Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Missouri SandT/History of Science B (Spring 2019)

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Course name
History of Science B
Institution
Missouri SandT
Instructor
Kathleen Sheppard
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History of Science survey
Course dates
2019-01-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-10 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the history of science, from the ancient world to today. Because it covers such a long period of time—approximately 5000 years—it is necessarily a survey of the important ideas, people, institutions and developments throughout time. We will also analyze the close relationship between science and culture, discussing issues such as ethnicity, socio-economic status, and gender which pervade human society, and therefore science. This course is set up chronologically as well as thematically so that we can more fully understand the intricacies within these complex relationships.

Students will be identifying, editing, and enriching articles on Wikipedia. Because the history of science is a relatively small field, the articles on Wikipedia about it are in need of work or totally unavailable.

Student Assigned Reviewing
GladL Women in NASA History of neuroscience
Karidappen Maragheh observatory Under the Sea Wind
Dyck9 Icebox Raw material
Lmgermeroth Under the Sea Wind Maragheh observatory
Ach7yd Elmer Ambrose Sperry Maragheh observatory
APowell93 British Science Association Gertrude Crotty Davenport
Jdax2b Women in NASA British Science Association
Austincross44 History of neuroscience Icebox
Mjsv23 Elmer Ambrose Sperry Raw material
Reagan young1 Icebox Women in NASA
Cffc77 British Science Association Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Christopher White 96 Brake pad Icebox
Mtj522 Biomedical sciences History of neuroscience
Natecham History of neuroscience Brake pad
Sdbz64 Brake pad Biomedical sciences
FredHGroth Maragheh observatory Raw Material
Robert Hawkins05 Icebox Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Alan Zimmer Raw material Under the Sea Wind
Ccb8r8 Raw material Biomedical sciences
Sf3530 Gertrude Crotty Davenport
Mth52b Gertrude Crotty Davenport Women in NASA
Cml3nc British Science Association
Zesgf4 Under the Sea Wind Gertrude Crotty Davenport
Btblomenkamp1 Icebox Raw Material
Squatch BH 1117 Biomedical sciences British Science Association

Timeline

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 11 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 February 2019   |   Friday, 15 February 2019
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 5

Course meetings
Monday, 18 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 February 2019   |   Friday, 22 February 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 25 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 27 February 2019   |   Friday, 1 March 2019
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 4 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 March 2019   |   Friday, 8 March 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Assignment - Exercise

Copyedit an article

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 11 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 18 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 March 2019   |   Friday, 22 March 2019
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 10

Course meetings
Monday, 1 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 3 April 2019   |   Friday, 5 April 2019
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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 8 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 10 April 2019   |   Friday, 12 April 2019
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 12

Course meetings
Monday, 15 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 17 April 2019   |   Friday, 19 April 2019
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 13

Course meetings
Monday, 22 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 24 April 2019   |   Friday, 26 April 2019
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 14

Course meetings
Monday, 29 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 1 May 2019   |   Friday, 3 May 2019
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 15

Course meetings
Monday, 6 May 2019   |   Wednesday, 8 May 2019   |   Friday, 10 May 2019
Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Milestones

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