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Course name
History of Science to Newton
Institution
University of Oklahoma
Instructor
Peter Barker
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History of Science
Course dates
2022-08-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-12-12 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
42


Course Goals: To acquaint students with the main theories of the universe in the Western scientific tradition, how they changed, and why they changed, from the ancient Greeks to the time of Newton; to develop skills in the critical evaluation of texts and the reasoned defense of conclusions reached by the individual. In place of a final paper students will work on establishing or editing a Wikipedia page connected with course material.

Student Assigned Reviewing
HSCIKC Moderata Fonte
Duck000 Humorism
Halesoup Hippocratic Corpus
Butternoodlez Oronce Finé
SpaceCowboy2000 Georg von Peuerbach
Carbovir John of Głogów
LIOTT09 Lucrezia Marinella
NINAN01 Caterina Sforza
DREA0201 Camilla Erculiani
Wgand0202 Pedro Ciruelo Margherita Sarrocchi
Ryan2700 On the Nature of Man
Griffin2009 Plague doctor
Sartor01 Georg von Peuerbach
Dr Alec Holland Caterina Sforza
Elt0629 André do Avelar Plague doctor
Kale0182 Oronce Finé
Ahed0715 Margherita Sarrocchi
Wernerheisenberg1901 History of science
Ryanzrox Georg von Peuerbach
Stats0907 Lucrezia Marinella
Vw0702 Margherita Sarrocchi
Wehl0000 History of science
In vino veritas 01 Conrad Tockler
Boomer0001 Franco Burgersdijk
Jacracin34
Carringtonbridges History of medical diagnosis
Patt0400 Aspasia, Aspasia the Physician
AmoboTeCatus Medical Renaissance
Boomsoon23 Francesco Capuano Di Manfredonia
Jayman921 Isabella Cortese
MushroomFae John of Głogów
Simo135 Franco Burgersdijk
Azizam29 History of science, Natural science, Physics
Neo7227 Astrology and astronomy
Biff2011 Pedro Ciruelo
Sav13584 Caterina Sforza
WildRhombus Alchemy
Patissiereyumeiro Alchemy
Iley1228 History of medical diagnosis
Almipe2022
Hyparchos
WikiStudent0101 Hippocratic Corpus
SunnYxXxxx History of medical diagnosis, Natural Science Alchemy, Hippocratic Corpus, Medical Renaissance, Natural science, On the Nature of Man

Timeline

Week 9

Course meetings
Thursday, 20 October 2022
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 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 October 2022   |   Thursday, 27 October 2022
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 November 2022   |   Thursday, 3 November 2022
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

History

Science Communication

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 8 November 2022   |   Thursday, 10 November 2022
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 November 2022   |   Thursday, 17 November 2022
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

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 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
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 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 November 2022   |   Thursday, 1 December 2022
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.

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 16

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 December 2022   |   Thursday, 8 December 2022
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!
Milestones

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