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Course name
Introduction to Information Literacy
Institution
California State University East Bay
Instructor
Tom Bickley
Wikipedia Expert
Adam (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Information Literacy
Course dates
2016-04-07 – 2016-06-02
Approximate number of student editors
31


Basic information literacy concepts. Research strategies and appropriate techniques for effectively identifying, acquiring, evaluating, using, and communicating information in various formats. This section is linked to courses in our first year cluster, “Spirituality, Creativity and the Human Experience." My students will be taking survey courses in World Religions, World Music, and World Theater and Dance.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Gnambo
Alondralrios
Adventurpack
HydrophobicDuck
Jazzzzyyy123
Kimtvehyung
Cecilia24811
Bi2483
Tamayo20
SergioVilla101
Carlosr1646
Ir1997
Deevee15
Noelliem2
Jvierra3
Dsabajan21
Brunetteblonde1
Silenteverglade22
Wq8655
Ahmadm9 Isalm, Love in Islam
Cecilia811
Chyntiag
VintageEd
Bella4756
Gi4462

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Thursday, 21 April 2016
Assignment - Wikipedia essentials
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
  • Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.



Handout: Editing Wikipedia


Assignment - Create your account and learn the basics
  • Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 2

Course meetings
Thursday, 28 April 2016
Assignment - Critique an article
  • Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.
  • Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
  • A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):
    • Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?



Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, Using Talk Pages