Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Loyola Marymount University/Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Society Sections 1, 2, 4 (Fall 2017)
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- Course name
- Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Contemporary Society Sections 1, 2, 4
- Institution
- Loyola Marymount University
- Instructor
- Jennifer Moorman
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Women's and Gender Studies
- Course dates
- 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-11-24 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 90
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 4 October 2017
- In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia project
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
- Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Practicing the basics
- Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
- It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
- When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 9 October 2017 | Wednesday, 11 October 2017
- Assignment - Critique an article
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
- I recommend that you complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
- Consider some questions with regard to your article (but don't feel limited to these):
- Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
- Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
- Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
- Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
- Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
- Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
- Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
- Follow the instructions in the Social Media Assignment prompt, and submit your 2-page critique of the article to the folder in the Assignments section of our Brightspace page before our class on Wednesday 10/18.
- Be sure to take a screenshot of your Wikipedia page (i.e. what it looks like now, prior to your edits).
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 16 October 2017 | Wednesday, 18 October 2017
- Milestones
On your own, find at least 3 academic articles, books, and/or other reliable sources to provide evidence for claims in the entry, to support of an alternative viewpoint, or to
round out the narrow point of view currently expressed on your group’s page.
Then work on constructing 2-3 paragraphs of factual/encyclopedic, research-based information to add to the entry. You should include citations for every source.
In class, you will work together to evaluate your own and your group members' contributions to the process.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 23 October 2017 | Wednesday, 25 October 2017
- Assignment - Edit your article
Following the guidelines in the Social Media Assignment prompt, conduct research to improve your article. Divide up the labor, decide who will contribute what, and begin to edit the article. Each of you should:
- Add a few sentences to a course-related article, and cite a reliable source for each claim (as you learned in the online training).
- Contribute information that corrects for bias, adds nuance and complexity, elaborates on vague claims, uses research to support (or refute) unsubstantiated claims, etc.
- Use the Citation Hunt tool, which shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 October 2017 | Wednesday, 1 November 2017
- Assignment - Submit Research Report
Each group member will individually submit a report detailing your contributions to the editing and reflecting on the process.