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Course name
Science Communication Fall 2018
Institution
Muhlenberg College
Instructor
Rachel Hamelers
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Science Communication
Course dates
2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-11 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
4


The learning goals for this course are:

Understand the history and current state of scientific communication, both scholarly and popular, especially in regards to the United States.
Recognize power structures that influence scientific communication.
Understand the history and current state of Wikipedia as a provider of scientific information to the public, and use Wikipedia to communicate scientific information to the public.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Aahdieh
Kbehling
Amyers98
Lnatry
Charlessilverstein123

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 29 August 2018   |   Friday, 31 August 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 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 5 September 2018   |   Friday, 7 September 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 12 September 2018   |   Friday, 14 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 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 19 September 2018   |   Friday, 21 September 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 26 September 2018   |   Friday, 28 September 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


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Environmental Sciences

Medicine

Science Communication

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 3 October 2018   |   Friday, 5 October 2018
Assignment - Peer review an article

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 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 10 October 2018   |   Friday, 12 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 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 17 October 2018   |   Friday, 19 October 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 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 24 October 2018   |   Friday, 26 October 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.

Week 10

Course meetings
Wednesday, 31 October 2018   |   Friday, 2 November 2018
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
Wednesday, 7 November 2018   |   Friday, 9 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!

Week 12

Course meetings
Wednesday, 14 November 2018   |   Friday, 16 November 2018
Milestones

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