Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire/Living in an Information Society (Spring 2017)

Week 1
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the &quot;Get Help&quot; button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:


 * Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

Week 2

 * Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
 * It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
 * When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

Week 3
In class on Thursday, March 2, we will discuss two readings, linked from D2L:


 * Tett, G. (2016, Jul 02). Why we no longer trust the experts. Financial Times.
 * Leitch, T. (2014). The case against Wikipedia. In, Wikipedia U: Knowledge, Authority, and Liberal Education in the Digital Age.

Week 4
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.


 * Complete the &quot;Evaluating Articles and Sources&quot; training (linked below).
 * Based on your group number, read one of the following articles:
 * Electoral fraud
 * Controversies in autism
 * Genetically modified food controversies
 * Confirmation bias
 * Filter bubble
 * As you read the article, consider some questions (but don't feel limited to these) suggested by Wiki Ed:
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Prepare your critique:
 * Choose at least 2 questions relevant to the article you're evaluating. Leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Mekompsie (talk) 16:50, 28 April 2017 (UTC).
 * In your group's D2L forum, discuss the assigned article considering the questions posed in D2L.

In pairs, you will edit Wikipedia by adding information and citations to an article.

You and your partner will select an article and assign it to yourself on the Students tab above. Make sure another pair has not already assigned themselves your chosen topic by viewing the list of assigned articles on the Students tab.

Improve your article by adding or revising sentences, paragraphs, or whole sections. You must cite sources using credible information. Some things to consider:


 * Think about the skills you learned in the article critique. What kinds of sources and references are being used in your article? Can you find better ones? More up to date? Are any of the links dead?
 * Improve the readability of the article by copy editing or re-writing content for a general audience. If an 8th grader was reading about this topic on Wikipedia, could they understand what you wrote?