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Course name
Experimental Design and Analysis
Institution
Columbia University
Instructor
Don Green
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Political Science
Course dates
2018-09-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-01-04 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
5


Students will complete a self-directed Wikipedia project related to Experimental Design and Analysis.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Weiyu.w Generalizing the Local Average Treatment Effect
Nt2456 Generalizing the Local Average Treatment Effect, Local Average Treatment Effect
Dylangroves Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
Wjswpsl Spillover effects in experiments
Libonate Experimental Benchmarks
Kdabug Field experiment
Patrykperkowski Spillover effects in experiments
Gng2109 Stepped Wedge Trial
Amcarren

Timeline

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 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:


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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Please take all the assigned trainings here. For your proposed topic, review related articles on Wikipedia, working to finalize the topic you plan to update or create using the exercises below to guide you. 

Exercise

Review related articles

Evaluate your article

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 October 2018
Assignment - Add to your article

Use this week to practice your editing skills by copyediting and adding citations to your article. You should also begin drafting an outline for your planned article improvements. 

Exercise

Add a citation

Copyedit an article

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
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


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Books

Films

Political Science

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Assignment - Peer review an article

Use the guiding framework here to peer review one of your classmates' articles.  You may also want to send a draft to your instructor for review. 

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
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 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 November 2018
Thanksgiving Week

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 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


Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to 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 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Assignment - Final article

Your final edits must be submitted for grading by December 14th. 

  • Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. 
  • 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 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Milestones

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