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Winston Churchill described democracy as “the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” We discuss definitions of and alternatives to democracy, debate the pros and cons, and examine why democratic political regimes have emerged and spread.
NOTE this wiki "dashboard" will help us coordinate the Wikipedia work, but your main source of info about the class, texts and assignments will be the class Moodle page (access via https://moodle.carroll.edu/)
Here's a link to the Carroll College Moodle site:
https://moodle.carroll.edu/
And here's a separate link to the syllabus for this class:
http://www.mwpweb.eu/1/129/resources/document_907_1.pdf
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Not quite yet.
Please read the following handouts before class on Tuesday, 3/22.
Handout:
editing Wikipedia.
Handout:
citing sources.
Handout:
using talk pages.
Handout:
avoiding plagiarism.
AND Please complete the training modules below. In addition, you should:
Tuesday, 3/22: "Wikipedia essentials" and "editing basics."
Thursday, 3/24: "Evaluating articles and sources," and "sources and citations."
Tuesday 3/29
Make at least one small improvement to the Wikipedia entry on Carroll College OR another topic of your choice, and come to class ready to explain your edits.
Thursday 3/31
Evaluate Wikipedia’s coverage of one of our topics in class so far (e.g. “democracy”), or one of the authors or theories (e.g. “social capital”). Come to class ready to talk about how it could be improved.
We will discuss your progress and answer questions in class.
Tuesday, 4/12
Working in pairs, review each others' Wikipedia edits and offer comments for further improvement. You should refer to the handout
evaluating Wikipedia when making your suggestions.
Thursday, 4/14
Finalize your edits and submit a 1-2 page summary of your edits, your comments on your partner's work, and the changes you made in response to the comments you received, via the class Moodle page. (1-inch margins, double-spaced, 12-point font). You can include screenshots in a longer appendix if you wish.
Work in-class on your election report and your Wikipedia edits about that election.
Student presentations. Your visual aide for the presentation should be the Wikipedia page that you updated and improved.
This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contactwikiedu.org |
This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
Winston Churchill described democracy as “the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” We discuss definitions of and alternatives to democracy, debate the pros and cons, and examine why democratic political regimes have emerged and spread.
NOTE this wiki "dashboard" will help us coordinate the Wikipedia work, but your main source of info about the class, texts and assignments will be the class Moodle page (access via https://moodle.carroll.edu/)
Here's a link to the Carroll College Moodle site:
https://moodle.carroll.edu/
And here's a separate link to the syllabus for this class:
http://www.mwpweb.eu/1/129/resources/document_907_1.pdf
.
.
.
.
.
.
Not quite yet.
Please read the following handouts before class on Tuesday, 3/22.
Handout:
editing Wikipedia.
Handout:
citing sources.
Handout:
using talk pages.
Handout:
avoiding plagiarism.
AND Please complete the training modules below. In addition, you should:
Tuesday, 3/22: "Wikipedia essentials" and "editing basics."
Thursday, 3/24: "Evaluating articles and sources," and "sources and citations."
Tuesday 3/29
Make at least one small improvement to the Wikipedia entry on Carroll College OR another topic of your choice, and come to class ready to explain your edits.
Thursday 3/31
Evaluate Wikipedia’s coverage of one of our topics in class so far (e.g. “democracy”), or one of the authors or theories (e.g. “social capital”). Come to class ready to talk about how it could be improved.
We will discuss your progress and answer questions in class.
Tuesday, 4/12
Working in pairs, review each others' Wikipedia edits and offer comments for further improvement. You should refer to the handout
evaluating Wikipedia when making your suggestions.
Thursday, 4/14
Finalize your edits and submit a 1-2 page summary of your edits, your comments on your partner's work, and the changes you made in response to the comments you received, via the class Moodle page. (1-inch margins, double-spaced, 12-point font). You can include screenshots in a longer appendix if you wish.
Work in-class on your election report and your Wikipedia edits about that election.
Student presentations. Your visual aide for the presentation should be the Wikipedia page that you updated and improved.