Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Carroll College/PO 241 Democracy and Autocracy (Spring 2016)

Winston Churchill described democracy as “the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” We discuss definitions of and alternatives to democracy, debate the pros and cons, and examine why democratic political regimes have emerged and spread.

NOTE this wiki &quot;dashboard&quot; will help us coordinate the Wikipedia work, but your main source of info about the class, texts and assignments will be the class Moodle page (access via https://moodle.carroll.edu/)

Week 1

 * Overview of the course
 * Including, introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course

Here's a link to the Carroll College Moodle site: [https://moodle.carroll.edu/ https://moodle.carroll.edu/ ] And here's a separate link to the syllabus for this class: http://www.mwpweb.eu/1/129/resources/document_907_1.pdf

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Week 8
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Week 9
Please read the following handouts before class on Tuesday, 3/22. Handout: editing Wikipedia. Handout: Handout: Handout:

AND Please complete the training modules below. In addition, you should:


 * Create an account and join this course page.
 * Create a User page.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to another student on their user talk page.

Tuesday, 3/22: &quot;Wikipedia essentials&quot; and &quot;editing basics.&quot;

Thursday, 3/24: &quot;Evaluating articles and sources,&quot; and &quot;sources and citations.&quot;

Week 10
Tuesday 3/29 Make at least one small improvement to the Wikipedia entry on Carroll College OR another topic of your choice, and come to class ready to explain your edits.

Thursday 3/31 Evaluate Wikipedia’s coverage of one of our topics in class so far (e.g. “democracy”), or one of the authors or theories (e.g. “social capital”). Come to class ready to talk about how it could be improved.

Week 11
We will discuss your progress and answer questions in class.

Week 12
Tuesday, 4/12 Working in pairs, review each others' Wikipedia edits and offer comments for further improvement. You should refer to the handout evaluating Wikipedia when making your suggestions.

Thursday, 4/14 Finalize your edits and submit a 1-2 page summary of your edits, your comments on your partner's work, and the changes you made in response to the comments you received, via the class Moodle page. (1-inch margins, double-spaced, 12-point font). You can include screenshots in a longer appendix if you wish.

Week 13
Work in-class on your election report and your Wikipedia edits about that election.

Week 14
Student presentations. Your visual aide for the presentation should be the Wikipedia page that you updated and improved.