Customizable Syllabus for Wikis, Writing, and Wikipedia (An Honors First-Year Composition Course)

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Over the next few days, I will be publishing my course syllabi to the web. This semester, I am making strong attempts to widely circulate my teaching materials and communicate about how they unfold in practice. This particular syllabus is for a course entitled, English 193: Honors First-Year Composition.

The Customizable Syllabus and its Uses

This resource is a detailed, fully customizable, syllabus for an introductory college writing course that incorporates Wikipedia editing and article creation.  Other benefits of the customizable syllabus includes, but is not limited to these characteristics:

1. Features novel subject matter and platforms.

Instructors interested in teaching with Wikipedia and exploring the intersections between new media technology and higher-education institutions will discover several approaches embedded in the course organization and its metrics.  Please note that the course theme links to a Wikipedia dashboard that builds and manages courses. This is highly beneficial to instructors seeking alternative…

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