Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Wesleyan University/New England Geology (Fall 2018)

For more than a century, students and professionals interested in the geology of New England have gathered at the annual meeting of the New England Intercollegiate Geologic Conference (NEIGC), a weekend of field-based education. In this seminar, we will choose three NEIGC fieldtrips to attend, study the appropriate background material in preparation for the trips, and compile our own guide to the trips that summarizes the appropriate background material. The class will culminate in attendance at the annual NEIGC meeting on the weekend of October 12-14, 2018 in the Lake George region of Upstate New York and Vermont.

At the end of this course, you will not only know a lot more about New England geology and have met many current and future field geologists, but you will also have learned to synthesize the literature to assess the current state of knowledge and evaluate how field studies can advance our understanding of regional geology and environmental issues.

Week 1
Welcome to the E&amp;ES301 Wikipedia project timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete theWikipedia project for New England Geology, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces. Additional readings and assignments are found on the course Moodle.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:


 * 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.)

Complete the two training modules above to get ready for editing in Wikipedia.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Week 3
Thinking about sources and plagiarism

What's a content gap?

Environmental Sciences

Week 4
Choose your topic / Find your sources

Exercise
Add a citation

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 5
Guiding framework

Thinking about Wikipedia

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

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 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

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 7
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 questions

Guiding questions

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