Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of California, Merced/WRI 001 Academic Writing (2021)

Catalog Description: Development of critical reading, thinking, and academic writing ability. Intensive practice in analysis of college-level texts and in expository writing and revision.

Course &amp; Student Learning Outcomes:

CLO 1. Use personal reflection to cultivate curiosity and generate critical questions about the academic community and larger communities beyond.

CLO 2. Produce relevant questions and make related assertions about course material that demonstrate critical thinking and reading with consideration of context.

CLO 3. Develop reading practices that inform writing strategies by identifying the need for information and evidence for a specific context after evaluating source material for credibility.

CLO 4. Engage in the composition process to communicate with clarity in prose and purpose -- in various genres and for various audiences (including faculty across-disciplines), based upon feedback from peers and instructor, around a shared set of criteria.

CLO 5. Collaborate with peers in and outside the classroom to learn from each other and to develop skills on how to be a supportive member of a team or community.

CLO 6. Recognize and critically reflect on how cultural biases and norms inform approaches to different writing situations, by identifying linguistic choices that can construct contexts and promote equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Assessment: Students will draft and revise projects (&gt; than 8000 words), reflecting awareness of contexts for writing, critical reading practices, and formats with language conventions. A significant portion of the course involves workshop preparation and engagement, leading to intensive drafting of a substantial portfolio of work, accompanied by critical analysis, all of which is reflective of substantial drafting steps and revision processes.

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.)

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3
Art History

Chemistry

Cultural Anthropology

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

History

LGBT+ Studies

Linguistics

Medicine

Political Science

Psychology

Sociology

Species

Women's Studies

Week 5
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 6
Guiding framework

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

Week 7
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 8
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 9
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
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 11
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!

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.

Week 12
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.