Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Southern Maine Community College/Biology 124 (Fall 2017)

This is the first semester of a two-semester Biology sequence intended for biology/science majors or students looking to transfer laboratory science credits. Biology I lecture concentrates on living organisms at the cellular level. Specific topics include biochemistry, metabolism, respiration, photosynthesis, the cell cycle, meiosis, DNA, protein synthesis, gene regulation, and Mendelian genetics. The laboratory stresses hypothesis-based investigation. Students will work in groups to propose hypotheses, design experiments, and analyze data.

Week 1
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 * Overview of how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Outline of Class Project
 * Understanding Wikipedia[http://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia


 * Create an account and join this course page.

All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.

Week 2

 * Leave a message on the course talk page.
 * Remember to log in and to sign your post.

Handout:

Each student has left a signed message on the course talk page and is monitoring their own talk page.

Week 3
Post 1-2 lines of properly cited content to any Wikipedia article in Biology.

Week 4
Upload an copyright-appropriate image to Wikimedia Commons.

Week 5
In lab we will search for appropriate articles to work on. At the end of the lab, students will submit their nominations, and we will vote on which article to expand.

Week 6
In class, we will decide who will work on which topics within the chosen article.

Each student has added written and visual content to Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons.

Week 7
Take some time this week to look over the previous training modules, in preparation for the Wiki Quiz next week.

Week 9
In lab we will create a shared spreadsheet of references for our article.

The Wiki Quiz on Blackboard tests your knowledge of editing, etiquette, and style in Wikipedia. A great review before you start actively editing!

Week 10
Using the spreadsheet we have created, you will create a bibliography of the selected references you will use to write your contribution to the article.

Week 11

 * Draft a detailed outline of your topic reflecting the major points to be made in your subsection of the article and which citation backs up this point.
 * Post the outline in your sandbox.
 * Continue research in preparation for expanding your article by tracking down new citations from the articles you have in hand.

Week 12
In lab, we will work on the rough draft for each section of the article.


 * Complete a rough draft of your subsection using your outline and post it in your sandbox.

Week 13

 * Complete the peer review module.
 * Peer review one of your classmates’ articles. Leave suggestions and comments on their talk pages.
 * Copy-edit your own peer-reviewed article.

Week 14

 * Based on your peer review and comments from the instructor, make the final edits to your document.
 * When approved, create a heading for your work and move the document out of your sandbox to the article.

Week 15
Use this week to wrap up any uncompleted tasks relative to the class project.

Week 16
Write a 1-2 page essay (one page single-spaced or two pages double-spaced) reflecting on your experience editing on Wikipedia.

On the last day of class, we will review and celebrate the final product of our project.

Each student has authored a subsection of the species article and reflected upon thier experience.