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Course name
Graduate Neuroscience
Institution
University of South Carolina Aiken
Instructor
Alexandra Roach
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Neuroscience
Course dates
2021-08-19 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-12-10 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
8


The focus of this course will be on the neural mechanisms that underlie human behavior. Beginning with the premise that all psychological phenomena are rooted in the electro-chemical activity of nervous systems, this course will include an examination of the biological basis of the sensation, cognition, and behavior including the following topics: vision, attention, sensation & perception, brain damage, learning, memory and amnesia, sleep and dreaming, language, emotion, stress, and health. The course will also cover drugs, addiction, and psychopharmacology as it relates to these topics. Each graduate student will work on their Wiki Edu project independently, and given the program is an applied clinical psychology master's degree, their focus will be on atypical development/mental disorders.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Jeffbass75 Function of Sleep Sexsomnia, Pain empathy
Emnets Self-pity Reduced affect display
Ebdrake Reduced affect display Self-pity, Mental health among female offenders in the United States
BlazeBolt Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic Mental health among female offenders in the United States, Psychological abuse
Laurenwaters Fear of medical procedures Mental health among female offenders in the United States, Impostor syndrome
Mikesettepani Pain empathy Addiction psychology, LGBT youth vulnerability
Gatorres25 Mental health among female offenders in the United States Self-pity, Reduced affect display
Brandon R Hill Addiction psychology Reduced affect display, Self-pity
LRAnz98 LGBT youth vulnerability Addiction psychology, Pain empathy
Cdaniels26 Sexsomnia Fear of medical procedures, Reduced affect display, Impostor syndrome
Asialj Impostor syndrome Fear of medical procedures, Sexsomnia
KristinRutland Psychological abuse Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, LGBT youth vulnerability

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Thursday, 26 August 2021
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:

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

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.)

Week 3

Course meetings
Thursday, 2 September 2021
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Week 4

Course meetings
Thursday, 9 September 2021
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings
Thursday, 16 September 2021
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise
Assignment - Exercise

Week 6

Course meetings
Thursday, 23 September 2021
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Medicine

Psychology

Science Communication

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Thursday, 30 September 2021

Week 8

Course meetings
Thursday, 7 October 2021

Week 9

Course meetings
Thursday, 14 October 2021
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Week 10

Course meetings
Thursday, 21 October 2021
Milestones

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

Week 11

Course meetings
Thursday, 28 October 2021
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 12

Course meetings
Thursday, 4 November 2021
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 13

Course meetings
Thursday, 11 November 2021
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 14

Course meetings
Thursday, 18 November 2021
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 15

Course meetings
Thursday, 25 November 2021
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!