Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Vancouver Island University/Modern Childhood - The Twentieth Century (Spring 2016)
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- Course name
- Modern Childhood - The Twentieth Century
- Institution
- Vancouver Island University
- Instructor
- Dr. Katharine Rollwagen
- Wikipedia Expert
- Adam (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- History (HIST476)
- Course dates
- 2016-01-05 – 2016-04-07
- Approximate number of student editors
- 15
The twentieth century was one of dramatic change for children and childhood. This course examines and compares these changes to children’s lives in different parts of the world, using five core themes: Empire and decolonization, symbolic uses of childhood, children’s health and human rights, children and armed conflict, and children’s consumer and media cultures.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 January 2016 | Thursday, 7 January 2016
- In class - Wikipedia essentials
- Overview of the course
- Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
- Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.
Handout: Editing Wikipedia
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 January 2016 | Thursday, 14 January 2016
- In class - Editing basics
- Basics of editing
- Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
- Collaborating and engaging with the Wiki editing community
- Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments
Handouts: Using Talk Pages, Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Practicing the basics
- Create an account and join this course page.
- Complete the introductory training modules. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
- Create a User page.
- To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to another student on their user talk page.
- Explore topics related to your topic area to get a feel for how Wikipedia is organized. What areas seem to be missing? As you explore, make a mental note of articles that seem like good candidates for improvement.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 19 January 2016
- Assignment - Copyedit an article
- Choose one article, identify ways in which you can improve and correct its language and grammar, and make the appropriate changes. (You do not need to alter the article's content.)
- Assignment - Choosing your article and compiling your bibliography
- Your instructor has created a list of potential topics for your main project. Choose the one you will work on.
- Compile a bibliography of relevant, reliable sources and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources. Make sure to check in on the talk page (or watchlist) to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 January 2016 | Thursday, 28 January 2016
- In class - Discuss the article topics
- Be prepared to discuss some of your observations about Wikipedia articles in your topic area that are missing or could use improvement.
- We will be discussing the topics students will be working on, and determine strategies for researching and writing about them.
Handouts: Choosing an article
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 February 2016 | Thursday, 4 February 2016
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 9 February 2016 | Thursday, 11 February 2016
- In class - Wikipedia culture and etiquette
- Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, and (optionally) revisit the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
- Q&A session with instructor about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 February 2016 | Thursday, 18 February 2016
- In class - Building articles
- Demo uploading images and adding images to articles.
- Share experiences and discuss problems.
Resources: Illustrating Wikipedia and Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Choose articles to peer review
- Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copyedit. On the table at the bottom of this course page, add your username next to the articles you will peer review. (You don’t need to start reviewing yet.)
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 1 March 2016 | Thursday, 3 March 2016
- Assignment - Complete first draft
- Expand your article into a complete first draft.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 8 March 2016 | Thursday, 10 March 2016
- Assignment - Peer review and copyedit
- Peer review two of your classmates’ articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
- Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.
- Assignment - Address peer review suggestions
- Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback. If you disagree with a suggestion, use talk pages to politely discuss and come to a consensus on your edit.
- Assignment - Continue improving articles
- Return to your classmates' articles you previously reviewed, and provide more suggestions for further improvement. If there is a disagreement, suggest a compromise.
- Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on your classmates' suggestions and any additional areas for improvement you can identify.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 15 March 2016 | Thursday, 17 March 2016
- Assignment - Continue improving articles
- Return to your classmates' articles you previously reviewed, and provide more suggestions for further improvement. If there is a disagreement, suggest a compromise.
- Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on your classmates' suggestions and any additional areas for improvement you can identify.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 22 March 2016 | Thursday, 24 March 2016
- Assignment - Final article
- Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.
Handout: Polishing your article
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 29 March 2016 | Thursday, 31 March 2016
- In class - Media literacy discussion
- Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, media literacy, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.