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Crowdsourced Class Notes

Page history last edited by Brian Croxall 15 years, 6 months ago

Class Notes

 

Class notes are epistemologically weird. On the one hand, they feel quite private, but, on the other, if your understanding of what went on in class is too idiosyncratic, then you're likely to do poorly on exams or essays. Also, to whatever extent a class is a shared intellectual enterprise, there should be at least *some* common understanding of what has gone on during our time together. It can be hard to improve one's notetaking skills, because it's traditionally such an individual practice. Enter the wiki.

 

Working in groups, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining a wiki page with notes for each class. 

 

Online notes SHOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT simply transcribe what's on the board. Instead, you are responsible for the following:

 

  • A 150 to 200 word summary of the day's activities / whatever the main point of the class seemed to be. How did the assigned readings for that day hold together?
  • Transcribe at least one passage that we talked about in class, and explain how it related to the main point.
  • Key terms that came up in class, plus a definition.
  • Three links to reputable sites that, in some way, clarify, extend, or correct something that was said in class.

 

This much is due before the start of the next class. Over the course of the semester, you will be responsible for updating the page as concepts recur or develop over time. 

 

It's very easy to do this assignment badly. ("Ooh--we'll divvy up the different required parts, and just slap it all online.") But the point of a wiki really is to try to collaboratively draft, revise, and rethink material. Change stuff. Use the "comments" feature. Link to other days' notes to extend the conversation. Don't be afraid of the site: There's nothing you can break. 

 

I'll give you feedback each Friday on the notes for the previous week; these grades will be *draft* grades until the end of the semester.  (That is, you can make your notes better until Tuesday, December 9.) Here is my rubric for providing feedback:  Eng 389 Crowdsourced Class Notes Rubric.doc. At the end of the semester, I will also ask group members to evaluate one another's performance in working collaboratively.

 

Each group will write five entries on the wiki. This means that each set of notes is worth 30 points.

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