Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Los Medanos College /College Composition (Spring 2016)

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Course name
College Composition
Institution
Los Medanos College
Instructor
Scott Warfe
Wikipedia Expert
Adam (Wiki Ed)
Subject
English
Course dates
2016-01-22 – 2016-05-22
Approximate number of student editors
55


Students are introduced to college level reading, writing and critical thinking skills and are given practice in developing them. Students will learn skills for reading passages of various lengths and styles, techniques for improving comprehension and retention and guidelines for writing effective lively paragraphs and academic, thesis-driven essays. This course uses the whole language, metacognitive approach for improving reading, critical thinking and writing skills which students need to succeed in college.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Daniel S Romero
Jarce620
Kamilsmith
Sstewart279
Karce906
Rcardenas154
Mkatej93
Cmcente819 Study skills
CTaylor0911
Epixsavior
AlexK22
Kyleighhaavisto
Adrivillescaz
NicoleV1490585
Mofletch
Brittney lmc
Amumford956
Deannalaguilar
Bailey.holden13
Mcontrerasjr
Sado512
Ycastillo437
Chrisriverasura
Alexpereda
Ashleyperez1225
Jonathanzepeda817
09iri
Hannah Tatmon
Christinastraws
Juliescar180
Descorza
Todd rungren
Monicabruh
Cramirez923
Tloud 131
Margarita 1218
Blvck2015
ObnoxiousLion -LMR
Jeremysayco
Cleon393
Jooliescar
Margarita orozco
Sgutierrez584
Hey Oseje
OsejeAk

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Thursday, 3 March 2016

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 8 March 2016   |   Thursday, 10 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 - Create your account and learn the basics
  • Create an account and then complete the assigned training modules. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.




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 class, 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 WikipediaUsing Talk Pages

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 March 2016   |   Thursday, 17 March 2016
Assignment - Select article(s) to contribute to

Select articles that you'll be contributing to

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 March 2016   |   Thursday, 31 March 2016
Assignment - Submit Proposal Essay

Compose an essay in which you propose your suggested revising. 

Week 5

In class - Add to an article
  • Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.



Assignment - Reflection

Compose a letter to me in which you reflect on the process of contributing to Wikipedia.