Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of Memphis/Wikipedia as a Research Tool (Fall 2013)/Timeline

27 August 	Introduction to Course Introduction of Students What are We Going to do Here?

3 September Does the Medium Predict the Scholarship? Introduction of Final Project

10 September	Is Wikipedia Trustworthy? Introduction to other User-Generated resources Reading:	Read the letter and responses to Who Says Wikipedia Isn’t Trustworthy? http://chronicle.com/article/Who-Says-Wikipedia-Isnt/129230/

Journal idea:	Do you agree with the letter writer? From your perspective, do any of the replies to the letter make particularly good points? Cwinton responds that “The reason you should not cite Wikipedia is that the information content is fluid, not fixed.” Do you agree?

17 September	Wikipedia Essentials Reading:	Read the Welcome to Wikipedia brochure at this link: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Welcome_to_Wikipedia_brochure_EN.pdf

Create a Wikipedia account as show on page 5 of the brochure. Experiment with the various links listed on pages 6-7 on a Wikipedia page of interest to you. Explore the Wikipedia "Sister Projects" at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_sister_projects

Journal idea:   	What information in the Welcome to Wikipedia did you find most interesting? Surprising? Do you have any thoughts on the page that you will create this semester in Wikipedia? What "Sister Project" do you find most useful in your studies? Why?

24 September	Wikipedia Editing Basics Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)

Do the following: •	visit coursera.org and examine the course offerings on the site •	watch this video (http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_norvig_the_100_000_student_classroom.html) from an instructor for a coursera course. •	read this article - (http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/07/moocs_could_be_disastrous_for_students_and_professors.html)

Journal idea:	What are your thoughts on the course offerings from coursera.org? What are your thoughts on Peter Norvig's presentation? Do you agree with argument put forward by Jonathan Rees?

1 October 	Exploring the Topic Areas

Do the following: Create a user page and sign up ont he list of students at the course page at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Program:University_of_Memphis/Wikipedia_as_a_Research_Tool_(Fall_2013). The enrollment token you need to register for the class is: unhp1100

Journal idea: 	Make an edit to any Wikipedia Page of your choice. Add a citation to the page where relevant. In your paper list the following: the url of the page you edited, a copy of the text that you edited, and the citation you added. Discuss why you chose the page to edit, why you made the edit, and why you chose the specific reference.

8 October	Using Sources

Do the following:

critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article of interest to you and leave suggestions for improving the article on the article's talk page. Identify an article that you intend to write, or an article that you will substantially modify on your Wikipedia User's page.

In your reading journal:

for the above item 1. explain why you chose the article and justify your suggestions for improving the piece. For above item 2. explain why you are proposing the article you intend to write or modify. Why do you think the article is important to have on Wikipedia.

15 October	Fall Break

22 October	Choosing Articles Final Draft of Article Abstract is Due in Dropbox by Start of Class Period

29 October	Drafting Starter Articles 5 November 	Moving Articles to the Main Space

12 November	Building Articles

19 November	Getting and Giving Feedback

26 November	Responding to Feedback

3 December	Class Presentations

10 December	Final Exam due in dropbox by 10:30 AM

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