Christ University Bengaluru
Bengaluru,Karnataka,India
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Open Elective course in Wikipedia Education Programme
Open Elective course in Wikipedia Education Programme
Course
Students will be exposed to the world of digital learning through Wikipedia. The course includes Introduction to Wikipedia which will include the origin and development of Wikipedia. Training will be given to write, edit and publish articles especially in Indian Languages. Students will also be taught aspects like media ethics, policies and legal aspects with regard to Wikipedia writing
Course Objective
- To train the students to write/edit articles on Wikipedia and enable them to enhance their digital learning skills.
- They can also contribute to the digitalization of books in Indian languages
Course Outcome
- Create and edit wiki-type (particularly Media Wiki, including Wikipedia) articles of good quality, with references, tables, illustrations and templates.
- Discuss what is a reasonable source critical approach to using Wikipedia as a reference
- Outline the common criticism of Wikipedia's reliability and discuss how the reliability problems can be tackled
- Be an administrator of Wikipedia as well as other Media Wiki servers
Duration : 45 Hours
Eligibility
- A student who has studied any of the above languages till Class 12 needs to continue the same at the Degree level
- If the student had studied a particular language only till 10 and not had a language in the higher secondary board, as in ISC / CBSC, International boards, he /she, can opt for / be given Additional English.
- If such a student (ref no.2) wants to continue with the language studied till Class 10, (marks card proof) he / she may be permitted to, based on a written test administered by the respective Language teacher.
- A student who finds the Language studied in the Higher secondary board, difficult, and wants to opt for Additional English, will first be tested by the respective language teacher before the recommendation for change to Additional English is given.
- A student who has not studied any of the above mentioned languages cannot opt for any of them. He / She will be given Additional English instead.
