Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/MMG445/Microbial Biotechnology (Spring 2019)

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Course name
Microbial Biotechnology
Institution
MMG445
Instructor
N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Microbial Biotechnology
Course dates
2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-04-30 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
27


A main goal of this course is to have each of you actively involved in learning about biotechnology. The topics reviewed in class will provide the student a perspective of core concepts essential for the biotechnology industry, and how to enable technologies. Further, a brief perspective into biotech businesses will be provided. The continuous engagement in the class includes the implementation of critical reading (discussion of papers), problem solving (analysis of raw/peer reviewed data), speaking skills (active participation in class), and writing skills (Wiki project).

Student Assigned Reviewing
Petruc10
Agm.godar CETCH Cycle
Radosaka Phycobiliprotein
Scottmak Forensic Biotechnology
Omackraz Probiotic
DonRNguyen
Caffrey9 Industrial fermentation
Hurtall1
Kellypar Magnetogenetics
Mein3d4u
AmberMBedore Bioremediation
Bennetttoma
Nuriffanazirah97
Irfan Haniff
Laurengregor
Melissaschott
Kegerre3
Sams19
Cody the Spartan
Ashleydotjpg SERINC5
Monikamikulova
Kennico2 Synthetic Microbial Consortia
Harr1335 Deep Mutational Scanning
Microblue1105
Witzkelu
Hasaan Hayat Nanoparticle Drug Delivery and Imaging for Microbes

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 February 2019   |   Thursday, 7 February 2019
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, 12 February 2019   |   Thursday, 14 February 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 February 2019   |   Thursday, 21 February 2019
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 February 2019   |   Thursday, 28 February 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 March 2019   |   Thursday, 14 March 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Chemistry

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Genes and Proteins

Science Communication

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 March 2019   |   Thursday, 21 March 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 March 2019   |   Thursday, 28 March 2019
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You 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 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 April 2019   |   Thursday, 4 April 2019
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 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 April 2019   |   Thursday, 11 April 2019
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your 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 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 16 April 2019   |   Thursday, 18 April 2019
Assignment - Polish your work

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 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 April 2019   |   Thursday, 25 April 2019
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 - Original analytical paper

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

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
Milestones

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