WIKI ENTRIES

This course integrates biomedical perspectives of topics relevant

to women’s health with sociohistorical perspectives on the

construction of clinical knowledge. Participants will explore

critical analyses of global health disparities associated with

gender, race, class, disability, and sexual

orientation. Participants will also expand their knowledge and

appreciation of culturally diverse concepts of health and gender.

Catalogue description of JINS 376: Women’s Health

There are eight wikis:

Bodies

Discourses

Identities

Power

Knowing

Autonomy

Justice

Health

You will contribute to one Wiki

each week. This course uses peer-reviewed scholarly articles as both text and

research material. Students must demonstrate the ability to perform a close reading of scholarship from clinical and interpretive perspectives. Eight wiki entries worth ten points each will be due each Saturday of the summer semester. (80 points total)

This is where you demonstrate your ability to perform close reading of scholarly text across disciplines and to participate in collaborative discourse. Each wiki entry is due to Blackboard on Saturday evening. Every student will post to a different wiki every week. See the document entitled ―Wiki participation schedule‖ under the ―Information‖ tab in Blackboard for a calendar detailing who will post to which wiki each week. All students posting to a wiki will share the same score for the week’s entry. If Students 1, 2, and 3 are responsible for posting to Wiki A during Week 1, for example, I will evaluate material added to Wiki A during Week 1 and assign Students 1, 2, and 3 a score that reflects the quality of the overall work.

Material posted after 9 p.m. on Saturdays will count towards the following week’s content—in other words, there is no such thing as an extension on wiki entries. Each wiki entry should incorporate all the ―required‖ articles for the week, cited appropriately.

From the syllabus

How to do Wiki entries:

Take notes as you read the articles

about how they relate to your Wiki

concept for the week.

For example, if you’re assigned to

―Autonomy‖ for Week 1, you need to

take notes as you read Wells and Choi

& Pak about how the material relates

to individual bodily self-determination.

Everyone assigned to the Wiki

contributes. Scoring as follows:

◦ 2 points– cites all the articles; something is better than nothing

◦ 4 points– notes relevant passages from each article

◦ 6 points– reflects close reading of the text and thoughtful application of concepts

◦ 8 points– relates to previously posted content for the Wiki and/or to overall course

◦ 10 points– does all that with good writing style

DON’T PANIC

Here are some detailed illustrated instructions for using Blackboard Wikis

Click ―Wikis‖ in sidebar:

Click the title of your topic for the

week:

First entry: Name the page, copy/paste

content, and click ―Submit.‖

Once the wiki is started, click ―Create

Wiki Page‖ or ―Edit Wiki Content.‖

―Create Wiki Page‖ works well

for setting up weekly entries.

―Edit Wiki Content‖ works well for

collaboration among students.