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Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Carroll College/PO 241 Democracy and Autocracy (Spring 2016)

{{course details

| course_name = PO 241 Democracy and Autocracy

| instructor_username = Street.alex

| instructor_realname = Alex Street

| support_staff = Adam (Wiki Ed)

| subject = Political Science

| start_date = 2016-01-19

| end_date = 2016-05-18

| institution = Carroll College

| expected_students = 10

| assignment_page = Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/Carroll_College/PO_241_Democracy_and_Autocracy_(Spring_2016)

| dashboard.wikiedu.org = yes

}}

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/)

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{{student table row|Magrove|Making Democracy Work|People's Action Party}}

{{student table row|Kellytaft.144|People's Action Party|Censorship}}

{{student table row|Waldosearchparty|Pork barrel|Censorship in China}}

{{student table row|Mmcnichol|Autocracy, South African general election, 2014|Making Democracy Work}}

{{student table row|Dngvandaele|Italian general election, 2013, Jill Lepore|Parliament of Rwanda}}

{{student table row|KTJeno|Belarusian presidential election, 2015, Censorship|Rights}}

{{student table row|MoeKasawaki|Censorship in China, Malaysian general election, 2013|Autocracy, Censorship in China}}

{{student table row|Dcallero|Parliament of Rwanda|Censorship in China}}

{{student table row|Cartersapphire|Selectorate theory, Vietnamese legislative election, 2011|Pork barrel}}

{{student table row|Cmpowell|Argentine general election, 2015, Censorship in China|Selectorate theory}}

{{student table row|Eringordon|Egyptian parliamentary election, 2015, Rights|Jill Lepore}}

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= Week 1 =

{{start of course week|2016-01-19|2016-01-21}}

{{in class|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/ https://moodle.carroll.edu/
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And here's a separate link to the syllabus for this class: http://www.mwpweb.eu/1/129/resources/document_907_1.pdf

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= Week 2 =

{{start of course week|2016-01-26|2016-01-28}}

{{in class|In class - No wiki activity this week}}

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= Week 3 =

{{start of course week|2016-02-02|2016-02-04}}

{{in class|In class - No wiki activity this week.}}

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= Week 4 =

{{start of course week|2016-02-09|2016-02-11}}

{{in class|In class - No wiki activity this week.}}

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= Week 5 =

{{start of course week|2016-02-16|2016-02-18}}

{{in class|In class - No wiki activity this week}}

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= Week 6 =

{{start of course week|2016-02-23|2016-02-25}}

{{in class|In class - No wiki activity this week.}}

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= Week 7 =

{{start of course week|2016-03-01|2016-03-03}}

{{in class|In class - No wiki activity this week}}

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= Week 8 =

{{start of course week|2016-03-15|2016-03-17}}

{{in class|In class - Getting ready to wiki}}

Not quite yet.

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= Week 9 =

{{start of course week|2016-03-22|2016-03-24}}

{{assignment|Assignment - Wikipedia training}}

Please read the following handouts before class on Tuesday, 3/22.
Handout: [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Editing_Wikipedia_brochure_%28Wiki_Education_Foundation%29.pdf editing Wikipedia].
Handout: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Citing_your_sources.pdf%20 citing sources.]
Handout: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Using_talk_pages.pdf%20 using talk pages.]
Handout: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Avoiding_plagiarism.pdf%20 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."

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= Week 10 =

{{start of course week|2016-03-29|2016-03-31}}

{{assignment|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.

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= Week 11 =

{{start of course week|2016-04-05|2016-04-07}}

{{in class|In class - Edit the Wikipedia page on your chosen topic}}

We will discuss your progress and answer questions in class.

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= Week 12 =

{{start of course week|2016-04-12|2016-04-14}}

{{assignment|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 [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Evaluating_Wikipedia_brochure_%28Wiki_Education_Foundation%29.pdf 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. 

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= Week 13 =

{{start of course week|2016-04-19|2016-04-21}}

{{in class|In class - Election report week 1}}

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

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= Week 14 =

{{start of course week|2016-04-26|2016-04-28}}

{{in class|In class - Election report class presentations}}

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

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= Week 15 =

{{start of course week|2016-05-03|2016-05-05}}

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