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This course enables students to improve and enrich the quality of reliable information read by patients on Wikipedia by becoming a WikiProject Medicine Editor.
Timeline
Week 1
Course meetings
Monday, 21 October 2019 | Tuesday, 22 October 2019 | Wednesday, 23 October 2019 | Thursday, 24 October 2019 | Friday, 25 October 2019
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia project
**Pay attention to timeline, all dates/times are here** Use SLACK For communication
Monday 10/21: UCF COM 210E 1030a-5p
1030A-1130A: Overview of the course
1130A-1230P: Presentation by David Lebowitz on critical evaluation of sources
1230P-130P: LUNCH
130P-230P: Peer-review, expectations of productivity, WP-WIP's, Practice Editing Session, etc
230P-330PPresentation by Terri Gotschall information retrieval strategies and resources available to you at UCF
330P-430P: Presentation by WikiProject Medicine Volunteer and Adjunt Faculty UCSF School of Medicine: Dr. Amin Azzam
Assignment - Create your account and learn the basics
Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
Assignment - Wikipedia as a Medical Student
This is where we think specifically about how editing Wikipedia as a medical student might differ from editing as a "lay person."
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
By 4pm on Thursday 10/24 post your final Workplan. So that you can engage with the Wikipedian community members who are interested & actively following your article, post your Workplan on the talk page of your selected Wikipedia article. If you are working on a team, I want you to be explicit about what section(s) you will individually be responsible for. Consider explicitly declaring any/all of the following:
Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.
A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):
Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
Which sections will I prioritize?
What resources do I intend to look up, and when?
How will I decide what things (signs, symptoms, side-effects, etc.) to explicitly include? To explicitly exclude?
Will I also embed additional links to other Wiki pages?
How will I ensure I avoid "doctor-speak" and not use jargon?
These activities will occur in UCF COM Library with remote participation capacity On Thursday 10/24 4P-5P you will informally present your work-in-progress to Dr. Lebowitz and/or Nadine. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
Call in: 1-888-670-3525 Passcode: 5877683713#
Week 2
Course meetings
Monday, 28 October 2019 | Tuesday, 29 October 2019 | Wednesday, 30 October 2019 | Thursday, 31 October 2019 | Friday, 1 November 2019
Milestones
This is to remind you that adding images to WP articles can be just as important as adding text. Here's the general information about doing that scope of work as part of your efforts:
Identify an article that would benefit from illustration, create or find an appropriate photo, illustration, or audio/video, and add it to the article.
All media uploaded to Wikipedia must fall under a "free license," which means they can be used or shared by anyone. Examples of media you can use are photos that you take yourself, images and text in the public domain, and works created by someone else who has given permission for their work to be used by others. For more information about which types of media can be uploaded to Wikipedia, see
Commons:Help desk.
To add a media file to an article, you must first upload it to Wikimedia Commons. For instructions on how to upload files to Commons, refer to
Illustrating Wikipedia. This brochure will also provide you with detailed information about which files are acceptable to upload to Wikipedia and the value of contributing media to Wikipedia articles.
Milestones
Based on our discussions on the first two days of class, it is my expectation that by Week 2 you will be editing your selected article(s) "live" on Wiki and not merely in your sandboxes!
In class - WP-WIP#2
Thursday 10/31 @ 11A-12P
These activities will occur in UCF COM Library with remote participation capacity
On Thursday 10/31 from 11A-12P you will informally present your work-in-progress to Dr. Lebowitz and/or Nadine. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
Call in: 1-888-670-3525
Passcode: 5877683713#
Week 3
Course meetings
Monday, 4 November 2019 | Tuesday, 5 November 2019 | Wednesday, 6 November 2019 | Thursday, 7 November 2019 | Friday, 8 November 2019
In class - WP-WIP#3
Thursday 11/07 @ 11a-12p
On Thursday 11/7 11a-12p you will informally present your work-in-progress to Dr. Lebowitz and/or Nadine. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
Check Slack for Zoom info just prior to meeting
Assignment - Peer Review
Please perform peer reviews beginning on Fri 11/08
Post your Review to the talk page of the article you are reviewing.
Aim for finishing your peer review BEFORE Wed 11/13!
How to conduct peer review? Themes/questions that emerged:
Make sure it's understandable to the indended WP audience
Make sure we include appropriate sources, mostly NOT primary literature. But OK to use primary literature when there is no secondary literature
Also OK to use closed-access resources
Look at the workplan and compare/contrast to actual work done
Don't be harsh on your classmate
Spot check a few links to ensure links are not broken
Ensure structure of article flows understandably
Follow readability guidelines (no sentences longer than 26 words)
Lots of periods, few commas or semicolons
Consider reviewing prior students’ declaration of intended work, as well as prior students’ peer reviews from our sister course UCSF. All can be found on the talk pages of the articles they edited and peer-reviewed. Wide range in quality, but you can find all prior cycles of the elective here:
Prioritize things you think you have time to get to and that you think are most important to respond to
Do respond to some of the suggestions for improvement
Week 4
Course meetings
Monday, 11 November 2019 | Tuesday, 12 November 2019 | Wednesday, 13 November 2019 | Thursday, 14 November 2019 | Friday, 15 November 2019
Milestones
Use the final week of the course to respond to your peer-reviewer's suggestions. Additionally:
Leverage the Wikipedian community members who are interested in your article
Consider replying to the peer review directly on the talk page of your article
If you disagree with your peer reviewer, explain your rationale
In class - Wrap Up Fri 11/15 @ 10am - 12
00pm
These activities will occur at UCF COM Library 210C *In Person*
On Fri 11/15 10 - 12:00pm we will convene for a 2 hour meeting to share accomplishments and discuss lessons learned. Final presentations will be structured as follows: round robin "reports" (maximum of 10 minutes each) from each of you as follows:
What did I accomplish this month (broad overview)?
What did I learn?
What will I take forward with me into the future?
Now in hindsight, is there anything I would have done differently?
We will conclude our meeting with a focus group about the elective overall. This will include:
Strategies for improvement for future cycles of the elective