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- Course name
- NURS 495-13 and 14
- Institution
- Rockford University
- Instructor
- Stephanie Yeager
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Senior Seminar
- Course dates
- 2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-11-30 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 18
Updating medical articles for educational purposes.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 30 August 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:
- 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 - Introduction
Hello Everyone,
Please post a starting introduction in Canvas just so I can get to know you individually. Please include a little bit about yourself, what your dream position is an a new RN would be, the best way to contact you, and anything else you would like to share. This course is presented in an online format which helps you work in groups to enhance an article on a topic of your choice or prepare an article from scratch. The project will be presented to your class at the end of the semester. You are required to keep a log on your time spent on this project. Each student should have a total of 75 individual hours by the end of your project. This is my first time teaching this course so please be patient and if there are any questions along the way please don't hesitate to contact me at SYeager
Rockford.edu
You will be working in groups. Please email me with your selected partners and a specialty/topic of your choice. Please send me the information by September 6th at the latest.
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 6 September 2018
- Assignment - Discussion
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 13 September 2018
- Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
- Assignment - Exercise
- Assignment - Discussion
- Assignment - Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 20 September 2018
- Assignment - Important!
For week 4: Adding to an article, this should NOT be your final project article. It can be in the same subject/specialty but has to be a different article.
Please add a discussion post to Canvas under First Article Review after you have selected one article and reviewed it. You MUST include a link to the article and your review. This should be roughly one page with information you thought should have been included or images to help the reader understand the material. Minimum one citation required. This assignement is per group NOT individual.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 27 September 2018
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions to the final group article project
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 4 October 2018
- Assignment - Peer Review One Article
- Assignment - Peer reviews are complete
Please respond within the discussion on Canvas to one peer. Every group has finished reviewing their peer's article, please make sure that every article has been reviewed before submitting. Please include a one page review. No citations needed.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 11 October 2018
- Milestones
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 8
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 25 October 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 9
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 1 November 2018
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
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.
Start thinking about presentations. Please have an organized way to introduce your topic to your class. I would suggest you have prepared at least 1 visual aid for presentations. This can include a PowerPoint, a class hand out, or brochure/pamplet provided to patients. Be creative! This is an excellent way to beef up your portfolio when interviewing as a new RN. Any questions, let me know!
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 8 November 2018
- Milestones
Expand and improve your work! Please send email to SYeagerRockford.edu when your group is completed with any additions or completed article for Wiki. Once I recieve your email, I will review article and provide final suggestions.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Assignment - Final Week to Improve 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!
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 29 November 2018
- Assignment - You've finished your Wikipedia assignment!
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, be prepared for in class presentations and be ready for final grading.