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 in a way that improves the book chapter project beyond the chapter you are individually working on or helps others to do so.
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)
- UCLearn discussion forum posts e.g., respond to requests for feedback
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