Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/U of L/FLOf - Facilitating Learning Online (Fall 2019)

The FLOf course is designed for you to build competency in the facilitation of blended and online courses. In this course you can apply online learning theories to the learning activities you are planning, create engaging learning activities that promote critical thinking and collaboration, and experiment with a variety of learning-facilitation strategies.

An active participation in the Wikipedia Assignment during the Modules 2/3/5 will allow you to build/ enhance your facilitation skills relating to the teaching of writing development, research, critical thinking, and media literacy.

Week 1
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account and have a basic understanding concerning the policies and ways to contribute to the knowledge.

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.)

'''Go into your sandbox and briefly jot down your reflections in 3-5 sentences on your first steps in the Wikipedia Education environment. You can watch the brief tutorial on the instructions page 4.1 to learn how to access your sandbox space. Read the tutorial 'Drafting in the sandbox' before you start.'''


 * What are your impressions?
 * What did you enjoy?
 * Did you face any challenges and if yes, how did you address them?

Week 2
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun their experimentation with Wikipedia by writing a blog post as well as  preparing the editorial work on a Wikipedia article of his/ her choice.

Find an article of your choice (either from the suggested list in this course or some other topic that interests you. Decide what you will want to edit. Do you want to improve the text or add any visuals?  Then plan your edits and execute them in your sandbox.

Week 3
By drafting edits for an existing article everyone is building skills in editing, evaluating, etc.

Week 4
Thinking about Wikipedia

Guiding framework

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.

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

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.

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 5
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!

Guiding questionsNow 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

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