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- Course name
- Perception
- Institution
- New York University
- Instructor
- Charlie Burlingham
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Psychology
- Course dates
- 2020-05-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-07-11 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 27
How do we construct a conception of physical reality based on sensory experience? A survey of the basic facts, theories, and methods of studying sensation and perception, with a primary focus on vision and audition. This is a highly interdisciplinary field of science, crossing the boundaries between psychology, robotics, computer vision, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, biology, philosophy, and physics.
The students will pick a topic in perception and edit its (underdeveloped) wikipedia article or a create a new article for it.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 1 June 2020 | Tuesday, 2 June 2020 | Wednesday, 3 June 2020
- 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.
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- In class - Discussion
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 8 June 2020 | Tuesday, 9 June 2020 | Wednesday, 10 June 2020
- Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
- Assignment - Add to an article
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 15 June 2020 | Tuesday, 16 June 2020 | Wednesday, 17 June 2020
- Assignment - Exercise
- 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
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 22 June 2020 | Tuesday, 23 June 2020 | Wednesday, 24 June 2020
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
It's time to make your draft live and move it to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 29 June 2020 | Tuesday, 30 June 2020 | Wednesday, 1 July 2020
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
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.
- Assignment - Polish your work
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
- In class - Discussion
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 6 July 2020 | Tuesday, 7 July 2020 | Wednesday, 8 July 2020
- Assignment - Final article
It's the final week to develop your article.
- 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!
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
Week 7
- Assignment - Extra Credit
- Peer edit a classmate's article