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Course name
Science and Politics of HIV-AIDS
Institution
Yale College
Instructor
Robert Bazell
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Science, Politics and History of HIV-AIDS
Course dates
2018-08-30 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-06 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


Student Assigned Reviewing
Ba2136 Mark Harrington (HIV/AIDS activist) Treatment as prevention, HIV drug resistance
Reblsa65 Michael Callen Elton John AIDS Foundation, Treatment as prevention
Ila22med HIV superinfection HIV/AIDS in Kenya, Elton John AIDS Foundation
Limur34 HIV/AIDS in Kenya Michael Callen, Indinavir
Song.of.purple.summer Elton John AIDS Foundation HIV Superinfection, Michael Callen
Alignad123 Treatment as prevention HIV drug resistance, Indinavir
Maca1093 United States Military HIV Research Program HIV/AIDS in Kenya, HIV/AIDS in Honduras
Hivseminar HIV drug resistance Michael Callen, Mark Harrington (HIV/AIDS activist)
Rd1305 Treatment as prevention Mark Harrington (HIV/AIDS activist), United States Military HIV Research Program
Yjjong Indinavir Amfar, HIV/AIDS in Honduras, Treatment as prevention
Mitchell.harpenau AmfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research People With AIDS, HIV Drug Resistance
Joarfr HIV/AIDS in Honduras Indinavir, United States Military HIV Research Program

Timeline

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 September 2018   |   Thursday, 20 September 2018
Assignment - 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.) For your Wikipedia user name,  chose one that is anonyous and gender neutral.  There is not a lot of trolling on Wikipedia, but you have to be aware of the danger anytime you use the internet.  After  you create material on Wikipedia you can claim credit by telling those you want what your user name is

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 September 2018   |   Thursday, 27 September 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Look at three  articles 1)  the Wikipdia article on HIV.  This article is rated GA (good article) in Wikipedia's quality scale.  You can see this on the talk page and on the green  symbol at the upper right corner of the main article.  You will not likely work on an article already rated this high or higher because it would be difficult to improve it.  Now look at this article on treatment as pevention and this article on AIDS orphan.  Theese  are stub articles meaning they are placeholders to be developed in the future.  For your the article you work on, you will likely chose a stub or a "start class" article becase there is work to be done.


Assignment - Discussion

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 October 2018   |   Thursday, 4 October 2018
Assignment - Some Practice in sandbox

In addition, copy and paste any paragraph from a current Wikipedia article in the mainspace into yout sandbox.  Make at least two edits in the text and add a citation.  These two not have to be correct.  I want you to demonstrate to me and yourself that you are comfortable with the editing process.  Leave the before and after paragraphs  in your sandbox.  Do NOT make any changes in the mainspace.  Explain you have done it with the signature ~~~~


Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choosing Your Article

Find the article you will work on for the rest of the semester.  You will most likely want to chose a stub or start class article.  In class we will go over how to find articles. Wikipedia has an AIDS project that should be very helpful.  It is very important that you find an article that interests you because you will be spending a lot of time with it


Assignment - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Genes and Proteins

Medicine

Science Communcation

Week 7

Course meetings
Thursday, 11 October 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Assignment - Exercise

Please complete both of these: 

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Copyedit your article

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 16 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 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 October 2018   |   Thursday, 25 October 2018
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Assignment - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

Week 10

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

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • It is important that everyone reach out to their Wikipedia expert now with the "get help" button because the project for which you will be graded is due in two weeks and you want to give the expert a chance to give you feed back you can incoporate

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 November 2018   |   Thursday, 8 November 2018
Assignment - Move your work to Wikipedia Mainspace!

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."  You wil be graded on what is in your sandbox on Nov 15, but you will be docked credit if you do not move the article into the mainspace by November 9

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 November 2018   |   Thursday, 15 November 2018
Assignment - YOUR FINAL ARTICLE IN SANDBOX--MAIN PART OF GRADE FOR PROJECT

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.

  • 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!
  • HERE IS THE RUBRIC FOR GRADING
  • Comments from others on Wikipedia and your class peer review should help you improve your artilce.  But they will not effect your grade
Milestones

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

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 November 2018   |   Thursday, 29 November 2018
Assignment - Now it is time to move onto your term paper due December 14

3000-4000 words on any topic related to the class, possibly even the subject you chose for your Wikipedia assignment.  But with the paper you will make an argument aimed either at policy makers or the public.  This is quite different from the neutral tone required for the Wikipedia assignment and one of the major goals is for you to appreciate the difference

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 December 2018   |   Thursday, 6 December 2018