Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Pomona College/Democracy, Human Rights, and USFP (Fall 2018)

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Course name
Democracy, Human Rights, and USFP
Institution
Pomona College
Instructor
Mietek Boduszynski
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Political Science
Course dates
2018-09-05 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-12 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


This is a course about the tension between values and interests in U.S. foreign policy. Students have been assigned country cases to examine in depth for a final research paper assignment. On the way to that final paper, they will gather sources and use them to contribute to a Wikipedia entry.

Student Assigned Reviewing
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Cohenm126 Ethiopia-United States relations
Cmfb2015 United States-Uzbekistan relations
Agnesmok99 Myanmar-United States relations
Ysaa2017 Effects of NAFTA on Mexico
Lucyau Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration
Kaitlinerob2017 Sudan-United States relations, Darfur genocide
Tycarm Kazakhstan-United States Relations
Atpd2015 Plan Colombia
Samneufeld United States–Vietnam relations
Mightybear1234 Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
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Timeline

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 22 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 24 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:


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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 29 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 5 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 7 November 2018
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

History

Political Science


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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 12 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 19 November 2018

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 26 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 28 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 14

Course meetings
Monday, 3 December 2018   |   Wednesday, 5 December 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


Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 10 December 2018   |   Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to 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 - 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.