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Course name
Introduction to Psychology
Institution
NYCCT
Instructor
Jean Hillstrom
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Introduction to Psychology
Course dates
2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-17 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
40


Introduction to Psychology. Topics include: methodology, history and theories of psychology, brain and behavior, neuropsychology, socialization, motivation, emotion, perception, learning, thinking, intelligence, personality and the adjustment processes, and social psychology. Students will be working in groups of four on an assignment to update biographies of psychologists selected from a list of psychologist stubs.

Student Assigned Reviewing
HLING9338 Robert C. Craig Robert C. Craig
Ramy910 Leonard Eron Leonard Eron
Eva.Pilay
Mohfai
JLociel Infant cognitive development, Henry Gleitman
Sjiang0824 Leonard Eron Leonard Eron
MMejia83 Developmental psychology
Timothy1209
S.glo1 Developmental stage theories, Love, History
Charizma.jones
Hadellyrc Hanna Fenichel Religious studies
Mavluda.alamova96 Medicine, Teacher
Kaitlynn1015 Pit bull, B. F. Skinner, Charles Hubbard Judd
Andy4883 Personality changes
KennethCordoba Call of Duty
Darin.Omar Qualitative research
Aortiz081900
Thetallguy91
8DBienaime Operational definition, Aging in cats, Thomas Hunter (psychologist)
Brandon8037
JennifferQuezada
Axxiv
Michaeldall Thomas Hunter (psychologist), Call of Duty, Arnold H. Buss
SociallySleek
John.Villalona
RinaBerrios
Namid665
Johnapp3 Happiness economics, Meaning of life
KaylaniSalas
Shane.Alvarez1 HEXACO model of personality structure
PockysLight
Kyrah1026 Amy Tanner, Louise Bates Ames
Abassimii
Mitchell.Louis
Unamtayasir Norman Henry Anderson
Jameilla Love, Greek Love Rihanna

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 17 September 2018
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 3

Course meetings
Monday, 24 September 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 1 October 2018
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Psychology

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 15 October 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 22 October 2018
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 29 October 2018
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 5 November 2018
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.

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 12 November 2018
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

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 19 November 2018
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 26 November 2018
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!

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 3 December 2018
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!


In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Week 13

Milestones

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