includes revised draft PLUS equivalent 1000 words and media	30%	Week 05 Due date: 04 Jan 2022 at 23:59 Closing date: 31 Jan 2022	2000 word equivalent
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Assessment summary

Assessment criteria

The University awards common result grades, set out in the Coursework Policy 2014 (Schedule 1).

As a general guide, a High distinction indicates work of an exceptional standard, a Distinction a very high standard, a credit a good standard, and a pass an acceptable standard.

Result name	Mark range	Description
High distinction	85 - 100	Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an exceptional standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school.
Distinction	75 - 84	Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at a very high standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school.
Credit	65 - 74	Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at a good standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school
Pass	50 - 64	Awarded when you demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an acceptable standard, as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars outlined by your faculty or school.
Fail	0 - 49	When you don’t meet the learning outcomes of the unit to a satisfactory standard.

For more information see guide to grades.

Late submission

In accordance with University policy, these penalties apply when written work is submitted after 11:59pm on the due date:

Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date.
After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded.

Academic integrity

The Current Student website provides information on academic integrity and the resources available to all students. The University expects students and staff to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic integrity breaches seriously.

We use similarity detection software to detect potential instances of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breach. If such matches indicate evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breaches, your teacher is required to report your work for further investigation.

Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and automated writing tools

You may only use generative AI and automated writing tools in assessment tasks if you are permitted to by your unit coordinator. If you do use these tools, you must acknowledge this in your work, either in a footnote or an acknowledgement section. The assessment instructions or unit outline will give guidance of the types of tools that are permitted and how the tools should be used.

Your final submitted work must be your own, original work. You must acknowledge any use of generative AI tools that have been used in the assessment, and any material that forms part of your submission must be appropriately referenced. For guidance on how to acknowledge the use of AI, please refer to the AI in Education Canvas site.

The unapproved use of these tools or unacknowledged use will be considered a breach of the Academic Integrity Policy and penalties may apply.

Studiosity is permitted unless otherwise indicated by the unit coordinator. The use of this service must be acknowledged in your submission as detailed on the Learning Hub’s Canvas page.

Outside assessment tasks, generative AI tools may be used to support your learning. The AI in Education Canvas site contains a number of productive ways that students are using AI to improve their learning.

Learning support

Simple extensions

If you encounter a problem submitting your work on time, you may be able to apply for an extension of five calendar days through a simple extension.  The application process will be different depending on the type of assessment and extensions cannot be granted for some assessment types like exams.

Special consideration

If exceptional circumstances mean you can’t complete an assessment, you need consideration for a longer period of time, or if you have essential commitments which impact your performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Special consideration applications will not be affected by a simple extension application.

Using AI responsibly

Co-created with students, AI in Education includes lots of helpful examples of how students use generative AI tools to support their learning. It explains how generative AI works, the different tools available and how to use them responsibly and productively.

Weekly schedule

WK	Topic	Learning activity
Week 01	1. Online: Wikipedia Essentials & Editing Basics 2. Zoom workshop: training and activities	Online class (3 hr)
Week 01	1. Online: Encyclopaedic Writing & Research2. Zoom workshop: Finding, evaluating and using sources	Online class (3 hr)
Week 02	1. Online: Integrity, copyright & plagiarism 2. Zoom workshop: Using sources to preserve your academic integrity	Online class (3 hr)
Week 02	1. Online: Intertextuality, hyperlinks and \"present truth\"2. Zoom workshop: Writing a good quality or feature article?	Online class (3 hr)
Week 03	1. Writing your article - let\'s take the lead2. Zoom workshop: Summary writing style	Online class (3 hr)
Week 03	1. Online: Projects and TOC (table of contents)2. Zoom workshop: Quality and Scope	Online class (3 hr)
Week 04	1. Online: Finding, adding and using Images, photographs and other media legitimately 2. Zoom workshop: Adding media to Wikimedia Commons	Online class (3 hr)
Week 04	1. Other ways of improving your article visually: adding media, checking quality, and removing tags2, Zoom workshop: writing quality, tags, and working with templates	Online class (3 hr)
Week 05	1. Online: \"Perfection is not required\" but why not aim for it?2. Zoom workshop: Navigation and linking, Disambiguation and communicating on article talk pages	Online class (3 hr)
Week 05	1. Online: Final enhancements to your articles2. Zoom workshop: Responding to editors and administrators on user talk pages.	Online class (3 hr)

Attendance and class requirements

Preparation: students should commit to spending approximately two hours’ preparation time (reading, studying, homework, essays, etc.) for every hour of scheduled instruction.

Attendance: Students are expected to attend 90% of scheduled classes.OLES2129 will be taught completely online in the December Intensive so “attendance” will be measured by

completion of all online modules (approximately 2 hours asynchronously)
attendance and participation in 1-hour online Zoom classes (synchronously)

If you are completing this unit from a country in a different time zone or with online restrictions, please contact the coordinator, Dr Frances Di Lauro, at frances.dilauro@sydney.edu.au.

Study commitment

Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester. For a 6 credit point unit, this equates to roughly 120-150 hours of student effort in total.

Required readings

All reading material for OLES2129 is accessible through hyperlinks in the online lecture modules.

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes are what students know, understand and are able to do on completion of a unit of study. They are aligned with the University's graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

Outcomes
Graduate qualities

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

LO1. demonstrate proficiency in research, copyright provisions, and ethics
LO2. think critically and write for a broad audience
LO3. use html and visual editor software to edit or create online content, communicate with other editors on “talk” pages, and create contents and info boxes
LO4. identify and expand articles in Projects related to your disciplinary area or area of interest, following the conventions of those Projects
LO5. research incrementally to build a comprehensive and substantial draft article
LO6. create and add media to, and draw from open access repositories like Wikimedia or Creative Commons
LO7. develop an article from stub quality to start, C or B quality

Graduate qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course. As a future Sydney graduate, the set of qualities have been designed to equip you for the contemporary world.

GQ1	Depth of disciplinary expertise Deep disciplinary expertise is the ability to integrate and rigorously apply knowledge, understanding and skills of a recognised discipline defined by scholarly activity, as well as familiarity with evolving practice of the discipline.
GQ2	Critical thinking and problem solving Critical thinking and problem solving are the questioning of ideas, evidence and assumptions in order to propose and evaluate hypotheses or alternative arguments before formulating a conclusion or a solution to an identified problem.
GQ3	Oral and written communication Effective communication, in both oral and written form, is the clear exchange of meaning in a manner that is appropriate to audience and context.
GQ4	Information and digital literacy Information and digital literacy is the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, manage, adapt, integrate, create and convey information using appropriate resources, tools and strategies.
GQ5	Inventiveness Generating novel ideas and solutions.
GQ6	Cultural competence Cultural Competence is the ability to actively, ethically, respectfully, and successfully engage across and between cultures. In the Australian context, this includes and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems, and a mature understanding of contemporary issues.
GQ7	Interdisciplinary effectiveness Interdisciplinary effectiveness is the integration and synthesis of multiple viewpoints and practices, working effectively across disciplinary boundaries.
GQ8	Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity is understanding the interaction between one’s personal and professional selves in an ethical context.
GQ9	Influence Engaging others in a process, idea or vision.

Outcome map

Learning outcomes	Graduate qualities
Learning outcomes

Responding to student feedback

This section outlines changes made to this unit following staff and student reviews.

We appreciate your feedback and are happy to receive it any time during the semester. Feedback received from students in response to the Unit of Study Survey in 2020 prompted us to redesign the delivery of this unit - particularly in light of the change to fully online delivery due to the threats posed by COVID-19, we have broken up the seminar into chunks. However, the total number of teaching hours has not changed. Each day during the intensive session, you will complete three (3) teaching hours as follows: • One hour of pre-recorded material comprising a lecture, readings and seminar material to prepare you for a 2 hour workshop with your tutor. These are packaged in a Canvas module and will be released each Friday for the following week. Another issue for some students in S2, 2020 was that they could not find enough sources for their chosen stub topic. In S2, 2020, our list included over 700 subjects. For Semester 1, 2021, we have created a list of more than 1000 topics, and we now allow students to find and suggest stub topics that are not on the list we provide. We will encourage students to explore available stubs in the first week to make sure they can find enough sources before selecting one. That feedback led us to another meaningful change to our schedule. Students are now encouraged to begin refining their articles from week 10, allowing them to observe responses and feedback from experts while there is still time to improve their articles before the final submission date.

Additional information

Completion of all Canvas Modules in this unit is compulsory.

Attendance and participation in weekly online Zoom seminars are compulsory. If you live in a time zone that is not compatible with our scheduled tutorial times, contact frances.dilauro@sydney.edu.au immediately to make an alternative arrangement.

All assessments must be attempted.

Disclaimer

The University reserves the right to amend units of study or no longer offer certain units, including where there are low enrolment numbers.

To help you understand common terms that we use at the University, we offer an online glossary.

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Overview

Overview

Unit details and rules

Teaching staff

Assessment

Assessment

Assessment summary

Assessment criteria

Late submission

Academic integrity

Learning support

Learning support

Simple extensions

Special consideration

Using AI responsibly

Weekly schedule

Weekly schedule

Attendance and class requirements

Study commitment

Required readings

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Graduate qualities

Outcome map

Responding to student feedback

Responding to student feedback

Additional information

Additional information

Disclaimer

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Useful links

OLES2129: Writing for the Digital World

Intensive November - December, 2021 [Block mode] - Remote

Overview

Overview

Unit details and rules

Teaching staff

Assessment

Assessment

Assessment summary

Assessment criteria

Late submission

Academic integrity

Learning support

Learning support

Simple extensions

Special consideration

Using AI responsibly

Weekly schedule

Weekly schedule

Attendance and class requirements

Study commitment

Required readings

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Graduate qualities

Outcome map

Responding to student feedback

Responding to student feedback

Additional information

Additional information

Disclaimer

On this page

Useful links