Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of California, San Francisco/Expanding WikiProject Medicine Fall 2017 (Fall 2017)
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- Course name
- Expanding WikiProject Medicine Fall 2017
- Institution
- University of California, San Francisco
- Instructor
- Amin Azzam, MD, MA
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- IDS 140.60
- Course dates
- 2017-11-20 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-12-22 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 0
Admit it! You use Wikipedia extensively. Who doesn't? But do you use it for medical information? Your patients do! So if Wikipedia is the most widely used medical reference in the world, and the third most visited medical reference in the US, why not be a part of increasing the quality of reliable information there by becoming a WikiProject Medicine editor? This course will teach you how.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 20 November 2017 | Tuesday, 21 November 2017
- In class - Wikipedia essentials
- Mon 11/20 & Tues 11/21, 10 - 5pm
Monday 11/20 
10 - 3pm: Mission Hall, room 1407
- Overview of the course
- Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.
- Amin's presentation: "Part of a bigger movement"
- Guest presentation by Rishi Desai about Osmosis and crowdsourcing
Monday 11/20 3:30 - 5pm: Rock Hall Auditorium in the Sandler Neuroscience Building
- Guest presentation by James Heilman: "The Importance of Wikipedia in Medicine Along With the Next Steps Towards Getting High Quality Health Information Out to Everyone"
- Presentation by Amin Azzam: "Health Professional Schools Embracing Wikipedia: An Emerging Movement"
- Link to Digital Core Seminar Series: evaluation
Tues 11/21 10am - 5pm: Mission Hall, room 2103
- Presentation by Evans "Whit" Whitaker about information retrieval strategies and resources available to you at UCSF
- Discussion about peer-review, workplan and expectations
- Free therapy (lunch hour) about the stress of residency applications
- Guest presentation by Val Swisher about Translators Without Borders, Acrolinx reports
- Guest presentation by Marilyn McEntyre about writing clearly
- Expectations for WP-WIP's, etc.
Handout: Editing Wikipedia
Handout: Evans Whitaker's library Ninja handout
Handout: Attendance Expectations
Handout: Workplan worksheet
Handout: Days 1 & 2 Schedule
Handout: Marilyn McEntyre's top tips on writing clearly
Link: the UCSF Pharmacy Students' FAQ document
- 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."
Here's a link to a video we co-produced with Osmosis about "Editing Wikipedia as a Health Professional Student": https://youtu(.)be/7JbVdtR2ACc
- Assignment - Workplan
By 10am on Mon 11/27 (e.g. by the end of your Thanksgiving holiday), post your final Workplan to this course dashboard discussion page. Use the Wiki Workplan Handout if useful to you. So that you can engage with the Wikipedian community members who are interested & actively following your article, ADDITIONALLY 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 (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 I prioritize?
- What resources do I intend to look up, and when?
- How will I utilize the Acrolinx report that I will get for my article?
- 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?
Handout: Workplan worksheet
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 27 November 2017 | Friday, 1 December 2017
- 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.
- In class - WP-WIP#1
- Mon 11/27 @ 10 - 11:30am
These activities will occur in Mission Hall 1407 with remote participation capacity
On Mon 11/27 from 10 - 11:30am you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and/or Whit. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
Here's a link to the google doc for this WP-WIP:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zRlWkxF0S3XtxKaWWAtUVQrbwLqJIAOZ7ua6OAoilFE/edit?usp=sharing
Remote participation Options (but if you are in SF you are expected to show up in person):
Join from a PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android device:
https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/714983869
Meeting ID: 714 983 869
Telephone:
US: +1 669 900 6833
or +1 646 558 8656
or +1 877 853 5247 (Toll Free)
or +1 877 369 0926 (Toll Free)
Conference room system (H.323):
Dial: 162.255.37.11 (US West)
Dial: 162.255.36.11 (US East)
SIP: 714983869 zoomcrc.com
iPhone single-tap (US Toll):
+16699006833,,714983869# or +16465588656,,714983869#
For more information on Zoom:
http://ucsf.zoom.us
- 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
- Fri 12/1 @ 10 - 11:30am
These activities will occur in Mission Hall 1407 with remote participation capacity
On Fri 12/1 from 10 - 11:30am you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and/or Whit. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
Here's a link to the google doc for this WP-WIP:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NdcDpD8kWKU1QBlTvBYfE_zEXebPZPJlMiR2fvsKDBo/edit?usp=sharing
Remote participation Options (but if you are in SF you are expected to show up in person):
Amin Azzam is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join from a PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android device:
https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/167958590
Meeting ID: 167 958 590
Telephone:
US: +1 646 558 8656
or +1 669 900 6833
or +1 877 369 0926 (Toll Free)
or +1 877 853 5247 (Toll Free)
Conference room system (H.323):
Dial: 162.255.37.11 (US West)
Dial: 162.255.36.11 (US East)
SIP: 167958590 zoomcrc.com
iPhone single-tap (US Toll):
+16465588656,,167958590# or +16699006833,,167958590#
For more information on Zoom:
http://ucsf.zoom.us
Week 3
- Course meetings
-
- Wednesday, 6 December 2017
- In class - WP-WIP#3
- Wed 12/6 @ 10 - 11:30am
These activities will occur in Mission Hall 1407 with remote participation capacity
On Wed 12/6 from 10 - 11:30am you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and/or Whit. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
Here's a link to the google doc for this WP-WIP:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MK4AMhXaylwdUTsVIXt9Xz7LKWlay1RtqMKWIVItzGk/edit?usp=sharing
Remote participation Options (but if you are in SF you are expected to show up in person):
Amin Azzam is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join from a PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android device:
https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/355796191
Meeting ID: 355 796 191
Telephone:
US: +1 669 900 6833
or +1 646 558 8656
or +1 877 853 5247 (Toll Free)
or +1 877 369 0926 (Toll Free)
Conference room system (H.323):
Dial: 162.255.37.11 (US West)
Dial: 162.255.36.11 (US East)
SIP: 355796191 zoomcrc.com
iPhone single-tap (US Toll):
+16699006833,,355796191# or +16465588656,,355796191#
For more information on Zoom:
http://ucsf.zoom.us
- Assignment - Peer-review
Please perform peer reviews beginning on Thurs 12/7
- Post your Review to the talk page of the article you are reviewing.
- Aim for finishing your peer review BEFORE Tues 12/12!
- What should a peer-review look like? During our discussion in class on 11/21, we will define specific attributes we will itemize here.
- Peer review of the awesome 38:
- Perhaps a checklist for things to cover:
- clarity
- wording
- references
- etc
- Consider using track changes on google doc or MS word
- Talk to the author to understand what kind of review they want you to be doing (e.g. focused on X, Y, etc.)
- Consider reviewing the author's workplan
- Be sure to carefully review the lead section with an extra "fine-toothed comb"
- Give feedback on the overall architecture of the page
- Give explanations for why something is good/great.
- Give explanations and constructive feedback for areas of improvement
- Perhaps a checklist for things to cover:
How to conduct peer review? Themes/questions that emerged:
- Peer reviews are DUE by the time you go to sleep on Tuesday 12/12. Post the peer-review on the TALK page of the article you are reviewing.
- Don't be afraid to use the phone or email as well as the talk page.
- Consider reviewing prior students’ declaration of intended work, as well as prior students’ peer reviews. 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:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/UCSF
- Here'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. Handout: wikipedia peer-review rubric
How to respond to the peer-reviewer's comments?
- "Thanks for your excellent peer review"
- Use your judgment on replying
- At least read the review and consider implementing at least one suggestion
- At least defend why you elect to ignore their great advice if you do
Week 4
- Course meetings
-
- Monday, 11 December 2017 | Friday, 15 December 2017
- In class - WP-WIP#4
- Mon 12/11 @ 10 - 11:30am
These activities will occur in Mission Hall 1407 with remote participation capacity
On Mon 12/11 from 10 - 11:30am you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and/or Whit. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
Here's a link to the google doc for this WP-WIP:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U5rSxGqEFONW1lMT8yHSini0daOoe0WMG-09Ny08ESA/edit?usp=sharing
Remote participation Options (but if you are in SF you are expected to show up in person):
Amin Azzam is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join from a PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android device:
https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/269507659
Meeting ID: 269 507 659
Telephone:
US: +1 669 900 6833
or +1 646 558 8656
or +1 877 853 5247 (Toll Free)
or +1 877 369 0926 (Toll Free)
Conference room system (H.323):
Dial: 162.255.37.11 (US West)
Dial: 162.255.36.11 (US East)
SIP: 269507659 zoomcrc.com
iPhone single-tap (US Toll):
+16699006833,,269507659# or +16465588656,,269507659#
For more information on Zoom:
http://ucsf.zoom.us
- 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 12/15 @ 10 - 12pm
These activities will occur in Mission Hall 1407
On Fri 12/15 from 10 - 12pm 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:
- Feedback about the guest consultants
- Strategies for improvement for future cycles of the elective
Here's a link to the google doc for this Wrap-up Session:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11RoabTRw_eSg5D8B1YbuI-zDPvKs_ih3cxAtS2YaBxg/edit?usp=sharing
Remote participation Options (but if you are in SF you are expected to show up in person):
Amin Azzam is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join from a PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android device:
https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/454367283
Meeting ID: 454 367 283
Telephone:
US: +1 669 900 6833
or +1 646 558 8656
or +1 877 853 5247 (Toll Free)
or +1 877 369 0926 (Toll Free)
Conference room system (H.323):
Dial: 162.255.37.11 (US West)
Dial: 162.255.36.11 (US East)
SIP: 454367283 zoomcrc.com
iPhone single-tap (US Toll):
+16699006833,,454367283# or +16465588656,,454367283#
For more information on Zoom:
http://ucsf.zoom.us