Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/New England College/Global Issues (Spring 2019)

{{course details

| course_name = Global Issues

| instructor_username = Mosterbur

| instructor_realname = Dr. Megan E. Osterbur

| support_staff = Elysia (Wiki Ed)

| subject = Political Science

| start_date = 2019-01-21 00:00:00 UTC

| end_date = 2019-05-10 23:59:59 UTC

| institution = New England College

| expected_students = 20

| assignment_page = Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/New_England_College/Global_Issues_(Spring_2019)

| slug = New_England_College/Global_Issues_(Spring_2019)

| campaigns = Communicating Science, Spring 2019

| dashboard.wikiedu.org = yes

}}

This course will look at the major issues facing the countries of the world today. The issues that will be discussed in detail will include globalization, development, human rights, the environment, weapons proliferation, terrorism, WMD, sweatshops and ethnic conflict. In addition, specific, current examples from every region in the world will be used to understand these issues much better. (4 Credits)

{{student table row|Rscribnerug|FBI Science and Technology Branch|Royal Italian Army}}

{{student table row|EricaNewton|Redwood Summer|Wilderness Therapy}}

{{student table row|Afowler143|Wilderness Therapy|Redwood Summer}}

{{student table row|Shawn Lavoie|Germanic mythology|Great Lakes Fishery Commission}}

{{student table row|ConnorJPrince|Dropmire, Upstream collection|Dos Bocas oil fire}}

{{student table row|Dukee12|Great Lakes Fishery Commission|Germanic mythology}}

{{student table row|Kzervosug21|National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect|Post-maturity syndrome}}

{{student table row|EAaron21|2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis|Conflict Armament Research}}

{{student table row|Ccurley224|Child Labour Laws|World Literacy Foundation, International Obesity Taskforce}}

{{student table row|Carolineokeefe|Post-maturity syndrome|National Center on Child Abuse}}

{{student table row|Surato1996|Conflict Armament Research|D2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic}}

{{student table row|Emmiheath04|Homosocialization|Radical egalitarianism}}

{{student table row|ChadFazio31|Royal Italian Army|FBI Science and Technology Branch}}

{{student table row|Alisson.haywood77|World Literacy Foundation|International Obesity Taskforce, Child labor laws}}

{{student table row|AndrewBrown 880|Global surveillance and journalism|Child Labour Laws}}

{{student table row|Cbizzy2313|International Obesity Taskforce|World Literacy Foundation}}

{{student table row|Jojohanson|Radical egalitarianism|Homosocialization}}

= Week 1 =

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

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.

Log into your Wikipedia Account

Link your Wikipedia Account to the course dashboard on Wiki Edu

= Week 2 =

Getting Started with editing Wikipedia involved learning how editing works and how we know what to edit

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:

[https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia Editing Wikipedia], pages 1–5
[https://wikiedu.org/evaluatingwikipedia Evaluating 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.)

= Week 3 =

== Evaluate an Article ==

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/evaluate-wikipedia-exercise Evaluate an article]

{{assignment|Assignment - Discussion: Thinking about sources & plagiarism}}

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/sources-and-plagiarism-discussion/thinking-about-sources-and-plagiarism Thinking about sources and plagiarism]

Post a question on a talk page:

Choose 2 of your peers (these do not have to be reciprocal) and pose a question on their talk page. Be sure to sign your post.

After you have questions on your talk page, be sure to reply to these questions tagging the classmate who posed the question.

= Week 4 =

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/content-gap-discussion/what-is-a-content-gap What's a content gap?]

{{assignment|Assignment - Add to an article: Using citation hunt}}

== Exercise: Add a citation ==

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/add-to-article-exercise Add a citation]

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/copyedit-exercise/copyedit-an-article Copyedit an article]

= Week 5 =

[https://wikiedu.org/political_science Political Science]

{{assignment|Assignment - Exercise: Choose your topic/Find sources}}

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/choose-topic-from-list-exercise Choose your topic / Find your sources]

= Week 6 =

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: [https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia#page=7 Editing Wikipedia], pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/thinking-about-wikipedia-discussion/thinking-about-wikipedia Thinking about Wikipedia]

= Week 7 =

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/peer-review Guiding framework]

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

= Week 8 =

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:

[https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia#page=12 Editing Wikipedia], pages 12 and 14
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

= Week 9 =

== Exercise ==

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/continue-improving-exercise/link-articles 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.

= Week 10 =

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: [https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia#page=13 Editing Wikipedia], page 13

= Week 11 =

Using the articles from The Economist, add 30-50 words plus the citation to the economist to 3 (three) Wikipedia articles. Be sure to skim the wikipedia article before you add your sentence(s) and citation. You may coordinate contributions with your peers but you will be graded individually.

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 12 =

It's the final week to develop your article.

Read [https://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia#page=15 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 milestones|You've finished your Wikipedia assignment!}}

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

= Week 13 =

{{assignment|Assignment - Exercise: Nominating Your Article for DYK}}

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/did-you-know-exercise/nominating Nominating your article for Did You Know]

[https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students/reflective-essay-exercise/essay-questions Guiding questions]