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- Course name
- WISE - Women in Science and Engineering
- Institution
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Instructor
- Veronica Arreola
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Science
- Course dates
- 2016-02-24 – 2016-06-30
- Approximate number of student editors
- 20
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 29 February 2016
- Assignment - Training
Complete the training modules below to prepare to edit Wikipedia articles about women in science.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 7 March 2016
- Assignment - Edit Assigned Article
In your team, make some reasonable progress on your assigned woman in STEM article. This may be:
- Identifying off-campus media mentions
- Identifying academic awards
- Summarizing their work in language that is accessible to a broad audience
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 14 March 2016
- In class - Edit Assigned Article
In your team, make some reasonable progress on your assigned woman in STEM article. This may be:
- Identifying off-campus media mentions
- Identifying academic awards
- Summarizing their work in language that is accessible to a broad audience
Bring your progress to our next gathering or post an update.
Next gathering Wednesday, March 16th at the UIC Women’s Leadership and Resource Center at 728 W. Roosevelt Road.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 21 March 2016
- Milestones
Have fun!
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 28 March 2016
- In class - Review Edits
At our week 6 meeting, we will gather to review each other's entries. This will be time to bring up your questions to the whole group about plagiarism, notability and any other issues you may have.
Gathering TBD