Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Penn State/Chemical Game Theory (Fall 2018)
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- Course name
- Chemical Game Theory
- Institution
- Penn State
- Instructor
- Darrel Velegol
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Chemical engineering
- Course dates
- 2018-10-22 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-14 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 12
The goal of this course is that our class team will publish a page on Wikipedia on Chemical Game Theory. This assignment will require scholarship, literature searching, composition, and other items.
| Student | Assigned | Reviewing |
|---|---|---|
| Lcr5140 | ||
| Jake13245 | ||
| Eric Zimmerer | ||
| Asmoluk1 | ||
| Ahuynh331 | ||
| JenniferBurke12 | ||
| Cef5286 | ||
| HusainNoureldeen | ||
| Mgc5223 | ||
| Fgentile12 | ||
| Vincentcucchiara | ||
| Gcgavazzi | ||
| Chrisb6575 |
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 22 October 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
Each of us needs to create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link provided (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.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 29 October 2018
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Exercise
For this exercise, please explore topics related to our course, including the article about game theory as well as other related topics.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 5 November 2018
- Assignment - Outline our article
As a group, we will be drafting a new article about chemical game theory. This week, we should begin to outline our article. What is each of us going to be responsible for drafting to grow our article? Once we have our section assigned, each of us should find at least one source for supporting our work. Use your Wikipedia sandbox to start outlining your section and your sources.
Don't forget to reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions. They can be reached using the Get Help button on this course page.
Exercise
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 12 November 2018
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
Don't forget to reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions. They can be reached using the Get Help button on this course page.
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 19 November 2018
- Assignment - Peer review an article
Use this guiding framework to review another students' draft of their section.
- 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 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 26 November 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 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 3 December 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.
- 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!
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 10 December 2018
- Assignment - Reflective essay
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.