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This course (ES/WGS 350-70/71; TR 4:10-6pm) examines the complex relationships between gender, race, science, and technology in historical and contemporary contexts. This examination highlights the role of ethical, social, cultural, political, and economic factors in determining historical and contemporary meanings of scientific and technical practice, as well as knowledge and beliefs about gender, race, class, and sexuality. The course also asks students to engage with reform efforts that seek to create more socially responsible scientific and technical knowledge production and decision-making practices.
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:
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.)
Please also review the guidelines for "Did you know?" nominations (1500 words or five-fold increase); at https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Classroom_handout_-_Submitting_an_article_to_the_Did_You_Know_process.pdf
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Assignment details on PolyLearn.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
Assignment details on PolyLearn and at https://www.dropbox.com/s/2zzfj3oujp7h2uh/10-11-18_AssignmentDirections_Topic.pdf?dl=0
Do you want to form a 2- or 3-person group or do you prefer to work individually?
Finalize your topic / Find your sources
Make sure your article selected meets course topic and scope requirements.
Remember, to be eligible for a "Did you know?" nomination:
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
Assignment details on PolyLearn.
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
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.
NOTE from Dr. Lehr: Working in a group & not using your Sandbox anymore this quarter? In your Sandbox, please add a link to the Sandbox your group is utilizing to draft (e.g., the Sandbox of your group member).
In addition to continued work on your article draft and your completion of the training module & exercise:
Looking for a guide with all the information you have covered in the tutorials & exercises in one spot? Check out the Editing Wikipedia Guide for Student Editors.
Each student should invidually assign themselves 2 draft articles created by their peers & then review. Follow the directions in the Training Module. Utilize the format suggested:
Every student has finished reviewing at least 2 articles written by peers (making sure that every article created by a peer has been reviewed).
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Please consider their suggestions and respond to your peer reviews on the Talk page of your draft article in your Sandbox. Then, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.
Remember! Report what you decide on your Talk Page.
Resources:
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 details on PolyLearn.
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Respond to any new comments or feedback you have received from the instructor, your peers, and/or the broader Wikipedia community.
By Th 11/29: In your Sandbox Talk page, please describe what you did this week on this project to "polish your work." This may include responding to other Wikipedians on the "live article's Talk page" if there was some engagement with your changes since you began to move some of your work to Wikipedia (between 11/16 to 11/29).
Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
It's the final week to develop your article. Due date extended to 11:59pm on T 12/11.
Assignment details on PolyLearn.
Guiding questionsAssignment details on PolyLearn. Due date extended to 11:59pm on T 12/11.
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contactwikiedu.org |
This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
This course (ES/WGS 350-70/71; TR 4:10-6pm) examines the complex relationships between gender, race, science, and technology in historical and contemporary contexts. This examination highlights the role of ethical, social, cultural, political, and economic factors in determining historical and contemporary meanings of scientific and technical practice, as well as knowledge and beliefs about gender, race, class, and sexuality. The course also asks students to engage with reform efforts that seek to create more socially responsible scientific and technical knowledge production and decision-making practices.
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:
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.)
Please also review the guidelines for "Did you know?" nominations (1500 words or five-fold increase); at https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Classroom_handout_-_Submitting_an_article_to_the_Did_You_Know_process.pdf
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Assignment details on PolyLearn.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
Assignment details on PolyLearn and at https://www.dropbox.com/s/2zzfj3oujp7h2uh/10-11-18_AssignmentDirections_Topic.pdf?dl=0
Do you want to form a 2- or 3-person group or do you prefer to work individually?
Finalize your topic / Find your sources
Make sure your article selected meets course topic and scope requirements.
Remember, to be eligible for a "Did you know?" nomination:
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
Assignment details on PolyLearn.
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
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.
NOTE from Dr. Lehr: Working in a group & not using your Sandbox anymore this quarter? In your Sandbox, please add a link to the Sandbox your group is utilizing to draft (e.g., the Sandbox of your group member).
In addition to continued work on your article draft and your completion of the training module & exercise:
Looking for a guide with all the information you have covered in the tutorials & exercises in one spot? Check out the Editing Wikipedia Guide for Student Editors.
Each student should invidually assign themselves 2 draft articles created by their peers & then review. Follow the directions in the Training Module. Utilize the format suggested:
Every student has finished reviewing at least 2 articles written by peers (making sure that every article created by a peer has been reviewed).
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Please consider their suggestions and respond to your peer reviews on the Talk page of your draft article in your Sandbox. Then, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.
Remember! Report what you decide on your Talk Page.
Resources:
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 details on PolyLearn.
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Respond to any new comments or feedback you have received from the instructor, your peers, and/or the broader Wikipedia community.
By Th 11/29: In your Sandbox Talk page, please describe what you did this week on this project to "polish your work." This may include responding to other Wikipedians on the "live article's Talk page" if there was some engagement with your changes since you began to move some of your work to Wikipedia (between 11/16 to 11/29).
Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
It's the final week to develop your article. Due date extended to 11:59pm on T 12/11.
Assignment details on PolyLearn.
Guiding questionsAssignment details on PolyLearn. Due date extended to 11:59pm on T 12/11.
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.