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Course name
Science, Culture and Society III
Institution
University of Chicago
Instructor
James Evans
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History
Course dates
2020-01-07 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-04-03 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


This course explores the rise of modern science, from the birth of the Royal Society, the first scientific society and the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, its first journal. In recent years, science has provided some of the biggest headlines in the world's press. From concerns over the nuclear capability of Iran and North Korea to the ability of new treatments to slow the spread of AIDS, from concerns over Japan’s degrading nuclear reactors to those about genetically modified foods, and from the controversies over alleged spying at Los Alamos and Italian geoscientists sent to jail for failing to predict earthquakes to the struggle over intellectual property in digital media, many of the major issues of the day emerge from the domains of science, technology and medicine. This course finds much of its rationale in such cases, where scientific questions become inseparable from social ones. It has two main aims. First, to help students understand what science itself is, as a social as well as intellectual enterprise, through examination of its emergence and evolution. Students will see not one science, but many sciences and scientific methods competing for attention and truth. Second, the course will seek to help students decide what role the scientific enterprise plays—and should play—in our society.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Jhhayman Early synthetic colorants
Redheadweek13 Biomarker
Ellamarrero
HieronymusBot Galvanism
RWakely99
Wswendt
Jmalysa Fermentation theory
Damankh Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
JoFraDe The Bertrand Russell Case
Fakeroute
Haveagooddavis Jean Comandon, Ernst Chladni
Megan Reyna
1onicCoval3nt
Sejohnson1
NicholasOrnstein An Introduction to Cybernetics
Bradley Goldsmith
Creatorjppl
Emmachancellor Sugita Genpaku

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 January 2020   |   Thursday, 9 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.

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 January 2020   |   Thursday, 16 January 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 January 2020   |   Thursday, 23 January 2020
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Research & finalize a topic for the Wikipedia project

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 January 2020   |   Thursday, 30 January 2020
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Books

History

Science Communication

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 February 2020   |   Thursday, 6 February 2020
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
Milestones

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


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 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 February 2020   |   Thursday, 13 February 2020
In class - Finalize round 1 project
Milestones

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 February 2020   |   Thursday, 20 February 2020
In class - Pick topics for round 2 (if applicable)

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 February 2020   |   Thursday, 27 February 2020
In class - Draft Wikipedia contribution (round 2)

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 March 2020   |   Thursday, 5 March 2020
In class - Internal review (round 2)

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 March 2020   |   Thursday, 12 March 2020
In class - Move draft # 2 live

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 March 2020   |   Thursday, 19 March 2020
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
Assignment - Original analytical paper

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.

Milestones

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