RLB372 Christianity on Wikipedia: Tutorship

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course aims at helping students improve articles about Christianity in Czech, Slovak or English Wikipedia. Based on a broad definition of education as an open-ended lifetime process addressing society at large, the course (1) contributes to Wikipedia as an important public source of information; (2) cultivates a historical and social scientific point of view; (3) stresses the complexity of Christianity and other religions and the questionability of various sweeping statements about them; and, by extension, (4) contributes to the refinement of public debate on Christianity in particular and religion in general. Students enhance their abilities to provide feedback on encyclopedic articles, and coordinate and evaluate the work of a small team. The course is taught online.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
  • provide competent feedback on the form and content of encyclopedic articles about various aspects of Christian history;
  • perform bibliographic searches;
  • evaluate the relevance of literature on various aspects of Christianity and suggest or correct the way this literature is used;
  • participate in discussions on Wikipedia;
  • evaluate and edit articles on Wikipedia taking into account Wikipedia’s Core content policies;
  • lead a small team and evaluate the work of its members.
    • Syllabus
    • 1) Course summary, core content policies of Wikipedia, formatting, examples of articles.
    • 2) Participation in the discussion about preliminary article proposals.
    • 3) Bibliographic searches.
    • 4) Participation in the discussion about developed article proposals.
    • 5) Monitoring of the first version of the articles on Wikipedia.
    • 6) Study of literature, feedback.
    • 7) Participation in the final version of the article.
    Literature
      required literature
    • Wikipedie: Závazná pravidla. 2001. online info
    Teaching methods
    Online discussions, study of literature, providing written feedback.
    Assessment methods
    Quality of the tutorship and of the feedback provided.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    The course is taught once in two years.
    Note related to how often the course is taught: e-learning.
    The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2018.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2013, recent)
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