Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Stockton University/Introduction to Research (Spring 2016)
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- Course name
- Introduction to Research
- Institution
- Stockton University
- Instructor
- Tara Ronda
- Wikipedia Expert
- Adam (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Writing / research
- Course dates
- 2016-01-20 – 2016-05-06
- Approximate number of student editors
- 25
This course introduces students to research in humanities, social science, and science disciplines. Among the types of research taught are: literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, ethnographies, interviews, documentaries, and surveys. By the end of term, students design, conduct, and compose original research projects.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 7 March 2016 | Wednesday, 9 March 2016
- In class - Wikipedia essentials
- Overview of the course
- Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
- Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.
Handout: Editing Wikipedia
- Assignment - Learn the basics
- Complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 14 March 2016 | Wednesday, 16 March 2016
- Assignment - Critique an article
- Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.
- Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the topic you've chosen to research, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
- A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):
- 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- Is any information out of date?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?
Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, Using Talk Pages
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 21 March 2016 | Wednesday, 23 March 2016
- Assignment - Add to an article
- Add at least 3-4 sentences of new information, backed up with citations to 2-3 appropriate sources, to a Wikipedia article related to the topic you've chosen to research this semester.