Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Oklahoma/Cold War Science (Spring 2016)
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- Course name
- Cold War Science
- Institution
- University of Oklahoma
- Instructor
- Peter Barker
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- History of Science and Technology
- Course dates
- 2016-02-29 – 2016-04-20
- Approximate number of student editors
- 50
HSCI3463 presents the history of offensive and defensive strategic weapons systems from 1945 to the present, examining the political and technological context in which they developed, and their connections to nuclear power and space exploration.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 29 February 2016 | Wednesday, 2 March 2016
- Assignment - Wikipedia training - 1
All students establish Wikipedia accounts, and begin online training. Students should deliver their username to the Instructors no later than 03-02-2016.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 7 March 2016 | Wednesday, 9 March 2016
- Assignment - Wikipedia training - 2
Students continue Wikipedia online training and begin to practice editing.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 21 March 2016 | Wednesday, 23 March 2016
- Assignment - Project research - 1
All students should complete Wikipedia training by 03-20-2016. This week groups will begin to select pages they will construct or edit. Groups should begin research on their selected topics no later than this week.
Supplementary training module:
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 28 March 2016 | Wednesday, 30 March 2016
- Assignment - Project research - 2
Groups should continue research on their selected topics and begin to draft new pages or edits for existing pages. Drafts for exchange with other groups must be completed by 04-04-2016.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 4 April 2016 | Wednesday, 6 April 2016
- Assignment - Peer review
On 04-04-2016 each group will exchange drafts of its project with another group. On 04-06-2016 groups will return projects materials with suggestions for improvement and discuss them in class.
Supplementary training module:
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 11 April 2016 | Wednesday, 13 April 2016
- Assignment - Wikipedia project deadline
Student groups complete work on pages they are adding or editing
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 18 April 2016 | Wednesday, 20 April 2016
- Assignment - Wikiportfolios
Individual students complete and submit Wikiportfolios