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Course name
Applied Learning Sciences
Institution
Webster University
Instructor
Ruffus-Doerr
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Psychology
Course dates
2020-03-16 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-06 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


Psychology 3325 is an upper-level Psychology course aimed at undergraduates who have an understanding of basic psychological principles. Through an integration of lectures, discussions, and interactive demonstrations, this course will focus on fundamental phenomena and basic literature in learning and memory within the context of both animal and human research. Focuses on fundamental phenomena and basic literature in cognition; compares human language abilities with the learning capacities of various animal species; integrates important theories and research methods with major topics including pattern recognition, perception and information processing, attention, short-and long-term memory, discrimination, concept learning, creativity, and decision making.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Ng tinaa
MaryLaFlamme64 Procedural knowledge
Brookewhitelaw Observational learning, Sensitization
AnnLange100 Lobes of the brain
Margieairo Emotional literacy, Emotion and memory
Amanda Neeley Perceptual learning
Fane79 Behaviorism
Erichoffner Latent learning
Lindsayemert Learning through play
Cmcclanahan
Kathleen Matecki
Amrabrkic93 Desensitization (psychology), Long-term memory
PaytonW7 Parallel processing (psychology)
Sanosier23 Source monitoring
Glove4127 Motivation
Amaryhaw21 Emotion
BlaireEm88

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 16 March 2020
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 2

Course meetings
Monday, 23 March 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 30 March 2020
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 6 April 2020
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise
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

Psychology

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 13 April 2020
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
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
Monday, 20 April 2020
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
Monday, 27 April 2020
Assignment - Continue improving 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 8

Course meetings
Monday, 4 May 2020
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!
Milestones

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