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Course name
Wikipedia Earth Processes
Institution
University of New Mexico
Instructor
Tobias Fischer
Subject
Environmental Sciences
Course dates
2021-09-03 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-12-10 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
8


This course focusses entirely on improving existing and writing new articles in Wikipedia. The topic is quite general but with a focus on earth processes. Earth includes the atmosphere, the oceans and includes the entire earth history, earth formation, earth's composition, plate tectonics processes, earthquakes, volcanoes, environment. Students will find articles that need improvement or need to be written and will spend 12 weeks (one semester) writing these articles. In order to lead up to this large assignment, students will also update graphics in Wikipedia articles that relate to earth processes.

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Friday, 10 September 2021
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 3

Course meetings
Friday, 17 September 2021
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 4

Course meetings
Friday, 24 September 2021
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 5

Course meetings
Friday, 1 October 2021
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise
Assignment - Exercise

Week 6

Course meetings
Friday, 8 October 2021
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

Chemistry

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Science Communication

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Friday, 15 October 2021
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
Milestones

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

Week 8

Course meetings
Friday, 22 October 2021
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 9

Course meetings
Friday, 29 October 2021
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 - Exercise

Week 10

Course meetings
Friday, 5 November 2021
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.

Week 11

Course meetings
Friday, 12 November 2021
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!

Week 12

Course meetings
Friday, 19 November 2021
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!

Week 13

Course meetings
Friday, 26 November 2021
In class - In-class presentation

Week 14

Course meetings
Friday, 3 December 2021
In class - In class presentation
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.

Assignment - Reflective essay
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