Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Miami University Middletown/EDT 251 - Research Skills and Strategies (Spring 2023)
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- Course name
- EDT 251 - Research Skills and Strategies
- Institution
- Miami University Middletown
- Instructor
- John Burke
- Wikipedia Expert
- Brianda (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Information Literacy
- Course dates
- 2023-03-06 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-05-13 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 25
Build research skills and improve your search strategies using current technology, online tools, and the Internet. Progress through the research process as you apply critical thinking to your information need. Develop skills in finding and evaluating information and citing sources. Learn to use library services and resources including the online catalog, research databases, and print and digital collections.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 13 March 2023
- Assignment - 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.)
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 27 March 2023
- Assignment - How to find/choose your Wikipedia article
- Assignment - Choose your article
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 3 April 2023
- Assignment - Add to an article
- 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
Week 4
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 17 April 2023
- 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.
- 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
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 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 24 April 2023
- 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!
- 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.