Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Penn State/RHS (Fall 2023)

This is a 400 level undergraduate course titled Strategies for Employment for Persons with Disabilities. In Fall 2023 I will be teaching this course as 7 week blended synch and asynch online course. I propose that the students/class completes some of the edits/new pages listed below depending how many students end up in the course, what we don't finish this fall, another class will pick up next fall).

I have reviewed the existing Wiki pages and would like to assign a list of topics for students to choose from. If possible I would like us to have a single page Strategies for Employment, and from there to link to the existing content, which we would also edit. I hope this makes sense. It would certainly be good to speak to a Wiki staff to think the organization more, but I hope that the plan below suffices for this application at this time.

Create a New Page: Strategies for employment for persons with disabilities

History and Philosophy (I, the instructor, would write this framing) Why are people with disabilities seen as needing assistance in employment? What has influenced changes in strategies overtime? Who provides services in the US? What are the most common strategies in the US? (below)

Subtitle: Institutionalized employment - new Asylums and orphanages - document that disabled inmates worked for these institutions

Subtitle: Community-based institutionalized employment - new Sheltered workshops: frame as a strategy of employment, include critique (link to the existing information in Goodwill; subwages and link to FLSA) Activity work centers - new

Subtitle: Community -based integrated employment strategies

Customized employment link to the existing page and edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customized_employment especially sections on: Job carving Job coaching Self employment

Supported employment- frame as an employment strategy and link to the existing page which needs edits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supported_employment edit

Marketing of disabled people as workers - add new Business case for disability employment VR as LMI

Week 1
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.

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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2
Write an email to a friend explaining to them why plagiarism is a bad idea. Then respond to one other person's &quot;email&quot; in the discussion as if you were writing them an email back.

Week 3
What worries you about editing Wikipedia? What strengths do you have to do it?

History

Sociology

Women's Studies

Week 4
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.

Week 5
Guiding framework

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

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.

Week 6
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 7
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.

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 8
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.