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Course name
Cold War Science
Institution
University of Oklahoma
Instructor
Peter Barker
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History of Science and Technology
Course dates
2016-02-29 – 2016-04-20
Approximate number of student editors
50


HSCI3463 presents the history of offensive and defensive strategic weapons systems from 1945 to the present, examining the political and technological context in which they developed, and their connections to nuclear power and space exploration.

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Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 29 February 2016   |   Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Assignment - Wikipedia training - 1

All students establish Wikipedia accounts, and begin online training. Students should deliver their username to the Instructors no later than 03-02-2016.

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 7 March 2016   |   Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Assignment - Wikipedia training - 2

Students continue Wikipedia online training and begin to practice editing.

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 21 March 2016   |   Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Assignment - Project research - 1

All students should complete Wikipedia training by 03-20-2016. This week groups will begin to select pages they will construct or edit. Groups should begin research on their selected topics no later than this week.

Supplementary training module:

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 28 March 2016   |   Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Assignment - Project research - 2

Groups should continue research on their selected topics and begin to draft new pages or edits for existing pages. Drafts for exchange with other groups must be completed by 04-04-2016.

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 4 April 2016   |   Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Assignment - Peer review

On 04-04-2016 each group will exchange drafts of its project with another group. On 04-06-2016 groups will return projects materials with suggestions for improvement and discuss them in class.

Supplementary training module:

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 11 April 2016   |   Wednesday, 13 April 2016
Assignment - Wikipedia project deadline

Student groups complete work on pages they are adding or editing 

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 18 April 2016   |   Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Assignment - Wikiportfolios

Individual students complete and submit Wikiportfolios