Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of Hull/Psychology of Internet Behaviour (Spring 2014)/Timeline

Schedule
This schedule is still, technically provisional, and might be subject to some changes as we go.

LAB 1: Essentials and Basics
This lab will be split into three parts.

In the lab

 * Introduction to how (and why) Wikipedia will be used in this course
 * Handouts: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online) + Using talk pages + Wikimarkup cheatsheet

FIRST PART: For those WITHOUT previous wiki experience:
 * Basics of editing (see Wiki Markup Cheat Sheet)
 * Create a user page, and sign up on the list of students on the course page.
 * Practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia
 * Sandboxes
 * Introduce yourself to any Wikipedians helping your class, and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.
 * Introducing yourself in The Teahouse
 * Discuss the range of topics students will be working on and strategies for researching and writing about them.

SECOND PART: For those WITH previous wiki experience (and those without as well): (also see the physical handout during the session) - including licensing, copyright and attribution
 * Introducing other wiki projects
 * Introducing the Wikimedia Commons. Advice on Contributing items to Wikimedia Commons
 * Using items in other wiki projects: interwiki links

THIRD PART: For EVERYBODY: Read some background information about approaches and techniques for wikipedia writing
 * One sentence on Wikipedia: a microcosm of information literacy (recommended)

(see Advice for choosing articles) aka DOs and DON'Ts The last part of the session will be about forming into groups to work on a topic theme. These groups should be "mixed", but we will talk about that in the session
 * Finding the best articles to work on for class assignment

Topics
Among some of the pages or topics you might consider working on include:

People:
 * Kimberly Young
 * Robert Cialdini
 * Richard E. Petty
 * Charles Berger (academic)
 * Judee K. Burgoon
 * Adam Joinson

Subject Areas:
 * Internet Addiction Disorder (diagrams, media?)
 * Expectancy violations theory (diagrams, media?)
 * Social penetration theory
 * Expectancy violations theory
 * Interpersonal deception theory
 * Anxiety/uncertainty management
 * Uncertainty reduction theory
 * Elaboration likelihood model


 * By the End of this lab:
 * Everyone should have a Wikipedia user account and be listed on this course page.


 * Work to to be done for next week
 * Make sure your User Page captures as much information about you as a Wikipedia editor and your interests in the topic about which you'll be contributing during this course.
 * Indicate which article you're going to be working on for this course on your talk page. List an alternative article title in case there's any reason you can't work on the first one you pick.
 * OPTIONAL: Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to this module. BE BOLD!

'''*If you miss the lab session the online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.'''


 * Online Handouts:
 * Evaluating Wikipedia article quality
 * How to get help
 * Referencing on Wikipedia + Wikipedia’s copyright policy
 * FAQ for Contributors

Online Handouts

 * Evaluating Wikipedia article quality
 * How to get help
 * Referencing on Wikipedia + Wikipedia’s copyright policy
 * FAQ for Contributors
 * See also Toni Sant's Simplified Help

In the lab

 * Add your article to the class’s course page (if you haven't already done so).
 * Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
 * How to assess an article and improve it (4:22 video)
 * Communicating with other Wikipedians (using Template:Talkback)
 * Preliminary work on your contributions (ask a question at the Teahouse)
 * Employ constructive editing
 * REMEMBER TO ADD:

Managing and enhancing your contributions

 * Devising a strategy for your article (i.e. establishing Notability) - are there any pages that (should) link to your article? Do they?
 * Verifiability
 * Wikipedia Citation Tool for Google Books
 * Manual_of_Style


 * Milestone (before the end of this session)
 * All students have started editing articles in individual sandboxes or drafts on specific talk pages.

LAB 3 : Editing

 * In the lab
 * Continue research in preparation for expanding your article.
 * Citation/References (see PDF handout)
 * Work with classmates and other editors to polish your article and fix any major issues.
 * As a group, students offer suggestions for improving one or two of the students' articles, setting the example for what is expected from a solid encyclopedia article.
 * Peer review your classmates' articles, within the same general topic you're working on. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages and/or their personal user pages, as appropriate.
 * Refining your contribution -- see:
 * Cross-linking
 * Use of categories
 * Uploading Images to Wikipedia

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