Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Muhlenberg College/Science Communication (Fall 2020)

This is a discussion based course focused on science communication. Participation, engagement, and respect for your fellow classmates is expected.

The learning goals for this course are:

Understand the history and current state of scientific communication, both scholarly and popular, especially in regards to the United States. Recognize power structures that influence scientific communication. Understand the history and current state of Wikipedia as a provider of scientific information to the public, and assess the ability of Wikipedia to communicate scientific information to the public.

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.