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- Course name
- Osmosis Wikipedia-editing course June 2021
- Institution
- Osmosis
- Instructor
- Amin Azzam, MD, MA
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Medicine
- Course dates
- 2021-06-14 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-07-11 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 10
Admit it! You use Wikipedia extensively. Who doesn't? But do you use it for medical information? Your patients do! Wikipedia is now the most widely used medical reference in the world. This course will help you better understand the WP “ecosystem” including WikiProjects, Translators Without Borders, and the offline Wikipedia health app. And you will join a community of health professional students who are improving the quality of health information on Wikipedia.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 14 June 2021 | Tuesday, 15 June 2021 | Friday, 18 June 2021
- In class - Opening Session
Mon 6/14 
7am Pacific OR 5pm Pacific
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Welcome to your Wikipedia course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for this course, with links to training modules and our collective workspaces.
Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.
- Overview of the course & your intros to each other
- Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.
- Presentation by Amin: "Becoming a Wikipedian in medical school"
Tasks to complete before the subsequent session:
- Complete all Wiki-Ed training modules
- Orient yourself to Wikiproject Medicine's project page
- Begin selecting what page you will work on during this course
- Assignment - Basic Wikipedia training modules
These are the Wiki Ed produced training modules that I believe are important and relevant to our work in this course. You are expected to complete all of them by the end of Day 1 of the course.
- Assignment - Editing Wikipedia as a health-professional student
These are additional training modules that are especially relevant to you as medical students. You are expected to complete these by the end of Day 2 of the course.
- In class - Workplan & Peer Review (WPPR) session
Tues 6/15 
7am Pacific OR 5pm Pacific
- Discuss workplan strategies
- Define expectations of peer-review
- Define expectations of WIP's, gDocs, and slack
- Discuss hemingway editor (time permitting, or defer until WIP#1)
- Walk through gDrive folder architecture (including Wiki literature subfolder)
- Suggestions from Johnathon Niest: "Library resources/searching strategies/techniques"
- Presentation by Amin: "An emerging global movement: Embracing Wikipedia-editing in health professional schools"
Tasks to complete before the subsequent session:
- Finalize and declare the page you will work on
- Complete your workplan and post it onto the talk page of your selected page
- Make sure you're included and able to use Slack for our asynchronous communications
Additional Resources:
- shortcut to Workplan advice
- shortcut to Workplan template (be sure to make a copy if you intend to use it)
- shortcut to Amin's Important vs. Urgent framework
- shortcut to Jonathon's handout on open resources to seek citations
- shortcut to Amin's presentation on "An emerging global movement"
- Jonathon's video resources:
https://youtu(.)be/-lLwFyB6fBU - Introduction to resources for Wikipedia editing
https://youtu(.)be/oXa0wVPTIXc - Full access literature available in PLOS and BMC
https://youtu(.)be/tmjeqRyZnec - Finding images for Wikipedia
https://youtu(.)be/5FqwA3-FLh8 - PubMed overview
- Assignment - How to assign yourself an article for this course
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
- In class - Slack stuff
We're going to use slack as our asynchronous communication platform. Here are details:
- Amin has already added you to the channel "#wiki_summercourse2021"
- You can create any needed additional channels for work teams. Be sure to add Amin to those channels so he can contribute PRN (as needed)
- Assignment - Workplan
By ONE HOUR BEFORE you participate in WIP#1 (e.g. before we start the zoom meeting), post your final Workplan to your selected Wikipedia's talk page, so that you can engage with the Wikipedian community members who are interested & actively following your 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 (but 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 you prioritize?
- What resources do you intend to look up, and when?
- How will you decide what things (signs, symptoms, side-effects, etc.) to explicitly include? To explicitly exclude?
- Will you also embed additional links to other Wiki pages?
- How will you ensure you avoid "doctor-speak" and not use jargon?
Resources:
- shortcut to Workplan template (be sure to make a copy if you intend to use it)
- In class - Work-in-Progress (WIP#1)
Fri 6/18 7am Pacific OR 5pm Pacific
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You will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and your classmates. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
IF we didn't get to the hemingway editor during WPPR we'll cover that here.
Resources:
- shortcut to the google doc for this WIP
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 23 June 2021
- Milestones
A month-long sumer course may feel like a long time, but it's remarkably short for this kind of work! I expect each of you will have begun making edits live on Wikipedia (e.g. not merely in your sandboxes) before the end of this week.
- In class - Work-in-Progress (WIP#2)
Wed 6/23 7am Pacific OR 5pm Pacific
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You will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and your classmates. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
Resources:
- shortcut to the google doc for this WIP
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 29 June 2021
- In class - Work-in-Progress (WIP#3)
Tues 6/29 7am Pacific OR 5pm Pacific
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Resources:
- shortcut to the google doc for this WIP
- Assignment - Peer review an article
Please perform peer reviews beginning on Wed 6/30
- What should a peer-review look like? During our WPPR discussion in class on Tues 6/15, we will define specific attributes we will itemize here.
- Peer review of summer 2021:
- Read the page that my peer worked on!
- Correct any spelling or grammar mistakes you see
- Look for missing citations, look for copyright violations
- Read their workplan
- Check the validity of a few citations
- Ensure neutrality for any controversial topics/domains
- Look at the sequence and readability of the text-- remember this is not just for other medical students!
- Look at the images-- make sure they're not copyright violations
- Look for the format/structure and that it adheres to the Wikiproject Medicine style guide
- Feel free to look at the prior Osmosis Wiki editing courses (summers 2019, 2020) for other examples of peer-review
- Point out overuse of jargon?
- Below there's a link to a grading rubric that Wiki Ed offers for evaluating student contributions to Wikipedia articles. While we will NOT formally use the point system, it does provide a nice complement to our "home-grown" peer-review process.
Peer Review Logistics:
- Peer reviews are DUE by beginning of week 4 = Before you go to sleep on Sun 7/4.
- Post the peer-review on the TALK page of the article you are reviewing.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- shortcut to Wiki Ed Wikipedia peer-review rubric
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
- 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 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 5 July 2021 | Friday, 9 July 2021
- Milestones
BEFORE we start our WIP#4 on Mon 7/5 7am Pacific OR 5pm Pacific, ALL peer-reviews should have been completed and posted to the talk page of the page being reviewed.
- In class - Work-in-Progress (WIP#4)
Mon 7/5 7am Pacific OR 5pm Pacific
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Resources:
- shortcut to the google doc for this WIP
- 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.
How to respond to the peer-reviewer's comments? We'll insert this here during class discussion on Mon 7/5
- Consider incorporating all their suggestions as best you can in the remaining time of our course
- Respond professionally
- Where you disagree with your peer-reviewer explain why you disagree
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
- 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 - Closing Session
Sat 7/10 7am Pacific OR 5pm Pacific
Topic: WP-wrap-up slot #1
Time: Jul 10, 2021 07:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 943 9876 2627
Password: 129226
Phone or Conference room password: 129226
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Sat 7/10 7am Pacific OR 5pm Pacific
Topic: WP-wrap-up slot #2
Time: Jul 10, 2021 05:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 945 7919 9812
Password: 208758
Phone or Conference room password: 208758
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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?
Resources:
- shortcut to the google doc for this Closing Session
Tasks to complete before parting ways:
- Complete feedback for Amin for future cycles of the course (in the above gDoc)
- Be sure you give us your preferred mailing address for your Osmosis swag and certificate of completion (in the above gDoc)