Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Oklahoma/Cold War Science (Spring 2017)
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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
- 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-05-04 23:59:59 UTC
- 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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- Tuesday, 28 February 2017 | Thursday, 2 March 2017
- 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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- Tuesday, 7 March 2017 | Thursday, 9 March 2017
- Assignment - Wikipedia training - 2
Students continue Wikipedia online training and begin to practice editing.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 21 March 2017 | Thursday, 23 March 2017
- Assignment - Project research - 1
All students should complete Wikipedia training by 3:00pm Tuesday March 21. 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.
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Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 28 March 2017 | Thursday, 30 March 2017
- Assignment - Project research - 2
Groups should continue research on their selected topics and begin to draft new pages or edits for existing pages.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 4 April 2017 | Thursday, 6 April 2017
- Assignment - Peer review
On 04-04-2017 each group will exchange drafts of its project with another group. On 04-06-2017 groups will return projects materials with suggestions for improvement and discuss them in class.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 11 April 2017 | Thursday, 13 April 2017
- Assignment - Project research - 3
Groups should continue research on their selected topics, and edit draft new pages or edits for existing pages, taking into account suggestions from last week's peer review.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 18 April 2017 | Thursday, 20 April 2017
- Assignment - Wiki project deadline
Individual students complete and upload new and edited pages no later than 3:00pm Thursday April 20.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 25 April 2017 | Thursday, 27 April 2017
- Assignment - Reflective exercise TBA
TBA