Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Delta College/Recent American History (Fall 2016)
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- Course name
- Recent American History
- Institution
- Delta College
- Instructor
- Amy French
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- History
- Course dates
- 2016-08-30 00:00:00 UTC – 2016-12-13 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 50
Objectives:
Analyze Wikipedia as a source and contemplate its veracity.
Research academic journal articles, monographs, biographies, or essay collections on a historical topic.
Create an academic, annotated bibliography for a historical research project.
Synthesize relevant academic research and existing scholarship.
Create or edit a Wikipedia article on a historical topic.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 30 August 2016 | Thursday, 1 September 2016
- Wikipedia essentials
- Overview of the course
- Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
Handout: Editing Wikipedia
- Assignment - Practicing the basics
- Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
- Create a User page.
- To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself on the user talk page of one of your classmates, who should also be enrolled in the table at the bottom of the page.
- Explore topics related to your topic area to get a feel for how Wikipedia is organized. What areas seem to be missing? As you explore, make a mental note of articles that seem like good candidates for improvement.
Resources: Online Training for Students
- Milestones
All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 8 September 2016
- In class - Using sources
- Be prepared to explain close paraphrasing, plagiarism, and copyright violations on Wikipedia.
Handouts: Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 13 September 2016 | Thursday, 15 September 2016
- Assignment - Finalize topic and turn in to Dr. French
- Select an article to work on and turn in your topic to Dr. French on September 13.
- Start researching your topic.
- For books: http://elibrary.mel.org/search
- For journal articles, look at Jstor or Project Muse: http://libguides.delta.edu/databases
- Also use interlibrary loan through local library or Delta.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 20 September 2016 | Thursday, 22 September 2016
- In class -
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 27 September 2016 | Thursday, 29 September 2016
- Moving articles to mainspace
- We'll discuss moving your article out of your sandboxes and into Wikipedia's main space.
- A general reminder: Don't panic if your contribution disappears, and don't try to force it back in.
- Check to see if there is an explanation of the edit on the article's talk page. If not, (politely) ask why it was removed.
- Contact your Wikipedia Content Expert and let them know.
Handout: Moving out of your Sandbox
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 4 October 2016 | Thursday, 6 October 2016
- Continue Researching
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 11 October 2016 | Thursday, 13 October 2016
- Assignment - Bibliography due
- Create an academic bibliography of all your sources consulted thus far.
- Must have at least five academic sources on bibliography. Academic sources are generally from academic journals (found on J-Stor or Project Muse) or from academic publishers. Delta provides access to J-Stor and Project Muse through the LLIC. For books, you will probably need to use interlibrary loan; this can take several weeks so leave yourself plenty of time. under assignments)
- Bibliographical citations must be in Chicago Manual of Style (see link and sample on eLearning under assignments)
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 18 October 2016 | Thursday, 20 October 2016
- Continue reading your research
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 25 October 2016 | Thursday, 27 October 2016
- Work on your research synthesis
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 1 November 2016 | Thursday, 3 November 2016
- Finalize your synthesis draft
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 8 November 2016 | Thursday, 10 November 2016
- Assignment - Synthesis Due
In class, turn in your written synthesis essay of your research. Guidelines on eLearning.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 15 November 2016 | Thursday, 17 November 2016
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- In class - Work on draft of your Wikipedia edit
You can use the sandbox if you want to work on your draft.
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 29 November 2016 | Thursday, 1 December 2016
- Assignment - Wikipedia Edit Due
By this date, you should have edited Wikipedia. In addition, you need to bring to class a printout of your the section of the article that you edited and have highlighted your edit.