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Course name
HSC 355 Bioethics
Institution
California State University East Bay
Instructor
Jason Smith
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Bioethics
Course dates
2019-01-21 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-16 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
24


The course is an undergraduate survey of bioethics and will cover: fundamentals of bioethics, decison-making, making decisions for others, genetics, research ethics, euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, reproduction and other topics. There will also be a unit on the Anthropocene and human health.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Carmela055 Human subject research Legal death
Juliefarias Legal death Human Subject Research
EricChau Triage Surrogacy
Jkgrewal Surrogacy Triage
Zeribe.ezeanuna Electronic health record Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
Kristinyoon Preimplantation genetic diagnosis Electronic health record
Averyw1086 Vaccination policy Utilitarian bioethics
Swiernicki Utilitarian bioethics Vaccination policy
Juliastein8 Medical ethics Maternal-Fetal Conflict
Leah611 Maternal-Fetal Conflict Medical ethics, Ethics of circumcision
Ndamargi Philosophy of medicine Human enhancement
Jreaso Human enhancement Philosophy of medicine
HSCstudent
Iadao Ethics of circumcision Death, Maternal-fetal conflict
Beedizzle21 Death Ethics of circumcision
Kjsnguyen Right to die Assisted suicide
MishaSayenkoCSUEB Assisted suicide Right to die
Marcmatossian HPV Vaccine Bioethics
Khushjawandha Bioethics HPV Vaccine
Eunacorn Solidarity In vitro fertilisation
Cajjen12 In vitro fertilisation Solidarity
Rvelez313 Autonomy Isolation (health care)
LaurenMYC Isolation (health care) Organ trade
Hscstudent475 Organ trade Death

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 28 January 2019
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:


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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 4 February 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 11 February 2019
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 18 February 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Assignment - Copy edit an article

Copyedit an article

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 25 February 2019
Milestones

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 4 March 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Environmental Sciences

Medicine

Science Communication

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 11 March 2019
In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 18 March 2019

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 25 March 2019
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

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 1 April 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 8 April 2019
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 - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to 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.

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 15 April 2019
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!


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!

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 22 April 2019
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.