Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/California Polytechnic State University/BIO 475 (Winter 2016)
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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.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- 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
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- 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 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 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?
- 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?
- Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
- Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
- 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?
- 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?
Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Using_talk_pages.pdf Using Talk Pages
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Week 4
- Course meetings
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- 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.