Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Louisiana State University/Energy and the Environment in Modern Europe (Fall 2018)

This course examines Europeans’ evolving relationship to the natural environment since 1750. Topics include forestry, hydraulic engineering, coal mining, air pollution, global food production, famines, disease control, and nuclear power.

Week 2
Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.) Then complete the two trainings shown above.

In our first discussion, we will examine Wikipedia's mission and strenghts. We will discuss some of the ptoential challenges of the assignment. We will also explore some articles related to the course content for the week.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

Week 3
Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Assignment:
This week you will add to an article related to the course. You can add a small amount of content (1-2 sentences), or just add a citation to pre-existing content. You should use one of our readings from the course, and find a related page in which to add a citation.

Complete the exercise below. Your work will automatically be recorded for Dr. Karch to see.

Add to an article

We will discuss the successes and challenges of making small edits to Wikipedia.

Assignment:
This week you will come to class with three possible article topics. For each potential topic, explain whether it will be a new article or editing an old one, and provide a short paragraph (3+ sentences) justifying why you think this will make a good topic.

You should bring three hard copies of your proposals to class: one for the professor and two for in-class peer review. Ideally you should fit your assignment on one page. Single-spaced is fine.

In class we will conduct peer review and 'workshop' your article choices.

What's a content gap?

Week 6
We will meet this week in Middleton 230A @undefined 3pm for a session on library research.

Also, please review the guides below to understand issues of particular relevance to our fields.

Environmental Sciences

History

Week 7
Finalize your topic / Find your sources

This week you have due (paper copies in class) your annotated bibliography. In this assignment you will find five (or more) academic source (books or journal article) related to your topic. More information about the assignment is available on Moodle.

Please bring two paper copies to class: one for the professor, one for peer review.

In class we will conduct a peer review of your annotated bibliographies.

Week 8
This week you should start drafting (or editing) your Wikipedia pages.

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 9
You should continue drafting your Wikipedia pages. This week I will check in on your progress before Wednesday's class. You will only receive credit if you have started making substantive edits/additions.

This week you will organize into small groups and show each other your work in progress. You will have a worksheet in which to peer review each other's work.

Exercise
Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

You will be graded based on showing significant progress from Week 8.

Week 11
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 12
It's the final week to develop your article.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Week 13
Guiding questions