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Timeline
Week 1: Developing your content and researching it on Wikipedia

You will be working with Wikipedia for this project. Please familiarize yourself with the website and other Web 2.0 sites. You will be developing a training plan for twenty attendees at the next corporate outing that will be developed and delivered using Wikipedia. Please create an account this week and develop your topic.

Assignment 1: Due week 2, Monday at midnight. You will post a short summary of your topic, target audience, and research areas on Wikipedia.

Week 2: Getting more familiar with Wikipedia Syntax.

You will be spending this week developing your skills and experience with Wikipedia. Use to research Wikipedia syntax and get more familiar with the terms and characters on Wikipedia.

Assignment 2: Due week 3, Monday at midnight. You will create a one page document detailing how to link a webpage, upload an image, cite a reference, and quote a reference.

Week 3: Developing and presenting your training plans for the upcoming meeting.

You will be creating an outline that details your topics, the explanations and the time frames for delivering. You will take the topic you chose in Week 1 and break it down into outline form. You will include the steps necessary to train twenty individuals including how to test them and how to reinforce the training.

Assignment 3: Due week 4, Monday at midnight. You will upload an outline detailing your training plan and the evaluation steps.

Week 4: Choosing and using referenced sources.

You will be researching your topics on various websites. In order to narrow down your references, you will be consolidating your researched websites into a minimum of 5 references.

Assignment 4: Due week 5, Monday at midnight. You will create a word document containing a minimum of 5 referenced articles or webpages and highlight the material in each that you will be using to support your training topic.

Week 5: Collaboration and Feedback.

You will be working along with your target audience and fellow instructors to develop pertinent material fro their training. In order to be effective, you must have relevant topics that will address the needs and learning styles of your audience. You will also need to deliver it with materials that are up to date and representative of the social and economic standing of your audience.

Assignment 5: Due week 6 Monday at midnight. You will post your topic and references on the class blog. You will respond to six of your classmates with constructive ideas on their references and topics. "How can I deliver this effectively?", "How are my references?"' "Are there more effective references available?". These should be your input.

Week 6: Using feedback to update and refine your presentation.

You will be responding to the feedback on the class blog. You will respond with your action items for each input up to 6. Tell the reviewers whether you will change or modify and why.

Week 7: Finished product!

You have created your training plan, developed your skills on Wikipedia, and reviewed reference material. You have put your work to peer review and responded to their input. Now it is time to upload your finished training plan on Wikipedia.

Assignment 6: Due week 8, Monday at Midnight. You will save your training plan on Wikipedia, in word document format. You will upload it in the class portal.