Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Pennsylvania/Medical missionaries to Community Partners (Fall 2021)

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Course name
Medical missionaries to Community Partners
Institution
University of Pennsylvania
Instructor
Kent Bream
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History, Global Health, Biography
Course dates
2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-01-15 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
16


Global health is an often repeated goal for modern leaders of countries and non-governmental organizations. Despite its modernity, this goal has been elusive for more than 100 years and despite scientific advancement. As we have experienced, in epidemics and pandemics, this becomes a greater focus as a focus on data, science, and expertise tells us socially and politically how to make other populations healthier. Critics highlight language of a new imperialism through aid programs, exoticizing through medical tourism, and the reification of traditional social hierarchies of injustice and inequity. We will examine the evolution over time and place of people and programs to improve health of “underserved” populations globally. Traditionally categorized as public health and efforts to achieve a just society, we will develop an assessment method for programs and conceptualize future partnerships on both a local and international stage. Students should expect to question broadly held beliefs about perceived good and service. Students will explore these issues as they research an individual, organization, or topic in global health and publish a new wikipedia article on it.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Gnltkdwh Robert Grierson (Missionary)
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Jojomh Catherine Ironside
SchuylerJ James Galt (Missionary)
Ashjpat Emmeline Stuart
Vbonomie Dr. Leonard Sharp
Brownskingirl-21 Walter Fisher
Schristensen19 Samuel Cochran (Missionary)
TianV21 Daniel Sharpe Malekebu
KarenRaphael
Magnolia tree123 William Welton (Missionary)
AlexCordo Dr. Norman Cook
Shraki4L Edmund Downes
Bhan2109 Edward George Horder
Lialoiv William Hughlett
Sophwrites Reverend Baring Baring-Gould
Amychocolate Gottlieb Olpp
Raspberrychococat Phebe Stone

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 1 September 2021
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 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 8 September 2021
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise- evaluating articles

Evaluate an article

In class - Discussion on plagarism and accidental plagarism

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Assignment - Review the rules for health topics

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 15 September 2021
In class - Discussion on content gaps

What's a content gap?

Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise- Exploring topics

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise- Add a citation

Add a citation

Assignment - Exercise on Copyediting

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 29 September 2021
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

History

Medicine

Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 6 October 2021
Assignment - Exercise- Finalize your Research Subject

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Identify the subject of your wikipedia article, find a missionary or global health scientist in the library that does not currently have a wikipedia page. Upload the subject on canvas and add it to the course page on wikipedia. Start a 'page' with the name in your sandbox.

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
In class - Discussion about Wikipedia

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Assignment - Everyone has started writing

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts in their sandbox. Wrtie yoru lead section, add an outline with Early Life, Mission, and Legacy. Include your first references.

Week 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 3 November 2021
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

You will be assigned peer reviews in canvas. Go to the classmates sandbox and review their lead section. Provide feedback via canvas

Week 10

Course meetings
Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Milestones

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

Assignment - Continue improving your article

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 11

Course meetings
Wednesday, 17 November 2021
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.
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
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
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!

In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Week 13

Course meetings
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
Milestones

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

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 - Exercise Promoting your article

Nominating your article for Did You Know