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- Course name
- Revising Wikipedia -- CP 133 Health Policy
- Institution
- University of California, San Francisco
- Instructor
- Dorie Apollonio
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Course dates
- 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-12-07 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 116
Take a look at Alexa's web traffic statistics on Wikipedia - it's the 5th most visited site in the world. Local and global evidence confirms that patients, students, and health professionals use Wikipedia to access health information. So as you improve your own skills, we ask you to improve the information available to everyone, In this assignment, you will learn locally while contributing globally.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 12 October 2017
- Assignment - Complete activities to understand editing Wikipedia (REQUIRED)
- Create account and join Wiki course dashboard page with enrollment link provided by instructor
- Select the article your group will improve on the dashboard;
this will officially "assign" it you within the system
- Complete the required training modules linked here
- Review representative Wikipedia medicine page (with 4-paragraph lede) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cefalexin
- Complete CP 133 CLE in-class and discussion board activities (not included on Wiki course dashboard)
- Complete preparatory activities (RECOMMENDED)
Review the following 2 handouts that step the student editor through the Wikipedia editing process in general and specific to medicine topics. These are excellent references to use (and to return to) throughout the project.
- Complete preparatory activities (OPTIONAL)
Review tutorials created in 2015 by UCSF alumnus, Mike DeGuia, PharmD and designed specifically for UCSF pharmacy students, and additional resources
- Background and General Information on Wikipedia (10 mins) - https://vimeo.com/143296989
- Tips and Tricks for Pharmacy Students on Editing Within the Wiki Platform (8 mins) – https://vimeo.com/143601106
- Drug Information Research Skills (11 mins) – https://vimeo.com/143597860
- Editing Wikipedia articles (5:20 min) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JbVdtR2ACc&feature=youtu.be
- UCSF and Wiki Ed Medical Outreach, Tina Brock (2:33 min) - https://vimeo.com/188174693
Note that any dates mentioned in Mike's videos do not apply to the current assignment.
- Assignment - Participate in Wikipedia in-class test edits session
Add questions to the in-class Google doc using this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wNefax_Eyhoj9xvKiK0jtoaCOsJgcL01sg5m7ZsYvOQ/edit?usp=sharing
Or this one:
http://bit(.)ly/2yaz4Es (same document, shorter link)
- Assignment - Attend class session
(Selfies uploaded to CLE)
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 18 October 2017 | Thursday, 19 October 2017
- Milestones
Students are referred to the additional training modules linked here.
- Assignment - Summarize article improvement goals
By 18 October 2017, at 9:00am, post your proposed edits to your chosen article's Talk page. Your post should indicate what parts of the page your group members will be working to improve.
This will confirm your focus and provide guidance to the peer reviewer group on the goals of your edits.
- Video on editing and moving edits from sandbox to article
This video provides a screenshot example of editing in a sandbox and then moving the edits from your sandbox to an article.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNtaefBjZlI&feature=youtu.be
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 25 October 2017 | Thursday, 26 October 2017
- Milestones
UPCOMING DEADLINE ALERT: By 30 October 2017 at 9:00am, your group's edits should be available in the main Wikipedia page space and ready for peer review by other students and the wider Wikipedia community.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 1 November 2017 | Thursday, 2 November 2017
- Assignment - Post preliminary edits
By 30 October 2017, at 9:00am, you should post the first draft of the edits to your chosen Wikipedia article. They should be visible on the article itself (not in a sandbox) so that they can be peer reviewed by other students and the wider Wikipedia community.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 8 November 2017 | Thursday, 9 November 2017
- Assignment - Complete peer review
As a group, perform peer review of the group you have been assigned, commenting on the quality of the edits themselves, and then individually paste/respond to the following prompts on the Talk page of that group's chosen Wikipedia article:
- STUDENT 1 – Does the draft submission reflect a neutral point of view? If not, specify…
- STUDENT 2 – Are the points included verifiable with cited secondary sources that are freely accessible? If not, specify…
- STUDENT 3 – Are the edits formatted consistent with Wikipedia’s manual of style for medicine-related articles? If not, specify…
- STUDENT 4 – Is there any evidence of plagiarism or copyright violation? If yes, specify…
- STUDENT 5 (if available) – Has the group achieved its overall goals for improvement?
If not, specify…
- groups should decide which student responds to each prompt
- Milestones
This is your opportunity to revise your submissions based on the feedback from your CP 133 colleagues and the wider Wikipedia community.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 15 November 2017 | Thursday, 16 November 2017
- Assignment - Submit final edits to your Wikipedia article
After responding to the peer reviews your group has received on your article's talk page, and incorporating the suggestions your received (or explaining why you did not do so), upload the final edits to your group's chosen Wikipedia article.
Grading rubric:
- Neutral point of view (4 points)
- Consistent with Wikipedia style requirements (4 points)
- Verifiable with secondary sources that are freely accessible (4 points)
- Referenced appropriately, no plagiarism or copyright violation (4 points)
- Responsive to peer and Wikipedia review comments (4 points)
- Assignment - Complete the author contributions survey
The authorship survey is available on CLE (not on this Wiki Ed page or in Wikipedia.)
The authorship criteria are based on those used (either exactly or adapted slightly) by most journals. They key points are that authorship is based on the following 4 criteria:
- Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
- Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND
- Final approval of the version to be published; AND
- Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 29 November 2017 | Thursday, 30 November 2017
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 6 December 2017 | Thursday, 7 December 2017
- Assignment - Wikipedia edits retained
Extra credit if your changes have not been removed by another Wikipedia member since posting.