Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/St. Ambrose University/Information Literacy (Fall 2019)

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Course name
Information Literacy
Institution
St. Ambrose University
Instructor
Jennifer Smith
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Information Literacy
Course dates
2019-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-10 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


We will be using Wikipedia to accomplish our course objectives of recognizing and defining information needs, understanding how information is organized, identifying, locating, accessing and retrieving information from a variety of sources, critically evaluating information and ethically using information.

Student Assigned Reviewing
AdamKowalik13 Personal finance
OliviaJobe Year-round school in the United States
Alex24wolter82 Control engineering
Croth509 Environmental impact of cleaning agents
Holtz148 Control engineering
Katie.Stock Personal finance
Beehass 7 Business communication
Jenna.102 Finance
Slmathews Year-round school in the United States
Clairecoyle Finance
Declan1111 College athletics in the United States
Mattyboi23 Business communication
Andrewolenek Environmental impact of cleaning agents
NickHernandez2121 Control engineering
Cgard College athletics in the United States
DenverHoffert76 Personal finance
Mitch.T22 Finance
Msantiago2001 Year-round school in the United States
Deden7 Business communication
Morenojesse College athletics in the United States

Timeline

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
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.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
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.


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
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
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 - 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 - 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 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 November 2019
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!


Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Milestones

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