Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Georgetown University/Culture, Medicine, and Gender (Spring 2019)
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- Course name
- Culture, Medicine, and Gender
- Institution
- Georgetown University
- Instructor
- Theodora Danylevich
- Wikipedia Expert
- Elysia (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Women's and Gender Studies
- Course dates
- 2019-01-09 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-13 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 25
Our course examines the history of oppressive and harmful medical practices in relation to women and people of color. Examples include harmful stereotypes and preconceptions (hysteria, madwomen, schizophrenic activists, pain tolerance) and experimentation as well as non-consensual sterilization practices. Students will be working in groups of three. Entries drafted/edited will be more historical/cultural/conceptual. We will endeavor to stay away from Medical entries as we are a WGST course, not medical, and editing those articles entails more stringent rules. Though, students are not discouraged from doing so if this seems like the best article choice for the team.
Timeline
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 28 January 2019 | Wednesday, 30 January 2019
- 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Milestones
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 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 4 February 2019 | Wednesday, 6 February 2019
- Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Even if you will NOT be editing or drafting an article on a health topic, do this module. It's just useful and also interesting.
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
- Discuss and Assign Group Roles
All of you will contribute content and explore a little bit of each aspect of the process, but in each group one person can be responsible for checking references, one for editing and proofing, and one for structure and organization. It may be helpful to divide aspects of the topic between group members as well.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 11 February 2019 | Wednesday, 13 February 2019
- Assignment - Exercise
- In class - Discussion
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 20 February 2019 | Tuesday, 19 February 2019
- Milestones
This week is for doing your preliminary research and checking in with me and the librarian regarding any issues.
- In class - Discussion
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 25 February 2019 | Wednesday, 27 February 2019
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 11 March 2019 | Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 18 March 2019 | Wednesday, 20 March 2019
- In class -
This week we will be working in class together making sure everyone is up to speed and beginning to address the quesetions that they have set out to
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 25 March 2019 | Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 1 April 2019 | Wednesday, 3 April 2019
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 8 April 2019 | Wednesday, 10 April 2019
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
It's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 15 April 2019 | Wednesday, 17 April 2019
- Assignment - Peer Review Activity
Go to Training Library and complete "peer review"
- Assignment - Respond to Peer Review
See the Editing Wikipedia Handbook pages 12 and 14
- In class - Discussion
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
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 15
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 24 April 2019
- 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!
- Assignment - Exercise
- Assignment - In-class presentation
Week 16
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 29 April 2019 | Wednesday, 1 May 2019
- 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!
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
- Assignment - Written Reflection
Write up a reflection of your contribution to your group's collective effort. This can be 500 - 800 words. This will help you articulate what you did since as we all know by now, the substance of your work can often appear invisible when you look at the final contribution. Research can be humbling like that, but this helps you remember that you really did a lot of work.