Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Cal Poly Pomona/LIB 1500 - Information Literacy in the Digital Age (Fall Semester 2018)
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- Course name
- LIB 1500 - Information Literacy in the Digital Age
- Institution
- Cal Poly Pomona
- Instructor
- Shonn Haren
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Information Literacy
- Course dates
- 2018-08-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-22 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 30
LIB 150 assists students in gaining a basic understanding of the concepts of information literacy. Using the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy as its structure, this course explores what information is, what grants it value, how to determine the authority of information, how to search for and find information, and how to use that information to participate in ongoing scholarly conversations.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 23 August 2018
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
- Assignment - Introduction to the Wikipedia project
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 Helpbutton at the top of this page.
This training is provided to prepare you for our first in-class Wikipedia Lab session: Basic Wikipedia Editing, which will take place on Thursday, August 30th.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 28 August 2018 | Thursday, 30 August 2018
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 4 September 2018 | Thursday, 6 September 2018
- Milestones
You will need to have chosen your stub for your Wikipedia final by no later than the start of class on Thursday, 9/12/18. Please consult the list on Blackboard for ideas on which article to pick.
- Assignment - Planning your Wikipedia Research Project
These trainings are preparation for our Second Wikipedia Lab on Thursday 9/13 In addition to this training, please read the "Evaluating Wikipedia" manual (available on Blackboard)
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 11 September 2018 | Thursday, 13 September 2018
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 18 September 2018 | Thursday, 20 September 2018
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 25 September 2018 | Thursday, 27 September 2018
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 October 2018 | Thursday, 4 October 2018
- Assignment - Citing your Work in Wikipedia
These trainings are provided to prepare you for our third in-class Wikipedia Lab: Citing your Work in Wikipedia, on Tuesday, 10/9.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 9 October 2018 | Thursday, 11 October 2018
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 October 2018 | Thursday, 18 October 2018
- Assignment - Finding Wikipedia-appropriate Images and Adding them To an Article
This training prepares you for our fourth in-class Wikipedia Lab: Finding Wikipedia-appropriate Images and Adding Them to an Article, on Tuesday, 10/23.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 23 October 2018 | Thursday, 25 October 2018
- Assignment - Writing from a Neutral Point of View
These trainings are provided to prepare you for our fifth and final in-class Wikipedia Lab: Writing from a Neutral Point of View on Thursday, 11/1.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 30 October 2018 | Thursday, 1 November 2018
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 6 November 2018 | Thursday, 8 November 2018
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 13 November 2018 | Thursday, 15 November 2018
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 20 November 2018
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 27 November 2018 | Thursday, 29 November 2018
Week 16
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 4 December 2018 | Thursday, 6 December 2018
- In class - In-class work periods
This week we will be working on our articles in class in preparation for submitting our finals next week. The trainings above are provided to help you make your article live.
Week 17
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 13 December 2018
- Assignment - Course Final Due
Your Course Final is due in Blackboard no later than 11:59pm on Wednesday 12/12.