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Course name
CRM447W Senior Seminar in Criminology
Institution
Eastern Michigan University
Instructor
Kevin Karpiak
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Criminology & Criminal Justice
Course dates
2019-05-07 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-06-21 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


As this is a writing course, the main goal will be to refine a set of critical reading, thinking, writing and research skills that will serve as a capstone to your undergraduate training in criminology. Other course goals will include: using an interdisciplinary framework in order to explore how shared problems in the humanities and social sciences can and do shed light on problems in criminology; becoming conversant and learning how to intervene in some of the central issues in criminology; learning about the complex nature of the research process as well as how students might experiment with different ways of structuring and narrating this exploration. We accomplish this goal by focusing on a broad topic each semester. This semester that topic will be “Public Criminology”: what is the role of criminology, as a body and practice of knowledge,in the public sphere; what kinds of things is it good for and what can it do? To what kinds of things should we, as criminologists, turn our attention and how should our energies be directed? We will be exploring these issues via a series of "group experiments in public criminology," of which this Wiki assignment is one piece.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Dfett1 Public criminology Public criminology
Shuelke Public criminology Public criminology
Smithpf Public criminology Public criminology
CGamache Public criminology Public criminology
TaylorMarcusStudent Public criminology Public criminology
Koshea2 Public criminology Public criminology
Tstevens211 Public criminology Public criminology
BreezyLBM Public criminology Public criminology
CaitlinHouck17 Public criminology Public criminology
Ayabarr23 Public criminology Public criminology
AWGraham14 Public criminology Public criminology
NavinN95 Public criminology Public criminology
Lkovach5 Public criminology Public criminology
Lwilliams3emu Public criminology Public criminology

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 May 2019   |   Thursday, 9 May 2019
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:


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 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 May 2019   |   Thursday, 16 May 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 May 2019   |   Thursday, 23 May 2019
Assignment - Finalize your topic / Find sources

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 May 2019   |   Thursday, 30 May 2019
Assignment - Copyedit an Article

Copyedit an article

Assignment - Start drafting your article

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Cultural Anthropology

History

LGBT+ Studies

Political Science

Sociology

Women's Studies

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 June 2019   |   Thursday, 6 June 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Milestones

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 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 June 2019   |   Thursday, 13 June 2019
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



Once your work is live, 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. 

Exercise: Add links to your article

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 June 2019   |   Thursday, 20 June 2019
Assignment - Final article

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! Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.

In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Milestones

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