Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Connecticut/The Purpose of Education (Fall 2018)

For the Wikipedia Project, you can choose either to create a new Wikipedia article or “improve” an existing one. In either case, the article should be on a topic related to the course theme, the Purpose of Education.

It’s important to remember that your work on Wikipedia is not static. As you create or edit your chosen article throughout this unit, you may find that other Wikipedians not in the class delete and/or edit your work. Don’t worry. Your work will not be graded on “what sticks” in Wikipedia. The Course Dashboard will track your edits and allow me to see and evaluate all of your contributions, even the ones deleted by other editors.

Due to Wikipedia’s Conflict of Interest (COI) rules, as a student at UConn you cannot improve or create an article about your university or topics related to UConn. For example, you couldn’t improve the article on Susan Herbst

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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

Next Steps
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.)

1) please complete both trainings provided here;
2) complete the &quot;Choose a topic&quot; exercise to find a list of topic ideas related to the course;

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

3) complete the  &quot;Evaluate your article&quot; exercise using at least two of the topics you might want to pursue;

Exercise
Evaluate your article

4) narrow down your seach to just ONE topic and begin your project proposal.

Week 7
Project proposal due on HuskyCT.

This week, you should also start drafting your contributions in your Sandbox. Before you begin, please complete this exercise.

Exercise
Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Resource:  Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Then, review the trainings to help as you begin drafting your work.

Collect and curate a bibliography of at least 10 sources from which you will be working to improve and/or create your Wikipedia article. The majority of your sources should be peer- reviewed journals or book chapters. However, it may be appropriate to quote or cite from news articles, interviews, etc. Pick 3 and write an annotation for each. Each annotation should be approximately 100 words and both summarize the main argument(s) of the source, and assess its usefulness and relevance for your article.

Week 8
Collect and curate a bibliography of at least 10 sources from which you will be working to improve and/or create your Wikipedia article. The majority of your sources should be peer- reviewed journals or book chapters. However, it may be appropriate to quote or cite from news articles, interviews, etc. Pick 3 and write an annotation for each. Each annotation should be approximately 100 words and both summarize the main argument(s) of the source, and assess its usefulness and relevance for your article.

Annotated bibliography due on HuskyCT.

Week 9
Time in class to improve/create Wikipedia Article. 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!

Please review the Peer Review Guiding Framework before our peer review class day.

Peer Review Guiding framework

In-class peer review of your article.

After your peer review, please respond to the feedback you received. Consider the 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.

1) move your work from the Sandbox into the live article space, using the training provided to guide you.

Exercise
Add links to your article

2) before you complete your assignment, read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list. Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Week 10
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.