Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Columbia University/Graduate Seminar in Conservation Biology (Fall 2019)
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- Course name
- Graduate Seminar in Conservation Biology
- Institution
- Columbia University
- Instructor
- Sara Kross
- Wikipedia Expert
- Elysia (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Conservation Biology
- Course dates
- 2019-09-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-27 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 10
This course offers a graduate-level seminar in conservation biology, focusing on reading classic and more recent primary literature published in the field to better understand why species become threatened (and extinct), the anthropogenic causes of species declines, and common practices to preserve species and ecosystems.
Each student will identify an existing article that needs improvement or will propose a new article (although the former is strongly preferred) on a topic of their choice related to the course material. Students will have the full length of the semester to complete their contributions.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 10 September 2019
- In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment
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
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 17 September 2019
- Assignment - Get started on 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.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
- In class - Discussion
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 24 September 2019
- In class - Discussion
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 1 October 2019
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 8 October 2019
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 15 October 2019
- Assignment - Draft of your Article
Complete a draft of your article- which will be peer-reviewed next week. You should add at least 10 new references to your article and have added/edited a significant portion of the page (for short articles) or have added to/edited a significant portion of one sections (for articles that are already long).
Complete your draft in the sandbox by first pasting in text from the article you are working on, and then making changes within that text.
- In class - Discussion
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 22 October 2019
- Assignment - Peer review an article
Guiding frameworkUse the guiding framework to understand how best to shape your peer review. You may choose to 'leave a message' for your peer in their talk page- but please also copy your review and include it in the assignment pane on our courseworks site for grading.
Leave a message
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 29 October 2019
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
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.
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 November 2019
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 19 November 2019
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
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
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 November 2019
- Assignment - Polish your work
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 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 3 December 2019
- Assignment - Final article
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!
- Assignment - Reflective essay
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 24 December 2019