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Course name
SW 3402H
Institution
The Ohio State University
Instructor
Stacey Saunders-Adams
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Social Work Evaluation
Course dates
2019-01-09 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-04-24 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
9


This is the second course in the BSSW program sequence preparing students to effectively work with research evidence and statistics as it applies to social work interventions at multiple levels. Through this course students will develop the requisite skills and knowledge for beginning to identify, assess, and apply research evidence to inform and evaluate social work practices at multiple levels of intervention (individual, family, groups, organizations, and communities). The methodologies under review include qualitative, quantitative, mixed, and community-engaged methods to gathering and analyzing evidence. Students will be introduced to statistical methods for analyzing data and reports concerning social work interventions.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Murphym330 Multisystemic Therapy
Gleydura.2 Comprehensive sex education
Nhawkins16 Draft: Pronoun usage in the classroom
Devynnan Comprehensive sex education
Emacmillan Multisystemic Therapy
Shifflet.18 Multisystemic therapy
Erikanrosario Pronoun usage in the classroom
Soukenik.3 Comprehensive sex education
Warchal.2 Pronoun usage in the classroom

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
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 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

LGBT+ Studies

Medicine

Psychology

Sociology

Women's Studies

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 6 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 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 20 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 10

Course meetings
Wednesday, 27 March 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 11

Course meetings
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
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!


In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Week 12

Course meetings
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Milestones

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