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Course name
Social Determinants of Health
Institution
Union College
Instructor
Darlingtina Esiaka
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Psychology
Course dates
2020-01-06 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-03-16 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
5


This course will examine illness from a Social Determinant of Health (SDoH) and the life course perspective. The primary imperative being to provide students an opportunity to think critically about illness from a variety of different domains of SDoH and to develop self-reflexivity when it comes to their own feelings about people with illness.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Abdel.A.Mohamed Heuristic-systematic model of information processing
Masonb3384 Food desert
Michellemoina
SDoH20 Rural health
Bufordcd Color psychology
Mollycoleman514 Health equity, Occupational stress Food desert

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 6 January 2020   |   Wednesday, 8 January 2020   |   Friday, 10 January 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:


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.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 13 January 2020   |   Wednesday, 15 January 2020   |   Friday, 17 January 2020
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 20 January 2020   |   Wednesday, 22 January 2020   |   Friday, 24 January 2020
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise
Assignment - Exercise

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 27 January 2020   |   Wednesday, 29 January 2020   |   Friday, 31 January 2020
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

Psychology

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 3 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 5 February 2020   |   Friday, 7 February 2020
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

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


In class - Discussion

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 10 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 12 February 2020   |   Friday, 14 February 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.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 17 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 19 February 2020   |   Friday, 21 February 2020
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 8

Course meetings
Monday, 24 February 2020   |   Wednesday, 26 February 2020   |   Friday, 28 February 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
Monday, 2 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 4 March 2020   |   Friday, 6 March 2020
In class - Discussion
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

This is due with the final portfolio

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 9 March 2020   |   Wednesday, 11 March 2020   |   Friday, 13 March 2020
Milestones

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