Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/North Carolina State University/Delftia (Fall 2020)
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- Course name
- Delftia
- Institution
- North Carolina State University
- Instructor
- Carlos C. Goller
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Course dates
- 2020-08-11 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-11-28 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 30
To better inform our projects and use of techniques, we need to review the literature and contribute to it. We want to be a community of scholars finding, verifying, and refining knowledge. To do so, all participants of the class will contribute to the edits to the Delftia pages.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 18 August 2020 | Wednesday, 19 August 2020 | Thursday, 20 August 2020 | Friday, 21 August 2020
- 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.)
- Assignment - Wikipedia assignment blog
Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 24 August 2020 | Tuesday, 25 August 2020 | Wednesday, 26 August 2020 | Thursday, 27 August 2020 | Friday, 28 August 2020
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 31 August 2020 | Tuesday, 1 September 2020 | Wednesday, 2 September 2020 | Thursday, 3 September 2020 | Friday, 4 September 2020
- In class - Post to Blog
Evaluate your WikiEDU experience by creating a blog post.
- Describe your experience this week. What did you enjoy? What did you learn?
- Why does it matter? Was there any risk?
- What did you learn about yourself? How does this experience connect to your broader goals? What would you change?
Guidelines for posting to the Delftia Hub
Post about your experience every week. Help us and others learn about this experience, and what to improve!
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- In class - Discussion
Think about these questions! We'll have a discussion next week.
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 7 September 2020 | Tuesday, 8 September 2020 | Wednesday, 9 September 2020 | Thursday, 10 September 2020 | Friday, 11 September 2020
- Resource
Ideas and literature for topics/headings for the D. acidovorans Wiki article.
- Assignment - Exercise
While logged in, click the "Assign myself an article" button in your "My Articles" section on the Home tab. This will bring up a list of articles your instructor has selected. When you find the one you want to work on, click Select to assign it to yourself.
Alternatively you can select an article by viewing the list at the "Available Articles" portion of the Articles tab and clicking Select. If you are working in a group, be aware that only one group member can select the topic via this method; the remaining group members will need to assign the article via the Home tab.
- In class - Discussion
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 14 September 2020 | Tuesday, 15 September 2020 | Wednesday, 16 September 2020 | Thursday, 17 September 2020 | Friday, 18 September 2020
- Check In
Hello all! Just wanted to summarize where we should be this week to make sure everyone is on the same page.
Last week, we picked our Delftia topics to research and write about. Fill out the spreadsheet to let us know what topic you are working on. If you don't see the Wiki page you want to work on in assigned articles, email me (lfedere
ncsu.edu). Note: Most of the class will be working on Delftia and Delftia acidovorans. If you choose another Delftia species, you'll likely be working alone or with just a few people. We also had a meeting about plagiarism, the slides are posted below.
This week, you should be exploring literature in your topic area and beginning to draft your contributions to the Wikipedia page. You should start organizing your findings with an annotated bibliography. Everybody's goal should be to have 5 primary sources about Delftia in the annotated bibliography by the end of this week. This will help you organize your findings and citations.
While exploring literature, annotate with Hypothes.is! This will help us organize our thoughts, compile literature, and work together to find and verify information in our sources. Join the Delftia group with this link: https://hypothes.is/groups/jb8AZ8xy/delftia
- Assignment - Add to an article
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
Resource: Plagiarism Presentation Slides from last week's meeting
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 21 September 2020 | Tuesday, 22 September 2020 | Wednesday, 23 September 2020 | Thursday, 24 September 2020 | Friday, 25 September 2020
- In class - Choosing your Topic
Add your name to your chosen topic on this Google Sheet. If you are interested in a topic not listed, feel free to add it!
Feel free to work together with a classmate on a topic, but no more than 2 students per topic please! The exception is gold biomineralization--this is a big topic and might need 3 or 4 students.
- Assignment - Annotated Bibliography
Summarize your five chosen sources.
- Use this exercise to practice your citations!
- Because we're working in groups, the bibliography and article sandbox will appear "owned" by the first person assigned to that article. Create a header with your name to separate your work from others!
- In class - Where To Draft
This week is drafting! We are all excited to start editing Live Wiki, but I'm going to remind us one more time: Draft in your sandbox! We're going to peer-review and evaluate our drafts before going live, and this important step can prevent accidental plagiarism or mistakes!
Where to edit? On your home page, scroll down to the "my articles" section. Click Bibliography to edit your annotated bibliography. Once you've finished this, you can click Sandbox and start editing with your group!
The page you put your bibliography should have the URL
User:Username /Article name / Bibliography
The page you edit your article with your group should have the URL
User:Username / Article name
Let me know if you have any trouble finding the proper locations!
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 28 September 2020 | Tuesday, 29 September 2020 | Wednesday, 30 September 2020 | Thursday, 1 October 2020 | Friday, 2 October 2020
- Assignment - Peer review two articles
- In class - Discussion
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 5 October 2020 | Tuesday, 6 October 2020 | Wednesday, 7 October 2020 | Thursday, 8 October 2020 | Friday, 9 October 2020
- In class - FYI
- Forgot to include this in the email, but CHECK THE LINKS to make sure they work, don't use the NCSU proxy, and have the relevant information.
- Evaluate the sandbox draft of your assigned review article.
- Put your comments in the space for your individual review. No edits to the article sandbox this week. The URL should resemble wiki.org/User:dimisitque/Delftia lacustris/dvnorman Peer Review.
- You can just type up your comments, or copy and paste the draft into your review space and comment this way. Dealer's choice!
- FYI: Last week, there was a module for peer review. Filled with good info and lots of prompts for evaluating drafts.
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
- 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.
- 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
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 12 October 2020 | Tuesday, 13 October 2020 | Wednesday, 14 October 2020 | Thursday, 15 October 2020 | Friday, 16 October 2020
- Assignment - Exercise
- 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.
- 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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- Monday, 19 October 2020 | Tuesday, 20 October 2020 | Wednesday, 21 October 2020 | Thursday, 22 October 2020 | Friday, 23 October 2020
- 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.