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Course name
Modern Childhood - The Twentieth Century
Institution
Vancouver Island University
Instructor
Dr. Katharine Rollwagen
Wikipedia Expert
Adam (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History (HIST476)
Course dates
2016-01-05 – 2016-04-07
Approximate number of student editors
15


The twentieth century was one of dramatic change for children and childhood. This course examines and compares these changes to children’s lives in different parts of the world, using five core themes: Empire and decolonization, symbolic uses of childhood, children’s health and human rights, children and armed conflict, and children’s consumer and media cultures.

Student Assigned Reviewing
LadyLessa
Frozen-constellations Children's Aid Society (Ontario)
Lordofsharks
Westcoastbestcoast123 Youth Athletics
Octomom8 Romani People
Stuart Garside
Aplin33 Children's Hospital
Mikaylabetton Chinese Canadians in British Columbia
Kabkzb
BrowniePointz
Crankymom
Kkambere11
Louis Patterson476 Fatherhood
Jaymes1234

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 January 2016   |   Thursday, 7 January 2016
In class - 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

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 January 2016   |   Thursday, 14 January 2016
In class - Editing basics
  • Basics of editing
  • Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
  • Collaborating and engaging with the Wiki editing community
  • Tips on finding the best articles to work on for class assignments



Handouts: Using Talk Pages, Evaluating Wikipedia


Assignment - Practicing the basics
  • Create an account and join this course page.
  • Complete the introductory training modules. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
  • Create a User page.
  • To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to another student on their user talk page.
  • Explore topics related to your topic area to get a feel for how Wikipedia is organized. What areas seem to be missing? As you explore, make a mental note of articles that seem like good candidates for improvement.

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Assignment - Copyedit an article
  • Choose one article, identify ways in which you can improve and correct its language and grammar, and make the appropriate changes. (You do not need to alter the article's content.)


Assignment - Choosing your article and compiling your bibliography
  • Your instructor has created a list of potential topics for your main project. Choose the one you will work on.
  • Compile a bibliography of relevant, reliable sources and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources. Make sure to check in on the talk page (or watchlist) to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography.

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 January 2016   |   Thursday, 28 January 2016
In class - Discuss the article topics
  • Be prepared to discuss some of your observations about Wikipedia articles in your topic area that are missing or could use improvement.
  • We will be discussing the topics students will be working on, and determine strategies for researching and writing about them.



Handouts: Choosing an article

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 February 2016   |   Thursday, 4 February 2016

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 February 2016   |   Thursday, 11 February 2016
In class - Wikipedia culture and etiquette
  • Talk about Wikipedia culture and etiquette, and (optionally) revisit the concept of sandboxes and how to use them.
  • Q&A session with instructor about interacting on Wikipedia and getting started with writing.

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 16 February 2016   |   Thursday, 18 February 2016
In class - Building articles
  • Demo uploading images and adding images to articles.
  • Share experiences and discuss problems.




Resources: Illustrating Wikipedia and Evaluating Wikipedia


Assignment - Choose articles to peer review
  • Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copyedit. On the table at the bottom of this course page, add your username next to the articles you will peer review. (You don’t need to start reviewing yet.)

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 March 2016   |   Thursday, 3 March 2016
Assignment - Complete first draft
  • Expand your article into a complete first draft.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 8 March 2016   |   Thursday, 10 March 2016
Assignment - Peer review and copyedit
  • Peer review two of your classmates’ articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
  • Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.


Assignment - Address peer review suggestions
  • Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback. If you disagree with a suggestion, use talk pages to politely discuss and come to a consensus on your edit.


Assignment - Continue improving articles
  • Return to your classmates' articles you previously reviewed, and provide more suggestions for further improvement. If there is a disagreement, suggest a compromise.
  • Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on your classmates' suggestions and any additional areas for improvement you can identify.

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 March 2016   |   Thursday, 17 March 2016
Assignment - Continue improving articles
  • Return to your classmates' articles you previously reviewed, and provide more suggestions for further improvement. If there is a disagreement, suggest a compromise.
  • Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on your classmates' suggestions and any additional areas for improvement you can identify.

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 March 2016   |   Thursday, 24 March 2016
Assignment - Final article
  • Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.




Handout: Polishing your article

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 March 2016   |   Thursday, 31 March 2016
In class - Media literacy discussion
  • Open discussion of the concepts of neutrality, media literacy, and the impact and limits of Wikipedia.