User:Davidjxcarter/Master of Health Service Management

Course name

Master of Health Service Management

Institution

UTS

Instructor

David J. Carter

Subject

92639: Foundations of the Australian Health Care System

Course dates

2015-03-02 – 2015-04-06

Approximate number of student editors

90

Contemporary health service managers are active contributors to practice, policy and research to enhance health care and health outcomes. In this assessment item, students contribute and improve live articles on Wikipedia through the creation of new articles and/or the improvement of existing articles on defined topics.

This assessment item focuses on critically engaging with a range of challenges related to the structural and functional elements of the Australian healthcare system for which health service managers are responsible and key stakeholders.

The assessment develops the writing skills, media and information literacy and particularly critical thinking and collaboration skills expected of a contemporary health service manager.

Timeline

Week 1 (2015-03-02): Wikipedia essentials, Editing basics, Exploring the topic area

In class

• Overview of the course
• Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
• Wikipedia is a community: a brief overview of its rules, expectations, and etiquette
• Handout: Editing Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wiki Education Foundation)

• Basics of editing
• Anatomy of Wikipedia articles, what makes a good article, how to distinguish between good and bad articles
• Collaborating and engaging with the Wiki editing community
• Handouts: Using Talk Pages handout and Evaluating Wikipedia brochure

Assignment (due Week 2)

• Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

• Create a User page, and then click the "enroll" button on the top left of this course page.

• Read through this brochure on evaluating Wikipedia articles, especially pages 4-7. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.

• Review the listing of topic assignments on UTS Online.
• If you have not yet reviewed the listing of topic assignments on UTS Online, review the assignment listing.
• Navigate to the assigned article or stub.
• Evaluate the assigned Wikipedia article and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
  • A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):
    • Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
    • Is there adequate representation of Australian health service structures and processes?
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that biased noted?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

Milestones

• All students have completed the online training for students.
• All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
• All students have evaluated and left suggestions for improving their assigned article on the article's talk page.

Week 2 (2015-03-09): Using sources and choosing articles

Assignment (due Week 3)

• Handouts: Citing sources on Wikipedia and Avoiding plagiarism on Wikipedia.
  • Be prepared to apply appropriate citation practices in relation to close paraphrasing, plagiarism, and copyright violations on Wikipedia.
  • Understand the UTS Student rules for Academic Integrity and Misconduct particularly relating to the issue of plagiarism: What is Plagiarism?
• UTS Online contains a list of topics for your main project. Edit the topic which has been assigned to you by adding 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source.
• Compile a bibliography of relevant, reliable sources. Begin reading the sources.

For next week

• Lecturer evaluates student's talk page contribution as well as their 1-2 sentence contribution to their assigned topic - by next week.

Milestones

• All students have posted 1-2 sentences of new information on their assigned topic with an appropriate citation.
• All students have started preparing articles or drafts on Wikipedia by collating bibliographies for review.

Week 3 (2015-03-16): Drafting your extended contribution to an article

Assignment (due Week 4)

• Mark your article's talk page with a banner to let other editors know you're working on it. Add this code in the top section of the talk page:

{{course assignment | course = User:Davidjxcarter/Master of Health Service Management | term = Spring 2015 }}

• Research and Draft Contribution - Students will research their assigned topic and draft their online contribution in their Wikipedia Sandbox.
  • Note: contributions are to comprise 500-600 words. They should abide by the Wikipedia style and should be written in the third person, should demonstrate that you have read literature in this area should succinctly summarise your own well-considered view of the literature and evidence. Academic referencing is required.

• Lecturer evaluates student's draft articles as they appear in their personal Sandbox area - by next week. Comments and hints as necessary will be posted to individual students.

Week 4 (2015-03-23): Moving articles to the main space

Assignment

• Move sandbox articles into main space or post your edits live into the article.
  • Handout: Moving out of your sandbox
  • If you are expanding an existing article, copy your edit into the article. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article.
  • If you are creating a new article, do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow these instructions on how to move your work.

Week 5 (2015-03-30): Building articles, Creating first draft, Getting and giving feedback

Assignment (due Week 6)

• Select two other student articles that you will peer review and copyedit.

• Peer review two of your classmates’ articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
  • The articles may require some copy-editing, please copy-edit as is required.

• Note: Students are to contribute substantive, helpful comments and critique on two other student’s articles. A comment, edit or improvement on other student work should support, challenge or question their view by demonstrating your understanding of the literature in this area. It should be written in the third person, should demonstrate that you have read literature in this area and requires more than just a single sentence or simply agreement or disagreement.
  • Students are to contribute a minimum of 500 words in total improvements to other student articles.

Milestones

• Every student has selected two articles which other students have made a contribution to.
• Every student has finished reviewing their selected articles.
• Every student has offered 500 words of improvements to other student's articles.

Week 6 (2015-04-06): Due date

Assignment

• Engage, edit and improve your own article
  • As other students contribute commentary and critique of your own article, you should engage with that commentary by reviewing it and then making edits or improvements as are needed to improve and expand your article.
  • Students are to contribute a minimum of 200 words of improvement to their own article.

Milestones

• Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.

• Checklist of Activities which each student will have completed
  • Completed sign-up and other early stage activities including Student Training provided by Wikipedia
  • Checked UTS Online for their assigned article
  • Reviewed their assigned article
  • Added some suggestions to the article's Talk Page for improvement
  • Edited the live article by adding 1-2 sentences with appropriate references
  • Drafted their extended (500 word) contribution on their own Sandbox Page
  • Brought their extended contribution from their Sandbox page into the main article
  • Reviewed and commented on two other student contributions via the article's Talk Page
  • Updated their own assigned article after reflecting on feedback left on their own article's Talk Page

Grading

  5%  

   Completion of Wikipedia training

  15%  

   Early Wikipedia exercises

  40%  

   Peer reviews and collaboration with classmates

  40%  

   Quality of your main Wikipedia contributions