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- Course name
- CRM447W Senior Seminar in Criminology
- Institution
- Eastern Michigan University
- Instructor
- Kevin Karpiak
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Criminology & Criminal Justice
- Course dates
- 2018-09-05 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-18 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 15
As this is a writing course, the main goal will be to refine a set of critical reading, thinking, writing and research skills that will serve as a capstone to your undergraduate training in criminology. Other course goals will include: using an interdisciplinary framework in order to explore how shared problems in the humanities and social sciences can and do shed light on problems in criminology; becoming conversant and learning how to intervene in some of the central issues in criminology; learning about the complex nature of the research process as well as how students might experiment with different ways of structuring and narrating this exploration. We accomplish this goal by focusing on a broad topic each semester. This semester that topic will be “Public Criminology”: what is the role of criminology, as a body and practice of knowledge,in the public sphere; what kinds of things is it good for and what can it do? To what kinds of things should we, as criminologists, turn our attention and how should our energies be directed? We will be exploring these issues via a series of "group experiments in public criminology" tied to the book Police: A Field Guide (Verso, 2018)
Timeline
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 4 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- 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 6
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 11 October 2018
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 18 October 2018
- In class - Discussion
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 25 October 2018
- Assignment - Finalize your topic / Find sources
Week 9
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 8 November 2018
- Assignment - Start drafting your article
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- In class - Discussion
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Assignment - Peer review two articles
- Milestones
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
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- Thursday, 22 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
Once your work is live, 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.
Exercise:
Add links to your article
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 29 November 2018
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 6 December 2018
- Assignment - Final article
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! Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
- In class - In-class presentation
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.