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Course name
BIO 475
Institution
California Polytechnic State University
Instructor
Sandi Clement
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Molecular Biology Laboratory
Course dates
2016-01-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2016-03-19 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
28


Introduction to techniques used in molecular biology and biotechnology; DNA and RNA extraction, characterization, cloning, Southern blotting, reverse transcription, polymerase chain reaction, and sequencing analysis. 1 lecture, 2 laboratories. Prerequisite: BIO 161, and grade of C- or better in BIO 351 or CHEM 373 or consent of instructor. Crosslisted as BIO/CHEM 475.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Aquach04
Shannondunn
Frossi18
Mocoyne
Cdyok
J.Mares
Reericks
Agape08
Ejreyes24
MicailaSpisak
Arklipp
Jdteruya
Dbarsa
Kputnam28
Hayhoff29
PinkVynn
Jhinojosa927
Jamie.h.ko
Cbanksy10
Bwongcha
Ali 4192
Aaqquino
Jmlevin123
Alekcellularandmolecularbio
Bhayes01
Isabelreeder
Erdohert
Teokey

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Friday, 15 January 2016
In class - Wikipedia essentials
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
  • Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.



Handout: Editing Wikipedia


Assignment - Learn the basics - To be completed by Jan 29th


  

  • Complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 January 2016   |   Thursday, 21 January 2016   |   Friday, 22 January 2016
Assignment - Critique an article


  

  • Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.

  

  • Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.

  

  • A few questions to consider (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?





Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 January 2016   |   Thursday, 28 January 2016   |   Friday, 29 January 2016
Assignment - Add to an article


  

  • Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.