Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Delta College/Recent American History (Fall 2016)

Objectives:

 Analyze Wikipedia as a source and contemplate its veracity.

 Research academic journal articles, monographs, biographies, or essay collections on a historical topic.

 Create an academic, annotated bibliography for a historical research project.

 Synthesize relevant academic research and existing scholarship.

 Create or edit a Wikipedia article on a historical topic.

Week 1

 * Overview of the course
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course

Handout: [http://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia Editing Wikipedia ]


 * Basics of editing

Handouts:, [http://wikiedu.org/evaluatingwikipedia Evaluating Wikipedia ]


 * Create an account and then complete the online training for students. 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 on the user talk page of one of your classmates, who should also be enrolled in the table at the bottom of the 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.

Resources: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Training/For_students Online Training for Students ]

All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.

Week 2

 * Be prepared to explain close paraphrasing, plagiarism, and copyright violations on Wikipedia.

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Handouts: and

Week 3
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 * Select an article to work on and turn in your topic to Dr. French on September 13.
 * Start researching your topic.
 * For books: http://elibrary.mel.org/search
 * For journal articles, look at Jstor or Project Muse: http://libguides.delta.edu/databases
 * Also use interlibrary loan through local library or Delta.[http://elibrary.mel.org/search

Week 5

 * We'll discuss moving your article out of your sandboxes and into Wikipedia's main space.
 * A general reminder: Don't panic if your contribution disappears, and don't try to force it back in.
 * Check to see if there is an explanation of the edit on the article's talk page. If not, (politely) ask why it was removed.
 * Contact your Wikipedia Content Expert and let them know.

Handout: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moving_out_of_your_sandbox.pdf Moving out of your Sandbox ]

Week 7

 * Create an academic bibliography of all your sources consulted thus far.
 * Must have at least five academic sources on bibliography. Academic sources are generally from academic journals (found on J-Stor or Project Muse) or from academic publishers. Delta provides access to J-Stor and Project Muse through the LLIC. For books, you will probably need to use interlibrary loan; this can take several weeks so leave yourself plenty of time. under assignments)
 * Bibliographical citations must be in Chicago Manual of Style (see link and sample on eLearning under assignments)

Week 11
In class, turn in your written synthesis essay of your research. Guidelines on eLearning.

Week 13
You can use the sandbox if you want to work on your draft.

Week 14
By this date, you should have edited Wikipedia. In addition, you need to bring to class a printout of your the section of the article that you edited and have highlighted your edit.