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ENG 103 : Open/Free Culture, Fall 2020
Goal: To produce a collaborative Wikibook on Digital Citizenship

Tentative Schedule
Week 1 (Sept 25) Stage 1—Research notes

Hour 1: Introduction to the class: reading and explaining the syllabus; Hour 2: reading and understanding Neil Postman, "Five things we need to know about technological change," and checking model 7Ws on Postman; Hour 3:  Watching StreamYard lecture on Internet & World Wide Web, Part I: Beginnings of the Net to the birth of the World Wide Web and answering these questions.

·         Read/Write:  Three 7Ws journals on the texts of your choice from this short list

·         Watch:  Andrew Blum, "Discover the physical side of the internet"; Lee LeFever, “World Wide Web

in Plain English”

·         Complete: Questions and comments  about the syllabus and ideas for extra credit.

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Week 2 (October 2)

Stage 1—Research notes

Hour 1: In breakout groups, discussing ONE of the readings you took notes for and completing this follow-up form. Hours 2 and 3: Workshop: working on the next four 7Ws journals; watching StreamYard lecture on Internet & World Wide Web, Part II: Web 1.0, 2. 0, and the beginnings of 3.0 and answering these questions.

·         Read/Write:  Four 7Ws journals on the texts of your choice from this short list or this extensive topics and readings list

·         Watch and read: Nurie Mohamed, "Why You Should Care About Net Neutrality" and Klint Finley, “The WIRED Guide to Net Neutrality”

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Week 3 (Oct 9)

Stage 1—Research notes

Hour 1: In breakout groups, discussing ONE of the readings you took notes for and completing this follow-up form. Hour 2: Workshop on using the library databases to find sources related to the reading or topic you want to focus on; Hour 3: Workshop: working on the last three 7Ws journals; StreamYard lecture on Internet & World Wide Web, Part III: The Dark Side of Web 3.0 and mobile; and answering these questions.

·         Read/Write: Three 7Ws journals on the texts of your choice from this short list or this extensive topics and readings list

·         Write a 250 word piece that pitches your topic and research questions to be presented to a small

group. If you will not be presenting in person next week, you must record your pitch and make it

available to the class by Thursday night.

·         Due by the beginning of class next week in Blackboard: Your ten 7Ws  journals

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Week 4 (Oct 16)

Stage 2—Identifying and refining a researchable topic and formulating research questions

Hour 1: Ten topic presentations and feedback; Hour 2: Ten topic presentations and feedback; Hour 3: Eight topic presentations and feedback.

·         If your pitch passes muster, begin to  work on the research proposal. Proposal instructions and  model.

·         Due by the end of the day in Blackboard: revised topic and research questions

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Week 5 (Oct 23)

Stage 3—Research proposal with annotated bibliography

Hours 1-3: Zoom workshop; what you work on will depend on which research and writing stage you are

·         Due by Wednesday in Blackboard: Research proposal with annotated bibliography

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Week 6 (Oct 30)

Stage 4—Research paper outline

Hours 1-3: Zoom workshop; what you work on will depend on which research and writing stage you are

· Due by Wednesday in Blackboard: Research paper outline

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Week 7 (Nov 6)

Stage 5—Research paper drafting, peer feedback, and revising.

Hours 1-3: Zoom workshop; what you work on will depend on which research and writing stage you are

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Week 8 (Nov 13)

Stage 5—Research paper drafting, peer feedback, and revising

Hours 1-3: Zoom workshop; what you work on will depend on which research and writing stage you are

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Week 9 (Nov 20)

Stage 5—Research paper drafting, peer feedback, and revising

Hours 1-3: Zoom workshop; what you work on will depend on which research and writing stage you are

·         Due by the end of the day in Blackboard: Full Draft of Research Paper

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Week 10 (Tuesday, Nov 24)

Stage 5—Research paper drafting, peer feedback, and revising

Hours 1-3: Zoom workshop; what you work on will depend on which research and writing stage you are

·         Learn about Wikibooks and answer these questions

·         Create a username and a userpage in Wikibooks

TUESDAY Nov 24: Class meets as if it were Friday

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Week 11 (Dec 4)

Stage 6—Formatting the research paper into a Wikibook chapter

Hours 1-3: Zoom workshop; what you work on will depend on which research and writing stage you are; formatting your paper into wiki markup in Wikibook’s sandbox; publishing your chapter of the Wikibook

·         Due by the end of the day in Blackboard: Final Draft of Research Paper

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Week 12 (Dec 11)

Hours 1-3: Zoom workshop; what you work on will depend on which research and writing stage you are; complete this Reflection on the Class.