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- Course name
- Special Topics in Physics - Modern Physics
- Institution
- University of Windsor
- Instructor
- Chitra Rangan
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Physics
- Course dates
- 2023-01-02 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-04-30 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 5
The course is a standard undergraduate course on "Modern" physics that includes the discoveries and theories of the first half of the twentieth century, namely, the special theory of relativity, introductory quantum mechanics and introduction to nuclear and particle physics. The upper-year year students who take this course will do a Wikipedia assignment where they will read original papers on some of the foundational experiments and write about them. Quite often, accounts of these experiments include later knowledge, and the students will be able to differentiaet between what were the original results and how has our understanding changed (in textbooks) since then.
Student | Assigned | Reviewing |
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CoulsonT | Solarization (physics) | Communication physics |
Cunning8 | Communication physics | Solarization (physics) |
Timeline
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 25 January 2023 | Friday, 27 January 2023
- 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.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 January 2023 | Wednesday, 1 February 2023 | Friday, 3 February 2023
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- In class - Discussion
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 6 February 2023 | Wednesday, 8 February 2023 | Friday, 10 February 2023
- Assignment - Choose your article
- In class - Discussion
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 13 February 2023 | Wednesday, 15 February 2023 | Friday, 17 February 2023
- Assignment - Make a small edit
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 27 February 2023 | Wednesday, 1 March 2023 | Friday, 3 March 2023
- 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 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 6 March 2023 | Wednesday, 8 March 2023 | Friday, 10 March 2023
- Assignment - Peer review an article
- Milestones
- 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 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 13 March 2023 | Wednesday, 15 March 2023 | Friday, 17 March 2023
- 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 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 20 March 2023 | Wednesday, 22 March 2023 | Friday, 24 March 2023
- 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
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 27 March 2023
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.