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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.
As we talked about in class, instead of doing a more traditional paper that only I read, you are going to be learning to analyze Wikipedia and then to create your own articles for Wikipedia. The milestones and assignments listed below are spread out to make it so that nothing will be overwhelming. Organizing the assignments in this way also gives you more time to become comfortable with Wikipedia prior to adding to an article yourself.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia. Remember, to edit the text of the article, you must do so from the article page.
Keep in mind:
There are two ways you can complete this assignment:
Add a citation to an article
Copyedit an article
Don't forget to submit in Canvas.
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself.
You MUST do this training if you choose to do a topic in the history of medicine. Review Wikipedia's rules for topics related to medicine, human health, and psychology.
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.
Keep reading your sources, too, as you prepare to write the body of the article.
Resources:
Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
NOTE: We are not in class this Friday, but you are expected to continue working on this outside of class.
NB: Because we are doing this slightly differently than Wikipedia is explaining, we will be peer reviewing within the sandbox, and not in the article itself. In understanding process of peer review, you may realize that your work in your sandbox isn't particularly well-organized enough to let your classmates see what you are actually doing. I suggest, strongly [read: do this next step before Wednesday], that you organize your original work in the sandbox you're working in, if you have not done so already. That way, the parts you may have copied in can be discerned from the parts that you've added.
If you need to make this clear, put a headline for ==Original
article title Edits== and then put your draft and sources you've found under that heading. This should be very much in the shape of a "rough draft" type of paragraph or additions, NOT notes.
You will be peer editing on your own, but you must make sure that you assign an article to yourself so that others know what you're going to be working on, whose sandbox you'll be in, and you can make sure to coordinate with the other reviewer not to save and erase their stuff.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Outside of class, do additional research and bring those sources to class. Continue writing with your partner to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
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!
It's the final week to develop your article.
Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions. It should be organized in the following way:
Present about your Wikipedia editing experience.
Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:
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:
contact |
![]() | 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. |
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.
As we talked about in class, instead of doing a more traditional paper that only I read, you are going to be learning to analyze Wikipedia and then to create your own articles for Wikipedia. The milestones and assignments listed below are spread out to make it so that nothing will be overwhelming. Organizing the assignments in this way also gives you more time to become comfortable with Wikipedia prior to adding to an article yourself.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia. Remember, to edit the text of the article, you must do so from the article page.
Keep in mind:
There are two ways you can complete this assignment:
Add a citation to an article
Copyedit an article
Don't forget to submit in Canvas.
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself.
You MUST do this training if you choose to do a topic in the history of medicine. Review Wikipedia's rules for topics related to medicine, human health, and psychology.
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.
Keep reading your sources, too, as you prepare to write the body of the article.
Resources:
Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
NOTE: We are not in class this Friday, but you are expected to continue working on this outside of class.
NB: Because we are doing this slightly differently than Wikipedia is explaining, we will be peer reviewing within the sandbox, and not in the article itself. In understanding process of peer review, you may realize that your work in your sandbox isn't particularly well-organized enough to let your classmates see what you are actually doing. I suggest, strongly [read: do this next step before Wednesday], that you organize your original work in the sandbox you're working in, if you have not done so already. That way, the parts you may have copied in can be discerned from the parts that you've added.
If you need to make this clear, put a headline for ==Original
article title Edits== and then put your draft and sources you've found under that heading. This should be very much in the shape of a "rough draft" type of paragraph or additions, NOT notes.
You will be peer editing on your own, but you must make sure that you assign an article to yourself so that others know what you're going to be working on, whose sandbox you'll be in, and you can make sure to coordinate with the other reviewer not to save and erase their stuff.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Outside of class, do additional research and bring those sources to class. Continue writing with your partner to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
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!
It's the final week to develop your article.
Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions. It should be organized in the following way:
Present about your Wikipedia editing experience.
Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.