Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UConn/Ecotoxicology (Fall2020)

The overall purpose of this ecotoxicology course is for students to develop a strong conceptual framework for understanding how environmental loading of contaminants leads to exposure and adverse effects for wildlife and/or people. Students learn (a) the major environmental contaminant classes, (b) contaminant sources, fate, and biogeochemistry, (c) the mechanisms of toxicity, and (d) the population, community, and ecosystem responses to contaminants. Students will primarily edit existing wikipedia pages on relevant ecotox topics as one of the major assignments for the course. The topics could include types of contaminants, historic contamination events (e.g., the Deepwater Horizon spill), toxicity mechanisms, or key figures in the history of the field. Students will improve existing pages rather than create new pages where possible. The course is a split level, with both advanced undergraduates (n=25) and graduate students (n=10); graduate students may prefer to take on new page creation.

Week 3
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:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating 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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 4
Biographies

Chemistry

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Week 7
Using your article evaluation, outline the changes you anticipate making to your Wikipedia article. If working in a group, assign which parts of the article outline will be contributed by each student.

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 9
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 11
Guiding framework

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

Week 12
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.

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 15
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!

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.