Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Rowan College at Burlington County/Society, Ethics, and Technology-Fall 2020 (Fall 2020)
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- Course name
- Society, Ethics, and Technology-Fall 2020
- Institution
- Rowan College at Burlington County
- Instructor
- Edem
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Sociology
- Course dates
- 2020-08-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-12-19 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 40
This course provides a framework for understanding the ways in which technology has transformed society and for assessing the social-ethical global environmental and professional issues associated with these changes. Students will also have the opportunity to conduct investigations into the following areas: professional responsibility ethical implications respect for diversity and the need for life-long learning.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 29 August 2020
- Assignment - 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' workspaces. Please use the deadlines for the Wikipedia weekly assignments located on the Course Schedule document. DISREGARD THE WEEKLY DEADLINES ON THIS PAGE.
Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- 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.)
- Assignment - Getting a Wikipedia account
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 30 August 2020 | Saturday, 5 September 2020
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Exercise
Week 2 Training and exercise will help you to know the criteria for a good article. Further, you will learn ways to create or work on your own articles for submission to Wikipedia. Finally, you will able to evaluate Wikipedia articles as good or not based on certain criteria, which are explained in the training.
Review below this week project assignment leading to the term paper
For this week, you are required to choose an article in Wikipedia that is related to one or a mix of the themes of the class such as Technology, Society, and Ethics. Then, create a section in your sandbox titled "Article Evaluation" where you will leave notes about your review of the article considering based on the assignment rubrics (Evaluate an Article). Please don’t worry about the “Mark Complete” for the optional activity. After finishing to evaluate your article just hit the “publish changes” and your work will be saved for my examination.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 12 September 2020 | Sunday, 6 September 2020
- Assignment - Choose possible topics
Exercise
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
Review below this week project assignment leading to the term paper
This is the right time to settle on the Possible topic for your final project. This can be based on one of the articles you elect to review in Wikipedia or it can also be a product, concept, or idea pertaining to the topics discussed in this class such as technology, society, and ethics. However, there is no right or wrong answer to this question. Therefore, you don't have to submit your choice to me.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 19 September 2020 | Sunday, 13 September 2020
- Assignment - Exercise
Finalize your topic / Find your sources
Review below this week project assignment leading to the term paper
This week's assignment is more practical because you will learn how to add citations to the article that you have selected in week 3. Go to your sandbox, add at least two sources throughout your selected article. And please remember to click “Publish Changes”, once you finished, to save your work.
PS: Don’t forget to create a new section called "Bibliography" or "Notes". where you will also leave the citations you have added to your articles.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 20 September 2020 | Saturday, 26 September 2020
- Assignment - Start drafting your contribution to the Wikipedia article
Review below this week project assignment leading to the term paper
For your contribution to a Wikipedia article, add a 500 words as paragraphs to the article you selected in your Wikipedia sandbox and post this along with a brief description of your plans on the article’s talk page.
Begin working with other editors to polish your addition and fix any major issues.
Continue research in preparation for expanding the article.
Compile a bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page. Review the Wikipedia on the course menu on Blackboard for more details on the requirements. Wikipedia Project Details
PS: Don’t forget to create a new section with the title “assignment5” where you will write your paragraph.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 27 September 2020 | Saturday, 3 October 2020
- Assignment - Peer review an article
- Assignment - Peer reviews are complete
I hope everybody is comfortable with her/his selected article by now. This week focuses on how to critique an article created by a classmate. At the end of the week, every student should finish reviewing their assigned articles.
Review below this week project assignment leading to the term paper
Here are the steps to follow in reviewing your fellow learner’s article and to complete the assignment 6.
Firstly, click on the “students” tab on your course page. You will see the list of your peers’ articles, in front of their names. Then select the article you will mostly like to review.
Secondly, when you are ready to perform the peer review, click on the “sandboxes” tab of whose article you selected. You will find the “sandboxes” right below his/her name. Then successively,
- Go to the talk page.
- Click "New section".
- Add a subject, something like "Samantha's peer review".
- Leave your notes in the space below. ( in the guiding framework of assignment 6, you have a set of information that explains in details how to effectively evaluate your peer's work)
- Save the page by pressing on “ Publish Changes”
Once it is done, you successfully reviewed your peers' article.
Finally, go in your own sandbox and create a section titled: “Peer review Assignment 6 completed”: where you will a note something like: “Samantha peer-reviewed John’s article”. This is very important.
PS: If you didn’t receive any feedback from your fellow classmates, you have the option of seeking assistance from Wikipedia’s staff to eventually receive valuable points of view about your work. The feedback can serve you to gradually improve your article.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 10 October 2020 | Sunday, 4 October 2020
- 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.
Review below this week project assignment leading to the term paper
Once your article reviewed, and you made changes, that you would consider significant, Please create a new section in your sandbox, with the title clearly stating “assignment 7 completed” where you can say whether the suggestions that were made to you were useful to you or not.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 11 October 2020 | Saturday, 17 October 2020
- Start improving your article
Review below this week project assignment leading to the term paper
Start reading your draft by reviewing grammar and spelling to style and tone. Fixe the grammatical errors and find the perfect words to express yourself.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 24 October 2020 | Sunday, 18 October 2020
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
Review below this week project assignment leading to the term paper
Now it's 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 10
- Course meetings
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- Sunday, 25 October 2020 | Saturday, 31 October 2020
- In class - NO ASSIGNMENTS THIS WEEK
No exercises and training assigned this week, however, please do not forget to complete all the assignments on the blackboard and keep track of the schedule available under the “syllabus &course schedule” tab. Good luck.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 7 November 2020 | Sunday, 1 November 2020
- 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
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- Saturday, 14 November 2020 | Sunday, 8 November 2020
- Assignment - Original analytical paper
Review below this week project assignment leading to the term paper
Add to the paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic for your final project paper. Please review the requirements for the final project on Blackboard.
PS: The goal of the assignment in weeks 12-14 is to delve deeper into the Wikipedia project experience. You will provide your own ideas regarding your chosen topic in well-written reflection paper; which you will upload on the blackboard in Week 15 to be graded.
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 21 November 2020 | Sunday, 15 November 2020
- Assignment - Completed Wikipedia assignment! Submit your final project to Blackboard
Everyone should have finished all the work that needs to be completed on Wikipedia. You should now be ready to submit your final paper on Blackboard. Please make any last revision to the draft you submitted on Wikipedia, and go to Blackboard to upload your draft to be graded for your final project requirement.