Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Florida State University/Addressing Misinformation in Special Education (Spring 2022)
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- Course name
- Addressing Misinformation in Special Education
- Institution
- Florida State University
- Instructor
- Veronica Fleury
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Science Communication
- Course dates
- 2022-01-05 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-04-29 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 12
Educational professionals are ethically obligated to use, and endorse, evidence-based strategies in practice. This assignment will allow you to apply critical thinking about the data and models that constitute evidence used to support the use of interventions aimed at improving educational outcomes for learners with special education needs. To assist you in this Wikipedia writing and research assignment, your instructor has created a list of topics. The topics include commonly used, and sometimes misunderstood, instructional practices or theories (i.e., applied behavior analysis, augmentative and alternative communication, learning styles, sensory integration) that are used with individuals with disabilities or general disability areas (i.e., autism). You will select at least one topic from this list. Alternatively, you may identify a different topic pending instructor approval. You will review existing Wikipedia articles on the topic, evaluate cited studies, and critique the appropriateness of citations used. In addition, you will conduct independent research on the topic that you will use to update existing articles or start a new Wikipedia article.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 20 January 2022
- 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' 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.)
- In class - DIscussion
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 27 January 2022
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 3 February 2022
- Assignment - Narrowing your Focus
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 10 February 2022
- Assignment - Add to an article
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 17 February 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
- In class - Discussion
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 24 February 2022
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 3 March 2022
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 10 March 2022
- In class -
- Assignment - Peer review two articles
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 24 March 2022
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
- 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.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 31 March 2022
- 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 12
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 7 April 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 13
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 14 April 2022
- 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 - 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.
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 21 April 2022
- Assignment - Student Showcase
Student Showcase (April 14 & 22)
- Approximately 10-min
- Describe your topic
- Share your main contributions
- Share at least one barrier/struggle and how you addressed it
- Identify areas where improvement is still needed
- Assignment - Analytical Reflection
Analytical Reflection
- How did you improve the article? What were your 3 goals? Did you achieve them? What worked/didn't work?
- Provide a summary of the peer feedback. Did you incorporate the feedback? What differentiate helpful feedback from "un-helpful" feedback?
- Would you recommend that the instructor keep this assignment in future courses? What changes would you recommend?