Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Cal Poly SLO/350-GRCST (Spring 2020)
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- Course name
- 350-GRCST
- Institution
- Cal Poly SLO
- Instructor
- Jane Lehr
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Women's Studies
- Course dates
- 2020-04-06 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-06-12 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 35
ES/WGS 350: Gender, Race, Culture, Science & Technology examines the complex relationships between gender, race, culture, science, and technology via intersectional quantitative and qualitative inquiry, centering the perspectives/contributions of historically marginalized people in the U.S. Explores, evaluates, and develops proposals to create more diverse, equitable, ethical, humane science/technology.
Module 0: Start-up Activities
Module 1: People in STEM
Module 2: Medical Knowledge, Medical Practices & Health Activism
Module 3: Value-Free Science? Race, Gender, Sexuality, Indigeneity & Biological Determinism
Module 4: Value-free Technology? Engineering Design, the Computing Sciences & Critical Code Studies
| Student | Assigned | Reviewing |
|---|---|---|
| Skylergin | ||
| Slmercad |
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 18 April 2020
- 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
- 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.)
- Assignment - Wikipedia & (Representations of & Knowledge About) People in STEM
This assignment is described as option #10 in the Module 1 Praxis Activity Options. If you plan to do the Wikipedia Project Option in place of the Final Assessment, you can "double-count" this assignment by using it as your Module 1 Praxis activity & a Week 2 Wikipedia Blog Entry OR you can select a different praxis activity AND do this Week 2 Wikipedia assignment separately.
Either way, submit both your Module 1 Discussion Forum posting AND Wikipedia Blog Entry #1 on Canvas by 11:59pm on Sun 4/19. (Blog entry ~ 500 words minimum and/or video and/or podcast format.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone who is exploring this option should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 25 April 2020
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia (According to Wikipedia)
- Think about sources & plagiarism (related to Wikipedia)
- Assignment - Wikipedia & ES/WGQS
Thinking about the "Wikipedia & (Representations of & Knowledge About) People in STEM" from week 2 and the "Evaluate Wikipedia (According to Wikipedia)" assignment from this week (Week 3) ... What's the same? What's different? What have you learned both about ES/WGQS & Wikipedia based on this analysis?
Submit your Wikipedia Blog Entry #2 on Canvas by 11:59pm on Sun 4/27. (Blog entry ~ 500 words minimum and/or video and/or podcast format.)
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 2 May 2020
- Explore the Wikipedia Assignment Grading Rubric (created by Wikipedia)
- Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
- Think about content gaps (utilizing different lenses)
- Assignment - Identify & exploring possible topics
- What topics/pages are you considering? Identify & describe at least 3.
- Can be a new page or a modification of an existing page
- Topic requirements
- [Gender and/or race and/or culture and/or another social factor that is linked to oppression] AND [science and/or technology and/or engineering and/or medicine] o
- Can include translation projects and/or working with non-English Wikipedias
Also: Why are these topics/pages interesting/important from a Wikipedia Perspective? Why are they interesting/important from an ES/WGQS perspective? What's the same? What's different? What have you learned via this comparison about ES/WGQS and Wikipedia?
Submit your Wikipedia Blog Entry #3 on Canvas by 11:59pm on Sun 5/3. (Blog entry ~ 500 words minimum and/or video and/or podcast format.)
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 9 May 2020
- Assignment - Add to an article
- Assignment - Exercise
- Assignment - Exercise
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts. PLEASE WAIT FOR FEEDBACK FROM DR. LEHR & GABRIEL ON YOUR POSSIBLE TOPICS BEFORE YOU START WRITING!
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 16 May 2020
- Assignment - Peer review (more details to follow)
- Reflection on Neutrality (as prompted by Wikipedia)
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 23 May 2020
- 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
- Assignment - Exercise
- Assignment - So what have you learned now?
Based on your Wikipedia article writing & peer reviewers ... what more have you learned about Wikipedia and about ES/WGQS? Specifically think about objectivity, neutral voice, etc.
Submit your Wikipedia Blog Entry #4 on Canvas by 11:59pm on Sun 5/24. (Blog entry ~ 500 words minimum and/or video and/or podcast format.)
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 30 May 2020 | Monday, 25 May 2020
- Assignment - Continue improving 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.
- 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!
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Saturday, 6 June 2020
- 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 - Reflective essay - Close of project / End of quarter
Details to be posted on Canvas for Blog Post #5. Due by 11:59pm on 6/7/20 on Canvas. (Blog entry ~ 500 words minimum and/or video and/or podcast format.)
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.