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This course is designed to engage students in the practices of community development while reflecting on its underpinning history and theory. The course presumes basic knowledge gained in introductory classes. First, from a broader sociohistorical foundation, one will assess issues such as civil engagement, and social change, as well as the effects of large-scale social, political, and economic forces on local communities.
Second, we will consider meso-level factors, such as the forms that community development organizations take and the functions such organizations perform. Third, we will look at the concepts employed at micro-level, i.e. social interactions influencing community development, such as the role of leadership, citizen participation, and resident empowerment, among others. The result of these reflections will demonstrate that community is a (never-ending) process and that the community developer is a person who neither invents the rules nor dominates in the particular circumstances of her or his work.
This course relies on active learning, critical thinking, leadership and participation.
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself.
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.
Write an outline of that topic in the form of a standard Wikipedia article's "lead section." Write it in your sandbox.
In your sandbox, write a few sentences about what you plan to contribute to the selected article.
· Think back to when you did an article critique. What can you add? Post some of your ideas to the article's talk page, too.
· Compile a list of relevant, reliable books, journal articles, or other sources. Post that bibliography to the talk page of the article you'll be working on, and in your sandbox. Make sure to check in on the Talk page to see if anyone has advice on your bibliography.
Keep reading your sources, too, as you prepare to write the body of the article.
Improving an existing article?
Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Content Expert at any time if you need further help!
It's the final week to develop your article.
Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.
Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.