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Course name
PSY 101 General Psychology
Institution
Eureka College
Instructor
Alexander Swan
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
General Psychology
Course dates
2019-01-16 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-01 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
35


General Psychology is an introductory course in the science of psychology. Students in this course will edit existing basic and applied research articles on Wikipedia that need it most. This semester project is intended to increase scientific literacy in majors and nonmajors, as well as other technical skills that may be useful to a college career and beyond.

Student Assigned Reviewing
The editor 2019 Criminal psychology Chunking psych
Mdarrow18 Self-destructive behavior
Jmahasi13 Constructive perception Criminal Psychology
Mpsmith15 Chunking (psychology) Type A and Type B Personality theory, Type A and Type B personality theory
Jwinch17 Type A and Type B personality theory
Camimitchell35 Nature therapy Type A and Type B personality theory
CMaskrey15 Heterosexual–homosexual continuum
DeanMoir Type A and Type B personality theory
Rmorrell18 Drive Theory
Cbaumgarten18 Criminal psychology
ChandlerBoyd42 Drive theory
Abbyswope1 Self-destructive behavior
Rbarth23 Nervous system disease
Brycelog Moron (psychology) Nature therapy, Sexual frustration
Nharlan18 Sexual frustration
Amarburger18 Auditory illusion
DrewECC Positivity effect
Jjthakid23 Moron (psychology)
Jelam16 Heterosexual–homosexual continuum
Synthesis77 Auditory illusion
Bails23 Sexual frustration
Tneal18 Nervous system disease
Kayeza16 Constructive perception
Victoria a490 Nature therapy
M.l.bess Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale
JTR124 Spatial cognition
Kmantell18 Positivity effect

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 28 January 2019   |   Wednesday, 30 January 2019   |   Friday, 1 February 2019
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:


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 4

Course meetings
Monday, 4 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 February 2019   |   Friday, 8 February 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 11 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 February 2019   |   Friday, 15 February 2019
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Psychology

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 18 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 February 2019   |   Friday, 22 February 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 25 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 27 February 2019   |   Friday, 1 March 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 4 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 March 2019   |   Friday, 8 March 2019
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 18 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 March 2019   |   Friday, 22 March 2019
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 10

Course meetings
Monday, 25 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 27 March 2019   |   Friday, 29 March 2019
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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 1 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 3 April 2019   |   Friday, 5 April 2019
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.


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!

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 8 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 15 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Assignment - You've finished your Wikipedia assignment!

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