Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UT Arlington/ECON 5330 Human Resource Economics (Fall 2019)

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Course name
ECON 5330 Human Resource Economics
Institution
UT Arlington
Instructor
Christy Spivey
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Economics
Course dates
2019-08-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-13 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
4


This is a course on the Economics of Work and Pay. Students will be identifying an article of their choice, within the scope of the course, that needs contributions.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Morganrasco0315 Labour economics
Danaleeper Dislocated worker funding
Khatran01 Family economics
Muhitchowdhury1 Poverty

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 September 2019
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 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Reflection Questions

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Sociology

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 October 2019
Search for and review relevant literature

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Search for and review relevant literature

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Reflection Questions

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 November 2019
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
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 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

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

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 November 2019
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!

Respond to any feedback

You may have some feedback from 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 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
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!
Milestones

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