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- Course name
- Journal Club
- Institution
- Grand View University
- Instructor
- Adriana LaGier
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Genes and Proteins
- Course dates
- 2022-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-12-09 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 18
This course helps prepare students for their future graduate studies and/or careers in Biology. It will cover methods and techniques to develop scientific literacy, through reading and evaluation of primary literature. By the end of the course, students will be able to read, understand, and analyze scientific articles and will be able to synthesize a coherent review based upon the papers they read.
Timeline
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 9 September 2022
- 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
- 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.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 16 September 2022
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- In class - Discussion
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 23 September 2022
- Assignment - Choose your article
- In class - Discussion
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 7 October 2022
- Assignment - Make a small edit
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 21 October 2022
- 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
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 28 October 2022
- Assignment - Peer review an article
- In class - Discussion
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 4 November 2022
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
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 10
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 11 November 2022
- Assignment - Literature Analysis
Every student has completed a Literature Analysis Worksheet for publication #1
- Milestones
Every student has talked to their peer about what they are adding to their wikiarticles and posted their peer review
- 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 11
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 18 November 2022
- Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia
It's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
- Assignment - In-class presentation
Find and Complete Presentation Activity posted to Blackboard in the "Retrieval, Presentation and LitWs#2 Activities" folder.
- Assignment - Literarture Retrieval Activity
Find and Complete Literature Retrieval Activity posted to Blackboard in the "Retrieval, Presentation and LitWs#2 Activities" folder.
- In class - Literature Worksheet Analysis #2
Find and Start Working on Literature Worsheet #2 posted to Blackboard in the "Retrieval, Presentation and LitWs#2 Activities" folder.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 2 December 2022
- Assignment - Literature Worksheet Analysis #2
Complete the Literature Workheet #2 Activity posted to Blackboard in the "Retrieval, Presentation and LitWs#2 Activities" folder.
- Milestones
It's the final week to develop your article.
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 9 December 2022
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
- Assignment - Final Quiz
Every student complete the final quiz (literature analysis worksheet #3) posted to Blackboard using the provided publication.