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Course name
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Institution
Johns Hopkins University
Instructor
Marlis Hinckley
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History
Course dates
2020-01-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-14 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
38


Learn how Hopkins influenced medical education, public health, and hospital care by working to write and improve Wikipedia articles about relevant topics.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Mtesta4 William R. Brody Max Brödel
Adevire1 William R. Brody Paul Hugh Emmett
Amathu15 Teaching hospital John Auer
Jordanj140 Abel Wolman David Bodian
Hsim2 Max Brödel William R. Brody
Pnovello Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Abel Wolman
Sebawmm24 HeLa Asepsis
Zeeshaan Chunawala Paul Hugh Emmett Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Rbachan1 David Bodian Teaching hospital
Fatehazannath Abel Wolman Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Macullau John Auer William R. Brody
Ewhiteh6 John Auer Max Brödel
BiancaSkelton Teaching hospital Paul Hugh Emmett
Backbrush Max Brödel Teaching hospital, Abel Wolman
Nhooloo1 Gunshot wound Lavinia Dock
Omurphy5 Gunshot wound Lavinia Dock
Conradsay Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center John Auer
Lyang82 Lavinia Dock Gunshot wound
Reneeliiu Ronald J. Daniels Mayo A. Shattuck III
Jsun72 Asepsis John Shaw Billings
Cpantelis1 John Shaw Billings Ronald J. Daniels
Gkim70 Louise L. Sloan Epic Systems
Tuphoff1 Epic Systems Asepsis
SadieAbboud Louise L. Sloan Mayo A. Shattuck III
Angela432 HeLa Louise L. Sloan
MKichar1 Mayo A. Shattuck III John Shaw Billings
Ewu19 Asepsis Louise L. Sloan
Joseph0618 John Shaw Billings Ronald J. Daniels
Joseph Oldam Paul Hugh Emmett David Bodian, Louise L. Sloan
Jc181maple Mayo A. Shattuck III HeLa
CellFay Lavinia Dock Gunshot wound
Paigevinch Ronald J. Daniels Epic Systems
A.Hausker Epic Systems HeLa
Dlu16 David Bodian Abel Wolman, Paul Hugh Emmett

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 29 January 2020
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 make a Wikipedia account.


Assignment - Browse Wikipedia

Identify three articles pertinent to the history of Hopkins medicine and be ready to discuss them in class next week. Be creative!

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
In class - Discussion

What categories can we divide the articles into? Are there any we might have missed?


Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Assignment - Add to an article
In class - Discussion

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Assignment - Exercise
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

History

Medicine

Science Communication


Assignment - Identify a relevant subject guide or page

Find an appropriate subject guide or page and post it to your Sandbox along with a 1-paragraph summary of its most important points.

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


In class - Discussion

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Assignment - Continue working on article drafts

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
Follow my Wikipedia User page for updates to assignments

Go to my user page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:M.hin.ck and add it to your 'Watchlist' by clicking the star next to the 'View history' tab at the top of the page - this is where I'll post a summary of the week's assignments and any updates. If anything is unclear, please post your question to my Talk page. (You can always still email, but consider posting first so everyone can benefit from the clarification).


Assignment - Peer review one article

Guiding framework

Assignment - Film - The Deadly Deception

Watch the film The Deadly Deception (available through eReserves) and post a 250-word reflection to the following page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:M.hin.ck/Deadly_Deception) on how this film affects your understanding of this week's readings.

Week 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Assignment - Edit your article according to your peer review and my comments

You have peer reviews from your classmates (these can be found by going to Students -> Article assignments -> [your name]  -> clicking the 'Review' links in the block with your article), as well as my comments on the Talk page attached to your Sandbox draft. Consider these suggestions and edit your draft to make the appropriate changes.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • The rubric that will be used for your final article is on Blackboard; it's the first item in the Course Content folder.


Assignment - Assess the sources of the film Dr. Money

Watch the film "Dr. Money and the Boy with No Penis" on eReserves and post a 250-word discussion of the film's sources here.

Week 10

Course meetings
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
Moving articles across

Gradually transfer your articles to the mainspace according to the instructions given in the assignment above. I'll check all of the Wikipedia pages and your Sandboxes on Saturday and provide a last set of revisions and suggestions for you to incorporate in your final articles. These will be due at the end of reading period (May 8). 

Even though you'll be working with the real Wikipedia pages starting this week, make sure you continue to make any edits in your Sandbox first. In other words, your Sandbox should continue to be the full article as you envision it: copy the changes one by one into the main article, but keep the Sandbox draft as the master version. This will ensure that even if if your edits are removed from the Wikipedia mainspace by other users, your version of the article will be preserved. Your Sandbox draft as of May 8 is what I'll be grading as your final project - this will ensure that you're evaluated on everything you did, not just the parts of it that were eventually accepted by the wider Wikipedia community.


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 11

Course meetings
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Assignment - Prepare your final presentation

Your final presentation should be a 6-minute recorded video where you reflect on the research process and what you've learned about research, copyright, and composition along the way.

You and your partner should speak for approximately equal time, and have some sort of a visual aid as part of your presentation. This can be a Powerpoint or other presentation, or you can simply walk us through your article or search strategy on the screen.

You can do this however you like, but a very simple way of creating a video with multiple people and a Powerpoint is to have a Zoom meeting and record it. I've provided a sample in the Blackboard 'Course Content' folder, and there's a link on my Wikipedia page.

As you reflect on the research process and the strategies you developed to deal with various issues you encountered, consider the following:

1. Why did you choose the article you did?

2. What were the issues with the article?

3. How did you initially plan to fix these issues?

4. What challenges did you encounter, and how did your plans change?

5. What strategies did you use for finding new, reliable information? Which would you recommend?

6. Did you have any interactions with othe Wikipedians?

7. How did the constraints and rules of Wikipedia change how you pursued your research? What Wikipedia resources (style guides, ability to see statistics, etc.) did you use? What would you have done differently if you were writing a research paper of your own?

You needn't address all of these topics - they're meant to give you something to think about in your discussion.

As always, let me know your questions! Looking forward to seeing all your work in its final form. And as a reminder, your final articles aren't due until the end of reading period (May 8) - I'll provide a second review with some more individual guidance soon.


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 12

Course meetings
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
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!


Assignment - Final Presentation

Remember to submit your final presentation - see the instructions from last week (above, in the Week 12 block) for more guidance.