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Course name
PO 241 Democracy and Autocracy
Institution
Carroll College
Instructor
Alex Street
Wikipedia Expert
Adam (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Political Science
Course dates
2016-01-19 – 2016-05-18
Approximate number of student editors
10


Winston Churchill described democracy as “the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” We discuss definitions of and alternatives to democracy, debate the pros and cons, and examine why democratic political regimes have emerged and spread.

NOTE this wiki "dashboard" will help us coordinate the Wikipedia work, but your main source of info about the class, texts and assignments will be the class Moodle page (access via https://moodle.carroll.edu/)

Student Assigned Reviewing
Magrove Making Democracy Work People's Action Party
Kellytaft.144 People's Action Party Censorship
Waldosearchparty Pork barrel Censorship in China
Mmcnichol Autocracy, South African general election, 2014 Making Democracy Work
Dngvandaele Italian general election, 2013, Jill Lepore Parliament of Rwanda
KTJeno Belarusian presidential election, 2015, Censorship Rights
MoeKasawaki Censorship in China, Malaysian general election, 2013 Autocracy, Censorship in China
Dcallero Parliament of Rwanda Censorship in China
Cartersapphire Selectorate theory, Vietnamese legislative election, 2011 Pork barrel
Cmpowell Argentine general election, 2015, Censorship in China Selectorate theory
Eringordon Egyptian parliamentary election, 2015, Rights Jill Lepore

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 January 2016   |   Thursday, 21 January 2016
In class - Course introduction
  • Overview of the course
  • Including, introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course


Here's a link to the Carroll College Moodle site: https://moodle.carroll.edu/

And here's a separate link to the syllabus for this class: http://www.mwpweb.eu/1/129/resources/document_907_1.pdf

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 January 2016   |   Thursday, 28 January 2016
In class - No wiki activity this week

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Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 February 2016   |   Thursday, 4 February 2016
In class - No wiki activity this week.

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Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 February 2016   |   Thursday, 11 February 2016
In class - No wiki activity this week.

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Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 16 February 2016   |   Thursday, 18 February 2016
In class - No wiki activity this week

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Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 February 2016   |   Thursday, 25 February 2016
In class - No wiki activity this week.

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Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 March 2016   |   Thursday, 3 March 2016
In class - No wiki activity this week

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Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 March 2016   |   Thursday, 17 March 2016
In class - Getting ready to wiki

Not quite yet.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 March 2016   |   Thursday, 24 March 2016
Assignment - Wikipedia training

Please read the following handouts before class on Tuesday, 3/22.
Handout: editing Wikipedia.
Handout: citing sources.
Handout: using talk pages.
Handout: avoiding plagiarism.

AND Please complete the training modules below.  In addition, you should:

  • Create an account and join this course page.
  • Create a User page.
  • To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to another student on their user talk page.

Tuesday, 3/22: "Wikipedia essentials" and "editing basics."

Thursday, 3/24: "Evaluating articles and sources," and "sources and citations."

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 March 2016   |   Thursday, 31 March 2016
Assignment - Editing begins at home

Tuesday 3/29
Make at least one small improvement to the Wikipedia entry on Carroll College OR another topic of your choice, and come to class ready to explain your edits.

Thursday 3/31
Evaluate Wikipedia’s coverage of one of our topics in class so far (e.g. “democracy”), or one of the authors or theories (e.g. “social capital”).  Come to class ready to talk about how it could be improved.

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 April 2016   |   Thursday, 7 April 2016
In class - Edit the Wikipedia page on your chosen topic

We will discuss your progress and answer questions in class.

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 April 2016   |   Thursday, 14 April 2016
Assignment - Peer review

Tuesday, 4/12
Working in pairs, review each others' Wikipedia edits and offer comments for further improvement.  You should refer to the handout evaluating Wikipedia when making your suggestions.

Thursday, 4/14
Finalize your edits and submit a 1-2 page summary of your edits, your comments on your partner's work, and the changes you made in response to the comments you received, via the class Moodle page.  (1-inch margins, double-spaced, 12-point font).  You can include screenshots in a longer appendix if you wish. 

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 April 2016   |   Thursday, 21 April 2016
In class - Election report week 1

Work in-class on your election report and your Wikipedia edits about that election.

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 April 2016   |   Thursday, 28 April 2016
In class - Election report class presentations

Student presentations.  Your visual aide for the presentation should be the Wikipedia page that you updated and improved.

Week 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 May 2016   |   Thursday, 5 May 2016
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