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Course name
WikiMed Elective at Tel Aviv University
Institution
Tel Aviv University
Instructor
Shani Evenstein
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Medicine
Course dates
2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-07-29 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
10
An elective course for 1st & 2nd year Medical students at the NY/American Medical Program at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. The elective began in November 2017 and will spread over 2 years:
Phase #1: 2017-2018, focusing on contributing medical content to En-Wiki and other sister projects
Phase #2: 2018-2019, focusing on research.
Timeline
Week 1
Course meetings
Wednesday, 1 November 2017 | Thursday, 2 November 2017 | Friday, 3 November 2017
In class - Session #1
Intro to Wikipedia - 02/11/17, 1300-1500
How Wikipedia works
Knowledge consumption
Course structure
Week 2
Course meetings
Sunday, 5 November 2017 | Monday, 6 November 2017 | Tuesday, 7 November 2017 | Wednesday, 8 November 2017 | Thursday, 9 November 2017
In class - Session #2
Intro to the Wikimedia Movement - 07/11/17, 1200-1400
GLAM, EDU, WikiWomen,
WikiProject Medicine
Week 3
Course meetings
Sunday, 12 November 2017 | Monday, 13 November 2017 | Tuesday, 14 November 2017 | Wednesday, 15 November 2017 | Thursday, 16 November 2017
In class - Session #3
Intro to Wikipedia: Knowledge production - 12/11/17, 1600-1800
Finishing session 2 on Outreach.
Knowledge production:
5 pillars
Article structure
Reliable sources
Enroll to our dashboard course with your Wikipedia username using this enrollment link
Take the first Dashboard training modules, linked below.
Choose a topic for your first article - to do so, head to the Articles tab and select a topic there for yourself.
Research your topic and find reliable sources (at least 5)
Create a section in your sandbox titled "Sources" to help you practice your editing. Include links to the sources you plan to use.
Week 4
Course meetings
Sunday, 19 November 2017 | Monday, 20 November 2017 | Tuesday, 21 November 2017 | Wednesday, 22 November 2017 | Thursday, 23 November 2017
No meetings this week. Use this time to complete assignments from Week 3.
Homework (from session #3)
Enroll to our dashboard course with your Wikipedia username using this enrollment link
Take the first Dashboard training modules, linked below.
Choose a topic for your first article - to do so, head to the Articles tab and select a topic there for yourself.
Research your topic and find reliable sources (at least 5)
Create a section in your sandbox titled "Sources" to help you practice your editing. Include links to the sources you plan to use.
Week 5
Course meetings
Sunday, 26 November 2017 | Monday, 27 November 2017 | Tuesday, 28 November 2017 | Wednesday, 29 November 2017 | Thursday, 30 November 2017
In class - Session #4
Thematic Focus #1: Women’s Health - 30/11/17, 1400-1600
In Class: Guest Lecturer: Emily Temple-Wood [MS2]
Women’s Health & how to survive the Wikiverse?
- Gaps in Wikipedia (WikiWomen and other minorities)
- Creating articles collaboratively
- peer review
- edit wars and argument resolutions.
Homework:
Work on 1st article.
Dashboard training
Week 6
Course meetings
Sunday, 3 December 2017 | Monday, 4 December 2017 | Tuesday, 5 December 2017 | Wednesday, 6 December 2017 | Thursday, 7 December 2017
In class - Session #5
NPOV & Copyright violations workshop - 07/01/18, 1530-1730
Guest lecturers: Dr. James Heilman & Amir Aharoni: Neutral Point of View and Copyrights violations in Wikipedia.
Work on your first article.
Week 7
Course meetings
Sunday, 10 December 2017 | Monday, 11 December 2017 | Tuesday, 12 December 2017 | Wednesday, 13 December 2017 | Thursday, 14 December 2017
No meetings this week. Use this time to complete assignments from Week 6.
Work on your first article.
Week 8
Course meetings
Sunday, 17 December 2017 | Monday, 18 December 2017 | Tuesday, 19 December 2017 | Wednesday, 20 December 2017 | Thursday, 21 December 2017
No meetings this week. Use this time to complete assignments from Week 6.
Work on your first article.
Week 9
Course meetings
Sunday, 24 December 2017 | Monday, 25 December 2017 | Tuesday, 26 December 2017 | Wednesday, 27 December 2017 | Thursday, 28 December 2017
Week 10
Course meetings
Sunday, 31 December 2017 | Monday, 1 January 2018 | Tuesday, 2 January 2018 | Wednesday, 3 January 2018 | Thursday, 4 January 2018
No meetings this week. Use this time to complete assignments from Week 6.
Work on your first article.
Week 11
Course meetings
Sunday, 7 January 2018 | Monday, 8 January 2018 | Tuesday, 9 January 2018 | Wednesday, 10 January 2018 | Thursday, 11 January 2018
In class - Session #6
Intro to Copyrights & CC licensing - 07/01/18, 1530-1730
Guest Lecturer: Dalit Ken-Dror Feldman, a lawyer who specializes in copyrights and a representative of Creative Commons Israel.
Initial submission of your first article for Peer Evaluation.
Choose a subject for your second article and wait for confirmation.
Week 12
Course meetings
Sunday, 14 January 2018 | Monday, 15 January 2018 | Tuesday, 16 January 2018 | Wednesday, 17 January 2018 | Thursday, 18 January 2018
In class - Session #7
Thematic Focus #2: Epilepsy - 18/01/18, 1400-1600
Guest Lecturer: Dr. Nicola Maggio, Tel Hashomer Neuro Dept. & ILAE representative.
Submission of 2 Peer Evaluations on moodle and in talk pages.
After confirmation, open a new sandbox for your 2nd article.
Research for your 2nd article.
Assignment - Initial submission of 1st articles
Week 13
Course meetings
Sunday, 21 January 2018 | Monday, 22 January 2018 | Tuesday, 23 January 2018 | Wednesday, 24 January 2018 | Thursday, 25 January 2018
No session this week. Use the time to complete your assignments.
Use the time to complete your assignments from week 12:
Submission of 2 Peer Evaluations on moodle and in talk pages.
After confirmation, open a new sandbox for your 2nd article.
Research for your 2nd article.
Week 14
Course meetings
Sunday, 28 January 2018 | Monday, 29 January 2018 | Tuesday, 30 January 2018 | Wednesday, 31 January 2018 | Thursday, 1 February 2018
In class - Session #8
WikiCommons Workshop - 28/01/18, 1600-1800
Adding media files to Wiki Projects:
Final submission of 1st article (including correction according to feedback, answers in talk pages, self-evaluation)
Working on 2nd article.
Training module on images
Assignment - Submission of 2 Peer Evaluations of 1st article
Week 15
Course meetings
Sunday, 4 February 2018 | Monday, 5 February 2018 | Tuesday, 6 February 2018 | Wednesday, 7 February 2018 | Thursday, 8 February 2018
In class - Session #9
Intro to Wikidata - 04/02/18, 1430-1630
Assignment - Final submission of 1st article
Week 16
Course meetings
Sunday, 11 February 2018 | Monday, 12 February 2018 | Tuesday, 13 February 2018 | Wednesday, 14 February 2018 | Thursday, 15 February 2018
In class - Session #10
Intro to Wikidata Queries - 13/02/18, 1530-1730
Introduction to Wikidata queries
Initial submission of 2nd article for Peer Evaluation
Week 17
Course meetings
Sunday, 18 February 2018 | Monday, 19 February 2018 | Tuesday, 20 February 2018 | Wednesday, 21 February 2018 | Thursday, 22 February 2018
No session this week. Use the time to complete your assignments.
Initial submission of 2nd article for Peer Evaluation
Week 18
Course meetings
Sunday, 25 February 2018 | Monday, 26 February 2018 | Tuesday, 27 February 2018 | Wednesday, 28 February 2018 | Thursday, 1 March 2018
In class - Session #11
Wikidata & Medicine - 28/02/18, 1000-1200
Guest Lecturer: Eran Rosenthal - Wikidata & Medicine workshop
Submission of 2 Peer Evaluations of 2nd article
End of Phase 1: Presentation prep.
Assignment - Initial submission of 2nd article for Peer Evaluation
Week 19
Course meetings
Sunday, 4 March 2018 | Monday, 5 March 2018 | Tuesday, 6 March 2018 | Wednesday, 7 March 2018 | Thursday, 8 March 2018
In class - No session this week. Use the time to complete your assignments.
Submission of 2 Peer Evaluations of 2nd article
End of Phase 1: Presentation prep.
Week 20
Course meetings
Sunday, 11 March 2018 | Monday, 12 March 2018 | Tuesday, 13 March 2018 | Wednesday, 14 March 2018 | Thursday, 15 March 2018
In class - No session this week. Use the time to complete your assignments.
Submission of 2 Peer Evaluations of 2nd article
End of Phase 1: Presentation prep.
Week 21
Course meetings
Sunday, 18 March 2018 | Monday, 19 March 2018 | Tuesday, 20 March 2018 | Wednesday, 21 March 2018 | Thursday, 22 March 2018
In class - Session #12
Phase #1 Wrap-Up: Student presentations - 18/03/18, 1530-1730
Final submission of 2nd article
Initial ideas for research during phase #2
In class - Session #13
Towards Phase #2: from articles to research - 22/03/18, 1400
Guest Lecturer: Dr. James Heilman - Phase 2: from articles to research.
End of Phase 1 celebrations!
Assignment - Submission of 2 Peer Evaluations of 2nd article
Week 22
Course meetings
Sunday, 25 March 2018 | Monday, 26 March 2018 | Tuesday, 27 March 2018 | Wednesday, 28 March 2018 | Thursday, 29 March 2018
Assignment - Final submission of 2nd article
Week 23
Course meetings
Sunday, 1 April 2018 | Monday, 2 April 2018 | Tuesday, 3 April 2018 | Wednesday, 4 April 2018 | Thursday, 5 April 2018