Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Ohio University/Writing for Biologists (Spring 2018)
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- Course name
- Writing for Biologists
- Institution
- Ohio University
- Instructor
- Sarah Wyatt
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- science writing
- Course dates
- 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-04-26 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 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 30 January 2018 | Thursday, 1 February 2018
- In class - Wikipedia essentials / Account setup
- Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
- Setting up Wikipedia account
- Begin training modules
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 6 February 2018 | Thursday, 8 February 2018
- Assignment - Wikipedia online training
- Complete the online training for students.
- During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 13 February 2018 | Thursday, 15 February 2018
- Assignment - Select Wikipedia 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 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 20 February 2018 | Thursday, 22 February 2018
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 27 February 2018 | Thursday, 1 March 2018
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 6 March 2018 | Thursday, 8 March 2018
- 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 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 20 March 2018 | Thursday, 22 March 2018
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 27 March 2018 | Thursday, 29 March 2018
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 3 April 2018 | Thursday, 5 April 2018
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 10 April 2018 | Thursday, 12 April 2018
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 17 April 2018 | Thursday, 19 April 2018
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 24 April 2018
- Assignment - Edit your article
- Edits to your article are due BEFORE class on Thursday
- You will be presenting your article and the edits you made to the class