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Course name
Information Fluency in the Digital World (Spring 2015)
Institution
California Maritime Academy
Instructor
Margot Hanson
Subject
Information Fluency
Course dates
2015-03-09 – 2015-04-21
Approximate number of student editors
24


Introduction to secondary research, information management, and computing technology. We will be researching and synthesizing marine engineering and other technology topics in order to expand a current stub or start-class Wikipedia article. The class will evaluate sources for reliability, summarize their topic in encyclopedic style, and document their sources.


Timeline

Week 1 (2015-03-09): Behind the Scenes at Wikipedia

Week 2 (2015-03-16): Writing for Wikipedia

Week 3 (2015-03-23): Finding public domain images

Week 4 (2015-03-30): Individual appointments

Week 5 (2015-04-06): Wikicoding & Peer Review

Week 6 (2015-04-13): Research Reflection, Wikipedia Article Troubleshooting

Week 7 (2015-04-20): Due date

Grading

  15 points  
   Moodle Forum Posts (Stub/Start-class articles; My Wikipedia Name; Outline for Wikipedia Article)
  50 points  
   Wikipedia Article Choice
  50 points  
   Wikipedia Article - First Draft
  50 points  
   Wikipedia Article - Second Draft
  50 points  
   Peer Review
  150 points  
   Final Project
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Course name
Information Fluency in the Digital World (Spring 2015)
Institution
California Maritime Academy
Instructor
Margot Hanson
Subject
Information Fluency
Course dates
2015-03-09 – 2015-04-21
Approximate number of student editors
24


Introduction to secondary research, information management, and computing technology. We will be researching and synthesizing marine engineering and other technology topics in order to expand a current stub or start-class Wikipedia article. The class will evaluate sources for reliability, summarize their topic in encyclopedic style, and document their sources.


Timeline

Week 1 (2015-03-09): Behind the Scenes at Wikipedia

Week 2 (2015-03-16): Writing for Wikipedia

Week 3 (2015-03-23): Finding public domain images

Week 4 (2015-03-30): Individual appointments

Week 5 (2015-04-06): Wikicoding & Peer Review

Week 6 (2015-04-13): Research Reflection, Wikipedia Article Troubleshooting

Week 7 (2015-04-20): Due date

Grading

  15 points  
   Moodle Forum Posts (Stub/Start-class articles; My Wikipedia Name; Outline for Wikipedia Article)
  50 points  
   Wikipedia Article Choice
  50 points  
   Wikipedia Article - First Draft
  50 points  
   Wikipedia Article - Second Draft
  50 points  
   Peer Review
  150 points  
   Final Project

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