Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Boston University School of Public Health/EH804 Field Methods in Exposure Science (Fall 2021)

The process of assessing exposure is a critical component of occupational and environmental health, determining compliance with health and safety regulations, and conducting human health risk assessments. This course focuses on the fundamentals of exposure assessment, including concepts and methods of study design, basic monitoring strategies, field data collection, and data analysis and interpretation. Students will analyze relevant case studies and conduct a field monitoring project. The group project may be informed by current issues of concern within a community, and projects should be designed to be responsive to carefully designed scientific questions. Students will also learn to master effective science communication by creating a Wikipedia section on exposure science concepts.

Week 2
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:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating 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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account and submit instructor 2 to 3 ideas for topics on the project. Instructor will provide ideas but students will also be able to suggest their own ideas as long as topics related to exposure sciences.

Week 3
Today students should have decided their final pick of topic taking in consideration feedback from the instructor.

Week 4
Each student will present for 1-minute an informal pitch about their wiki project. The student should mention what is going to be covered, what is interesting about this topic, and why would make the topic a good Wikipedia article (e.g., no similar articles, gaps within existing article, well referenced, interesting because XYZ, non-controversial).

Chemistry

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Medicine

Science Communication

Sociology

Week 6
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

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7
Guiding framework

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

Week 8
Draft Wikipedia Article in Word for Feedback: Each student should submit a write-up draft for comment that is new content and a minimum of 300 words not including references (length depends on the article and place in Wikipedia). Students should make sure content is relevant to the class, is coherent, well-referenced, and flows well.

You also 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 9
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 10
Each student revised word write-up should be uploaded online (Wiki sandbox) and ready to view by the instructor. The instructor will provide feedback on the drafted version of the Wikipedia 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 11
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 12
Final weeks to work on 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
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading, making sure any comments from the week 12 are incorporated.

Each student will informally present for 3 minutes the Wikipedia page to the class by showing us the final online product, content, and explaining key messages of the article, what student learnt new on exposure sciences, what student learnt on science communication by using Wikipedia, and share to the class about the overall experience. Presentations will be given during class time.