Motivation and emotion/Wikiversity/Social contributions
Social contributions
A brief overview of social contributions, with links to more detailed information.
What are social contributions?
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- Any publicly viewable contribution to the internet that enhances the motivation and emotion project beyond the chapter you are working on.
- e.g., direct edit to a book chapter (current or past) or provide feedback on its talk page or contribute to a UCLearn discussion or social media thread in some way that directly or indirectly improves the quality of book chapter project beyond the chapter you are individually working on.
Why social contributions?
[edit | edit source]- Encourage and support peer feedback
- Enhance communication skills
- Reward student engagement
Types of social contribution
[edit | edit source]Social contributions can include:
- Direct editing to improve past or current chapters (e.g., adding new info/content, fixing errors, improving layout/formatting, adding relevant links) - examples
- Provide feedback on chapter talk pages (e.g., especially about chapter plans and/or drafts)
- Discussion
Summarising social contributions
[edit | edit source]Topic development
[edit | edit source]- Make at least three different types of social contribution and summarise them with direct links to evidence on your Wikiversity user page
- See the topic development guidelines for more details
Book chapter
[edit | edit source]- Contributions with direct links to evidence are assessed according to their quality, quantity, and timeliness
- See the book chapter guidelines for more details