Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Caltech/Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry 2018 (spring)
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- Course name
- Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry 2018
- Institution
- Caltech
- Instructor
- Alex Sessions
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Stable isotopes
- Course dates
- 2018-04-02 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-06-11 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 6
Graduate-level class on the principles and applications of stable isotopes used to understand a range of problems in earth, environmental, and biological sciences.
| Student | Assigned | Reviewing |
|---|---|---|
| Prestonkemeny | ||
| Evalinghan | ||
| IsotopeSnope | ||
| Ceciliabsanders | ||
| GuannanDong | ||
| MichelleIsotope | ||
| Danieosro | ||
| Meli Gutierrez |
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 4 April 2018 | Friday, 6 April 2018
- 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 - Practicing the basics
- Create an account and join this course page.
- Complete the introductory training modules. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
- Create a User page.
- To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself on the user talk page of one of your classmates, who should also be enrolled in the table at the bottom of the page.
- Explore topics related to your topic area to get a feel for how Wikipedia is organized. What areas seem to be missing? As you explore, make a mental note of articles that seem like good candidates for improvement.
- Milestones
All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 9 April 2018 | Wednesday, 11 April 2018 | Friday, 13 April 2018
- In class - Defining the project
- Each student will select a concept from the course to turn into a short wiki article
- Topics should be selected based on multiple factors
- Lack of coverage on wikipedia
- Usefulness to public or scientific community
- Relevance to biogeochemical cycles
- Each article should be around 1000 words, include 1-3 figures, and have at least 3 references from scientific journals
- Articles should also have a "see also" section and link to other wiki articles throughout the text
- Grading will be based ⅔ on your article, and ⅓ on your reviews of other articles
- Assignment - Present Potential Topic(s) in Class
Come to class with 1-3 potential topics that you want to write a wiki article on. We will discuss in class the feasibility of each topic and give feedback.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 16 April 2018 | Wednesday, 18 April 2018 | Friday, 20 April 2018
- Assignment - Write Detailed Outline of Article in Sandbox
- Begin reading about your subject, collecting papers, starting an outline and bibliography (in your sandbox)
- Your detailed outline should include headings, bullet point summaries, and ideas for figures
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 23 April 2018 | Wednesday, 25 April 2018 | Friday, 27 April 2018
- Research
Continue your reading and research on potential topic(s). Build your articles with figures and a bibliography.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 April 2018 | Wednesday, 2 May 2018 | Friday, 4 May 2018
- Assignment - Complete first draft and bibliography due
- Completed first draft and bibliography due in sandbox for review.
- Milestones
First rough drafts of all sections complete in your sandbox.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 7 May 2018 | Wednesday, 9 May 2018 | Friday, 11 May 2018
- Continue working on draft
- receive feedback from ALS/AAP on first draft
- continue reading and research, expanding sections
- add multimedia content
- migrate article to MainSpace
- Moving articles to mainspace
- Move your sandbox articles into main space.
- If you are expanding an existing article, copy your edit into the article. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article.
- If you are creating a new article, do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow the instructions in the "Moving out of your sandbox" handout.
- Begin expanding your article into a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
- Begin adding links to other wikipedia articles as well as developing a "See also" section
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 14 May 2018 | Wednesday, 16 May 2018 | Friday, 18 May 2018
- Assignment - Draft 2 due
Revised and completed topical section(s) due on MainPage (live!)
These drafts should have figures, links, and references!
- Milestones
Working sections of our article have been moved to the MainPage and are visible by the Universe!
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 21 May 2018 | Wednesday, 23 May 2018 | Friday, 25 May 2018
- Assignment - Peer review and copyedit
- Peer review two of your classmates’ articles (assignments will be made in class). Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
- Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 30 May 2018 | Friday, 1 June 2018
- Assignment - Address peer review suggestions
- Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback. If you disagree with a suggestion, use talk pages to politely discuss and come to a consensus on your edit.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 4 June 2018 | Wednesday, 6 June 2018
- Assignment - Final article
- Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.
- Address any outstanding integration issues
Handout: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polishing_your_articles.pdf Polishing your article
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- Milestones
Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.