Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Connecticut/Purpose of Education (Fall)
| This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contact |
 | This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
- Course name
- Purpose of Education
- Institution
- University of Connecticut
- Instructor
- Casey Smedberg
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- First Year Writing
- Course dates
- 2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-11-10 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 24
The University of Connecticut’s First-Year Writing (FYW) seminars are characterized by
collaborative, student-driven inquiry. As a general education course, FYW prepares students for
future academic work by asking them to use writing to enter into and contribute to active
academic conversations. The Wikipedia Project specifically is meant to teach them how to identity and compile reputable sources, and how to use those sources to contribute to an ongoing conversation.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
-
- Monday, 24 September 2018 | Wednesday, 26 September 2018
- Assignment - Getting started on Wikipedia
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.
Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
Next Steps
Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)
Week 2
- Course meetings
-
- Monday, 1 October 2018 | Wednesday, 3 October 2018
- Assignment - Select your topic & start your draft
1) please complete both trainings provided here;
2) complete the "Choose a topic" exercise to find a list of topic ideas related to the course;
Exercise
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
3) complete the "Evaluate your article" exercise using at least two of the topics you might want to pursue;
Exercise
4) narrow down your seach to just ONE topic and begin your project proposal.
Week 3
- Course meetings
-
- Wednesday, 10 October 2018
- Assignment - Proposal Due (10/10)
Project proposal due on HuskyCT.
This week, you should also start drafting your contributions in your Sandbox. Before you begin, please complete this exercise.
Exercise
Finalize your topic / Find your sources
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
Then, review the trainings to help as you begin drafting your work.
Week 4
- Course meetings
-
- Monday, 15 October 2018 | Wednesday, 17 October 2018
- In class - Annotated Bibliography Due (10/17)
Week 5
- Course meetings
-
- Monday, 22 October 2018 | Wednesday, 24 October 2018
- Assignment - Make your Wikipedia edit live
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
- In class - Peer Review in Class (10/24)
Before class today, please review the peer review guiding questions and have a complete first draft of your Wikipedia project in your Sandbox.
Then in class, use that framework to peer review an article.
Once your peer review is complete, consider the suggestions you received on your own draft, and decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete. Then, edit your draft to make those changes.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
Week 6
- Course meetings
-
- Monday, 29 October 2018 | Wednesday, 31 October 2018
- Assignment - Final Project Due (10/31)
====== Before completing your assignment, revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points;
reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.
======
Exercise
As the final step before finishing your article:
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
- Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!