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Course name
ENGL 312
Institution
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Instructor
Stephanie Turner
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Medicine
Course dates
2022-06-13 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-08-05 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
24


This course examines the ways knowledge in the physical and social sciences is made, the ways knowledge-makers communicate their knowledge with each other both within and across disciplines, and the ways experts communicate their knowledge with nonexperts. Students in this course are typically a mix of pre-professionals in health fields, English majors and minors, and communication/journalism majors and minors. Because our university emphasizes undergraduate research, many of the students in this course have direct experience doing lab or field research with other students under the direction of a faculty member.

Students will be expected to work together in groups to add to assigned stub or start articles, developing content and citing relevant sources.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Jkoll24 Chicken fat
Breedbr8131 Macular hypoplasia
SierraMulhern Fawkes (image cloaking software), Wind atlas Artificial intelligence of things
Grace7474. Wind atlas
Hermp9348 Dream, Artificial intelligence of things
Bspoerl Fawkes (image cloaking software)
Sydney,schroeder0725 Macular hypoplasia Dream, Wind atlas
Maxwell.Bailey137 Artificial intelligence of things
SorenVosBenkowskiUWEC Fawkes (image cloaking software)
Heckmaad2523 Bolus (digestion), Artificial intelligence of things
Skdahlk Bolus (digestion)
Holnesjc5773 Macular hypoplasia, Chicken fat

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Thursday, 23 June 2022
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.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 June 2022   |   Thursday, 30 June 2022
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Exercise
In class - Discussion
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Environmental Sciences

Medicine

Psychology

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 July 2022   |   Thursday, 7 July 2022
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 July 2022   |   Thursday, 14 July 2022
In class - Discussion
Milestones

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

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 July 2022   |   Thursday, 21 July 2022
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

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.

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 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 July 2022   |   Thursday, 28 July 2022
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 - Reflective essay
Milestones

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