Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Columbia University/Experimental Design and Analysis (Fall 2018)
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- Course name
- Experimental Design and Analysis
- Institution
- Columbia University
- Instructor
- Don Green
- Wikipedia Expert
- Elysia (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Political Science
- Course dates
- 2018-09-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-01-04 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 5
Students will complete a self-directed Wikipedia project related to Experimental Design and Analysis.
Timeline
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 9 October 2018
- In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.
Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Get started on 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.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 October 2018
- Assignment - Choose possible topics
Please take all the assigned trainings here. For your proposed topic, review related articles on Wikipedia, working to finalize the topic you plan to update or create using the exercises below to guide you.
Exercise
Finalize your topic / Find your sources
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 23 October 2018
- Assignment - Add to your article
Use this week to practice your editing skills by copyediting and adding citations to your article. You should also begin drafting an outline for your planned article improvements.
Exercise
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 30 October 2018
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 6 November 2018
- Assignment - Peer review an article
Use the guiding framework here to peer review one of your classmates' articles. You may also want to send a draft to your instructor for review.
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 13 November 2018
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
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.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 20 November 2018
- Thanksgiving Week
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 27 November 2018
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
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.
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 4 December 2018
- Assignment - Final article
Your final edits must be submitted for grading by December 14th.
- Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards.
- 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!
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 11 December 2018
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.