Editing Talk:Mika/Temp/WikiFCD/Course

This page is for planning a course on how to contribute to and use data from WikiFCD.


=Schedule=

* JHSPH has 4 terms (7 weeks each; 39-40 instruction days) + 1 summer term (8 weeks) and 1 winter intersession term (2 weeks):
: Summer Term: Wednesday, July 1 - Wednesday, August 26 (39 class days)
: 1st Term: Monday, August 31 - Monday, October 26 (40 class days)
: 2nd Term: Tuesday, October 27 - Wednesday, December 23 (39 class days)
: Winter Intersession: Monday, January 4 - Friday, January 15
: 3rd Term: Monday,  January 25 - Friday, March 19 (39 class days)
: 4th Term: Monday,  March 29 - Friday, May 21 (40 class days)

* If we can teach in the 1st and/or 2nd term, that would be nice for the grant application to be submitted in November.
* It seems it's about 1 hour instruction time per credit. Students register 16 credits per semester (2 terms).
* Aim for meet once a week for 2 hours = 2 credits?

=Course Aims=

# To learn about issues with FCDs in global nutrition research
# To learn about peer production
# To learn about Wikidata and Wikibase
# To learn how to contribute to WikiFCD
# To learn how to use data from WikiFCD

=Structure of the course=

* Lecture
* Lab
* Individual projects

=Course schedule=

== 1st term: Aim 1 through 4 ==

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! Week !! Aim/Learning objectives !! Content !! Assignment !! Assignment Due date
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| Week 1 
| Aim 1: Learn about FCDs
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# Learn about FCDs
# Learn about issues related to FCDs and history of global databases
# Discuss potential solutions
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# Readings on peer production
# Create an account on Wikimedia
| Week 2
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| Week 2
| Aim 2/3:
# Learn about peer production
# Learn about Wikimedia projects, Wikidata, and Wikibase
# Learn how to participate in wiki-based projects
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# Lecture on peer production
# Discussion on pros and cons of peer production for global FCD development
# Lecture on Wikimedia projects, Wikidata, and Wikibase - pull materials from Wiki Education on Wikidata?
# Edit an Wikipedia article
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# Readings
# Make Edits on Wikipedia or Wikidata
# Create an account on WikiFCD
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| Week 3
| Aim 4:
# Learn more about wiki editing
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# Lecture on Wiki markup
# Edit Wikidata 
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# Readings
# Edit food/nutrition related pages on Wikidata
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| Week 4
| Aim 4:
# Learn about structured data
# Learn about WikiFCD and Open Food Facts
# Learn about different ways to import data from elsewhere
# Learn about licensing
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# Lecture on structured data and how this could help our research
# Examples of good and bad Wikidata pages
# Edit meta data (FCD information)
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# Readings
# Search and add missing FCD meta data
# Python tutorial
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| Week 5
| Aim 4:
* Learn how to import csv data using Python
* OR
* Learn how nutrient data are produced (field trip to USDA chemical analysis lab)
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* Interactive lecture on basics of Python
* OR
* Field trip.
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# Readings
# Learn a script to import example FCD csv (develop for this class)
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| Week 6
| Aim 4: 
# Explore ways to connect knowledge bases
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# Learn about other Wikimedia projects and Wikibase based projects
# Discuss potential research questions that can be answered by connecting these projects
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# Choose your research proposal topi
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| Week 7
| individual project consultation
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| Week 8
| Presentation on research proposals
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== 2nd Term: Aim 5 ==

* Students will select their own research questions and try to answer them analyzing data from WikiFCD.
* Skills: SPARQL
* Optional skills: statistical software

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=Evaluation=