Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Ohio University/Writing in the Life Sciences (Fall 2017)
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- Course name
- Writing in the Life Sciences
- Institution
- Ohio University
- Instructor
- Sarah Wyatt
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- science writing
- Course dates
- 2017-08-29 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-12-07 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 24
Current research in biology, with an emphasis on plant science, will provide students with opportunities to practice and improve skills needed for successful written communication in the sciences.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 29 August 2017 | Thursday, 31 August 2017
- No assignment
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 September 2017 | Thursday, 7 September 2017
- In class - Wikipedia overview
- Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 September 2017 | Thursday, 14 September 2017
- In class - Create account and learn the basics
- Create an account
- Complete the online training for students
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 19 September 2017 | Thursday, 21 September 2017
- Assignment - Browse Wikipedia articles
- Complete the training module below
- Browse Wikipedia for articles related to your topic
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 September 2017 | Thursday, 28 September 2017
- Continue browsing
- Continue browsing Wikipedia for articles related to your topic
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 3 October 2017 | Thursday, 5 October 2017
- Choose your article
- Select a final article
- This is the article you will be critiquing and editing for the remainder of the course
Resources: Choosing an article
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 10 October 2017 | Thursday, 12 October 2017
- In class - Assign your article
- Bring a hard copy of your Wikipedia article to class
- The TA will link your article to your username and class dashboard page
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 17 October 2017 | Thursday, 19 October 2017
- Assignment - Prepare to critique your article
- Review the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure
- Complete the assigned training module below
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 24 October 2017 | Thursday, 26 October 2017
- Assignment - Critique your article
- Evaluate your article by following the guidelines in the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure
- Leave your critique on the article's talk page
- If you need a refresher, you can retake the Evaluating Articles and Sources module
Other resources: Using Talk Pages
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 31 October 2017 | Thursday, 2 November 2017
- Assignment - Editing basics
- Complete the training module below and
- Begin working on what you might want to edit or add to your article.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 7 November 2017 | Thursday, 9 November 2017
- Assignment - Plagiarism
- Complete the training module below
- Continue working on possible additions (information and references) and edits to your article
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 14 November 2017 | Thursday, 16 November 2017
- Assignment - Adding images and media files
- Complete the training module below
- Continue editing applying the information from the training modules and the references you have found.
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 21 November 2017 | Thursday, 23 November 2017
- Edit your article
- Finalize the edits your article by following the guidelines in the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure
- If you need a refresher, you can retake the Editing Basics training module
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 28 November 2017 | Thursday, 30 November 2017
- Assignment - Final Wikipedia project
- Edits to your article are due BEFORE class on Thursday
- You will be presenting your article and the edits you made to the class
Week 15
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 December 2017 | Thursday, 7 December 2017
- No assignment