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Course name
Developmental Psychology
Institution
Paradise Valley Community College
Instructor
Julie Lazzara
Wikipedia Expert
Brianda (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Psychology
Course dates
2023-02-21 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-05-12 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
5


This is a hybrid online developmental psychology class. I am looking for this to be their final project for service learning. Course description: Human development from conception through death. Includes biological, physical, cognitive, emotional, and sociocultural development across various ages. Note: Recommended for students majoring in nursing, education, behavioral, pre-med, and psychology.

Student Assigned Reviewing
5150EditWiki Death anxiety Child development
Mar2203 Child development Death anxiety
3114M43 Adolescence Erikson's stages of psychosocial development
TheGr8Mandini Parenting styles Life expectancy
B2fjbL103 Erikson's stages of psychosocial development Child development
Nufinder Young adult Child development
Larie.exe Emerging adulthood and early adulthood Adult development
MAC2147740 Piaget's theory of cognitive development Young adult
Dr.healthtoto Life expectancy Death anxiety
Emma0513 Postpartum disorder Emerging adulthood and early adulthood

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Sunday, 26 February 2023
Assignment - 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
Sunday, 5 March 2023
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 3

Course meetings
Sunday, 12 March 2023
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose your article
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Psychology

Week 4

Course meetings
Sunday, 19 March 2023
Assignment - Make a small edit

Week 5

Course meetings
Sunday, 26 March 2023
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

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Sunday, 2 April 2023
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 7

Course meetings
Sunday, 9 April 2023
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 8

Course meetings
Sunday, 16 April 2023
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 9

Course meetings
Sunday, 23 April 2023
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.

Week 10

Course meetings
Sunday, 30 April 2023
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!