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Course name
Evolution, Diversity, and Adaptation - Biology 1
Institution
Rowan University
Instructor
Daniel McArdle
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Biology
Course dates
2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC – 2016-12-09 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
24


Review and critique a page as it relates to inheritance, heritability, selection differential, and / or selection gradient.

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Thursday, 13 October 2016
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia project

Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:

Assignment - Practicing the basics
  • Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
  • It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
  • When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 October 2016   |   Thursday, 20 October 2016
Assignment - Critique an article

 It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. 

  • Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
  • Choose an article from the Category:Evolution article list (or one of the sub-category lists) to evaluate. 
  • Create a new section in your sandbox space titled "article critique" and make a note of which article you'll be working on.
  • Write a full critique of your article in your sandbox space, using the tips you learned in the online training. You may use these questions to guide you (but don't feel limited to these): 
    • Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
  •  When you're done, choose at least 2 questions relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Helaine (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:12, 13 October 2016 (UTC). [reply]

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 October 2016   |   Thursday, 27 October 2016
Assignment - Add to an article

Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding new content, backed up with a citation to an article related the class . 

  • Complete all three of the training links below. 
  • Select an article from the Category:Evolution stubs list. Assign yourself the article you select on the Students tab above. Try not to select an article that someone else already picked. 
  • Read through your article and do an evaluation, using the skills you learned last week. What content might be missing? Create a new section in your sandbox space called "article contribution" and leave comments about what article you selected, and why, with an evaluation of what content might be missing, and how you plan to make it better. 
  • Add 2-5 new sentences of content to your article, and cite your work to a reliable source (or two), as you learned in the online training. Go back to your sandbox and summarize your contribution, including links to your citations. 
How will I be graded?

To receive full credit for this assignment, your sandbox should include the following: 

  • An "article critique" section, where you clearly describe your article critique. 
  • An "article contribution" section, where you clearly describe your contribution and why you thought it was a valuable addition to the topic. 
  • On the Students tab above, a 6/6 of the online trainings completed. 
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