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Course name
Educational Neuroscience Proseminar
Institution
Gallaudet University
Instructor
Lorna Quandt
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Psychology
Course dates
2022-08-29 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-12-16 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
5


2022 Class!!! Educational neuroscience; cognitive neuroscience; language, learning, deafness; sign language

Student Assigned Reviewing
Mfs2162 Affective neuroscience Bilingual education
Ronesiur Language deprivation in children with hearing loss Affective neuroscience
Rmeaso Bilingual education Language brokering
BatArieh Language acquisition by deaf children Language deprivation in children with hearing loss
Ck320492 Cognitive effects of multilingualism Language acquisition by deaf children
Joseph.palagano Language brokering Cognitive effects of multilingualism

Timeline

Week 6

Course meetings
Thursday, 13 October 2022
Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 7

Course meetings
Thursday, 20 October 2022
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 - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion
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:

Week 8

Course meetings
Thursday, 27 October 2022
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Exercise
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Psychology

Week 9

Course meetings
Thursday, 3 November 2022
In class - Discussion
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise

Week 10

Course meetings
Thursday, 10 November 2022
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 11

Course meetings
Thursday, 17 November 2022
Assignment - Continue improving 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
Thursday, 1 December 2022
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 13

Course meetings
Thursday, 8 December 2022
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.
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!

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 14

Course meetings
Thursday, 15 December 2022
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

Week 15

Assignment - Reflective essay
Milestones

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