Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Nevada, Reno/Honors 235 - Discovering Research Across the Disciplines (Fall 2022)

HON 235 focuses on exploring research in different disciplinary contexts. Students will learn about different research methods and techniques for finding primary and secondary sources in their field. Student will also learn project management strategies and investigate ways of communicating the results of their research.

The students' main project will be to put together a research proposal, including a literature review. As part of the literature review, we will require the students to identify Wikipedia pages related to their topics that are underdeveloped (or the absence of needed pages). We will require the students to then update these pages (or create a page) using at least five of their sources from their literature review. Because this class is open to all Honors students in any discipline, the topic of the question and related Wikipedia pages will depend and vary on each student.

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.)

Week 2
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 6
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 8
Chemistry

Environmental Sciences

Genes and Proteins

Medicine

Political Science

Science Communication

Sociology

Week 9
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

Draft of all content is due.

Week 10
Guiding framework

Week 11
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.

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!

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

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

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.