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Course name
Seminar in Neurobiology
Institution
Goucher College
Instructor
Jenny Lenkowski
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Neurobiology
Course dates
2018-10-15 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-14 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
12


This seminar will focus on how nervous systems develop and function. Topics will include developmental neurobiology, neurogenesis, and diseases of the central nervous system. Students will be working in pairs to contribute to topics related to the course.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Elwak001 Tectum Stellate cell, Neurula
Samei001 Bergmann gliosis
Dajen003 Neurula Bergmann gliosis
Glofland Stellate cell Tectum
WH40kindogs Neurula
CJAmbrose Bergmann gliosis, Astrocyte, Radial glial cell Tectum
Damid001 Stellate cell Neurula
Esher001 Tectum Neurula, Stellate cell
Toddjfield Stellate cell
Zasan001 Tectum Neurula
Nicole Wolard Bergmann gliosis, Astrocyte, Radial glial cell

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 15 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 17 October 2018   |   Friday, 19 October 2018
Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

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.)


Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 22 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 24 October 2018   |   Friday, 26 October 2018
In class - Drafting in Sandbox as a group
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 29 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 31 October 2018   |   Friday, 2 November 2018
Assignment - Avoiding plagiarism training
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


In class - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 5 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 7 November 2018   |   Friday, 9 November 2018
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 12 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 14 November 2018   |   Friday, 16 November 2018
Milestones

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


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 6

Course meetings
Monday, 19 November 2018
In class -
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 7

Course meetings
Monday, 26 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 28 November 2018   |   Friday, 30 November 2018
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.


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 8

Course meetings
Monday, 3 December 2018   |   Wednesday, 5 December 2018   |   Friday, 7 December 2018
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 - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Milestones

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