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Course name
Science Writing for the Public
Institution
MIT
Instructor
Amy Carleton
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Writing
Course dates
2018-09-06 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-11 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
18


Provides an introduction to writing about science (including medicine, technology, and engineering) for general readers. Emphasizes background research as a foundation for strong science writing. Students read works by accomplished science writers. Each assignment focuses on a different popular form, such as news article, interview, essay, and reference piece.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Qbrodsky Introductory Electromagnetism
J Rodriguez MIT Clickjacking
KaminskaC MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing
Sromeroa98 Fully Automatic Clustering Algorithm
Kadebose Dairy cattle evaluation
Drgutier Illegitimate Recombination
Danica319 Cell mechanics
Gabyal1133 Land Use Regression (LUR) Model
Rsholler Division by infinity
18nicki Pittsburgh water crisis
Ifeife123 Division by infinity
Olionheart Video game monetization
Mimisuar Computer graphics lighting
Gregpete Evil maid attack
Tinytina16 ELISpot Assay
Jmuguira Intelligent environment
Jay.sandlin Aphonopelma anax
Amberzshen

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 September 2018   |   Thursday, 13 September 2018
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 have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 September 2018   |   Thursday, 20 September 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 September 2018   |   Thursday, 27 September 2018
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 October 2018   |   Thursday, 4 October 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 October 2018   |   Thursday, 11 October 2018
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 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 16 October 2018   |   Thursday, 18 October 2018
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 October 2018   |   Thursday, 25 October 2018
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 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 30 October 2018   |   Thursday, 1 November 2018
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 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 November 2018   |   Thursday, 8 November 2018
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to 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.


Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 November 2018   |   Thursday, 15 November 2018
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!


In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 November 2018
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.