Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Simon Fraser University/Watershed Ecology (Spring Term 2021)
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- Course name
- Watershed Ecology
- Institution
- Simon Fraser University
- Instructor
- Chelsea Little
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Environmental Sciences
- Course dates
- 2021-01-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-04-19 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 22
The goals of the course are for students to:
- Understand the physical structure of watersheds and riverine networks, and the processes that create them.
- Identify links between terrestrial and aquatic components of watersheds, and explain how these links have contributed to the development of watershed and freshwater ecology theories.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how biodiversity, nutrient cycling, and ecosystem functions vary across the spatial structure of watersheds, from headwaters to outlets.
- Explain how human modification to aquatic and terrestrial components of watersheds affects their functioning and ability to deliver ecosystem services.
- Recognize the diversity of priorities held by stakeholders in watersheds.
- Effectively communicate concepts of watershed science.
The Wikipedia assignment will be primarily based around methods in watershed science. Since this course is entirely online due to COVID, students will use the assignment to do deep research into methods that they may have used in a lab section. Ideally, developing high-quality articles on these methods will provide good resources and information for students in this and other courses in the future.
Timeline
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 4 March 2021
- 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 - timelines for different steps, and links to training modules you'll be asked to complete along the way, as well as to your classmates' work spaces.
We have been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.
- Get started on Wikipedia - Things covered in the in-class discussion
We will discuss these policies in tutorial; this official Wikipedia training is just here for you as a resource if you want to refer back to it.
Other Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- In class - Evaluate Wikipedia
For the "Evaluate Wikipedia" Exercise, please choose from one of the following articles:
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 11 March 2021
- In class - Add to an article
In this in-class exercise, you will be placed into groups and assigned an article to add to based on the week's course reading. The four articles that will be assigned are:
Freshwater fish - focus on the subheading "status"
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 18 March 2021
- In class - Training before you start writing!
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
- In class - Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 25 March 2021
- In class - Keep Writing
Keep writing! By the end of this week (March 26) your group will need to have a rough draft of your article. It does not need to be perfect, and you can leave placeholders for information you plan to include. However, your peers will be reviewing your draft, so if needs to be in a state where they can give you useful feedback.
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 1 April 2021
- Assignment #3 Due
The peer review of another group's article draft serves as the third tutorial/discussion assignment. This will be done individually - you will each be assigned one other article to peer review. Read the "Guiding Framework" and then follow the link to "Peer Review" below to complete your peer review.
Besides leaving your peer review in Wikipedia as the "Peer Review" button below explains, you need to also submit your review via Canvas - just copy the text into a text box on the Lab/tutorial Assignment #3 page.
For the rubric that will be used to grade your peer reviews, please also refer to Canvas.
- Assignment - Peer review an article
- Milestones
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 8 April 2021
- In class - 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.
- In class - 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.
- In class - 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 15
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 15 April 2021
- 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."
IMPORTANT NOTE!! When you move your work to the main article page, COPY it, don't cut and paste - you will be asked to provide a link to your group's sandbox as your assignment submission in Canvas, so make sure all your final content is still there!
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
- Assignment - Assignment #4 Due
- Final article
It's the final week to develop your article, which is due on Friday at 5 pm as your last tutorial/discussion assignment. As noted above, please submit a link to your group's sandbox on Canvas.
Some additional resources available to you as you finish up 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!
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.