Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/New England College/Global Issues (Spring 2019)

This course will look at the major issues facing the countries of the world today. The issues that will be discussed in detail will include globalization, development, human rights, the environment, weapons proliferation, terrorism, WMD, sweatshops and ethnic conflict. In addition, specific, current examples from every region in the world will be used to understand these issues much better. (4 Credits)

Week 1
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Log into your Wikipedia Account

Link your Wikipedia Account to the course dashboard on Wiki Edu

Week 2
Getting Started with editing Wikipedia involved learning how editing works and how we know what to edit

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

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.)

Evaluate an Article
Evaluate an article

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Post a question on a talk page:

Choose 2 of your peers (these do not have to be reciprocal) and pose a question on their talk page. Be sure to sign your post.

After you have questions on your talk page, be sure to reply to these questions tagging the classmate who posed the question.

Week 4
What's a content gap?

Exercise: Add a citation
Add a citation

Copyedit an article

Week 5
Political Science

Choose your topic / Find your sources

Week 6
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

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 7
Guiding framework

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 8
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
 * Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

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.

Week 10
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 11
Using the articles from The Economist, add 30-50 words plus the citation to the economist to 3 (three) Wikipedia articles. Be sure to skim the wikipedia article before you add your sentence(s) and citation. You may coordinate contributions with your peers but you will be graded individually.

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

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!

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.

Week 13
Nominating your article for Did You Know

Guiding questions

Using the articles from The Economist, add 30-50 words plus the citation to the economist to 3 (three) Wikipedia articles. Be sure to skim the wikipedia article before you add your sentence(s) and citation. You may coordinate contributions with your peers but you will be graded individually.