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- Course name
- OMEN Palestine Wikipedia-editing course
- Institution
- OMEN Palestine network
- Instructor
- Amin Azzam, MD, MA
- Subject
- Medicine
- Course dates
- 2023-08-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-09-26 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 10
Admit it! You use Wikipedia extensively. Who doesn't? But do you use it for medical information? Your patients do! Wikipedia is now the most widely used medical reference in the world. This course will help you better understand the WP “ecosystem” including Wikiprojects, and the offline Wikipedia health app.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 28 August 2023
- In class - Introduction to Wikipedia Editing Course
Monday 8/28 
5-6pm Palestine time
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- Overview of the course
- Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.
- Additional content will include:
- presentation by Amin: "Becoming a Wikipedian in medical school"
- Introducing the idea of academic writing within the context of editing Wikipedia
- Familiarize participants with the fundamental skill set required to navigate online scientific databases and demonstrate how these skills can be applied to edit Wikipedia articles
- Introduce the WikiEdu platform and invite the participants to join it.
Resources:
Digital Handout: Attendance Expectations
Presentation: Amin's day 1 slides
Wiki Editing Resources: folder
Wiki literature: Folder
====== Digital Handout: Workplan worksheet
Presentation: Amin's day 2 slides ======
Parent gDrive folder for all of the above: here
Topic: OMEN Palestine Wikipedia Intro session
Time: Aug 28, 2023 07:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 919 7771 9713
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- Assignment - Basic Wikipedia training modules
These are the Wiki Ed produced training modules that I believe are important and relevant to our work together. You are expected to complete all of them by the second week of the course, before class on Mon 9/4.
- Assignment - Editing Wikipedia as a health-professional student
These are additional training modules that are especially relevant to you as medical students. You are expected to complete all of them by the second week of the course, before class on Mon 9/4.
- Assignment - How to assign yourself an article for this course
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 4 September 2023
- In class - Writing for the General Public
Monday 9/4 5-6pm Palestine time
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- Wikipedia editing as a learning and teaching tool.
- Familiarize participants on how to edit articles that are relevant to the general public.
- Conduct an interactive activity where two wikipedia articles (an original and an edited one) will be reviewed and the participants will have to assess the strengths/limitations of each.
Topic: OMEN Palestine Wikipedia course: Writing for the General Public
Time: Sep 4, 2023 07:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 937 6366 7743
Password: 104019
Phone or Conference room password: 104019
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- Assignment - Workplan
By 4:30pm on Mon 9/11 (e.g. before our classtime together), post your final Workplan to your selected Wikipedia's talk page, so that you can engage with the Wikipedian community members who are interested & actively following your article. If you are working on a team, I want you to be explicit about what section(s) you will individually be responsible for.
Consider explicitly declaring any/all of the following (but don't feel limited to these):
- Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
- 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 bias 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?
- Which sections will you prioritize?
- What resources do you intend to look up, and when?
- How will you decide what things (signs, symptoms, side-effects, etc.) to explicitly include? To explicitly exclude?
- Will you also embed additional links to other Wiki pages?
- How will you ensure you avoid "doctor-speak" and not use jargon?
Handout: Workplan worksheet
- Milestones
A 5-week course may feel like a long time, but it's remarkably short for this kind of work! I expect each of you will have begun making edits live on Wikipedia (e.g. not merely in your sandboxes) before the end of this week.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 11 September 2023
- In class - From the Cycle
Monday 9/11 5-6pm Palestine time
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- Include a speaker or two from the previous cycle to talk about their experience in the course.
- Include a short “Q&A” session to assist the participants in their progress.
- The participants will be asked to present their work-in-progress and discuss it with their peers.
- Also add stuff from WikiMed here and translating leads of articles
Topic: OMEN Palestine Week 3: From the Cycle
Time: Sep 11, 2023 07:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 969 8948 5823
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- In class - Discussion
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
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 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 18 September 2023
- In class - From Inks to Words
Monday 9/18 5-6pm Palestine time
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- Include a short “Q&A” session to assist the participants in their progress.
- The participant will be asked to present their work-in-progress to the former WikiEdu participants, and be able to receive their feedback.
Topic: OMEN Palestine Wikipedia course Week 4: From Inks to Words
Time: Sep 18, 2023 07:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 955 1528 1356
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- Assignment - Peer review an article
Please perform peer reviews beginning on Mon 9/18 after our From Inks to Words session
- What should a peer-review look like? Here's our suggested plan:
- Peer review of OMEN-Palestine course:
- INSERT HERE
Logistical Details:
- Peer reviews are DUE by end of week 4 = Before you go to sleep on Sun 9/24.
- Post the peer-review on the TALK page of the article you are reviewing.
- Here's a link to a wikipedia peer-review rubric offered by Wiki Ed for evaluating student contributions to Wikipedia articles. While we will NOT formally use the point system, it does provide a nice complement to our "home-grown" peer-review process.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 25 September 2023
- Milestones
BEFORE we start our final session on Mon 9/25 5pm, ALL peer-reviews should have been completed and posted to the talk page of the page being reviewed.
- 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.
How to respond to the peer-reviewer's comments?
- Be respectful
- Respond point-by-point
- Discuss on the talk page
Logistical Details:
- Post your responses to peer-review on the TALK page near the peer review.
- This will allow other Wikipedians to engage with the recommendations long after you finish this course
Resources:
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
- In class - Life-long Learning
Monday 9/18 5-6pm Palestine time
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Final presentations will be structured as follows: round robin "reports" (maximum of 10 minutes each) from each of you as follows:
- What did I accomplish this month (broad overview)?
- What did I learn?
- What will I take forward with me into the future?
- Now in hindsight, is there anything I would have done differently?
- Include a short recap session about the course.
- An open-dialogue will be held where the participants will be asked to reflect on their work
- Ask the participants to fill out the feedback form.
Topic: OMEN Palestine Wikipedia course Week 5: Life-long Learning
Time: Sep 25, 2023 07:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 916 5250 4653
Password: 270397
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