Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Delaware/Marine Microbial Ecology (Spring21)

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Course name
Marine Microbial Ecology
Institution
University of Delaware
Instructor
Jennifer Biddle
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Microbiology
Course dates
2021-02-15 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-05-07 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
9


This course covers Marine Microbial Ecology. Students will be editing articles on microbes, oceanography and famous microbiologists.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Malbow Kill the Winner hypothesis
MAST618WL Piscirickettsia salmonis
Emsbac Enzybiotics
Gtothero Mariprofundus ferrooxydans
UDspring2021 Xanthobacteraceae
Hana Mramra Methylocella silvestris
Katelyn Brooks

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 17 February 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, 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:


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 2

Course meetings
Monday, 22 February 2021   |   Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 1 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 8 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 10 March 2021

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 15 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 22 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 29 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 31 March 2021
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 8

Course meetings
Monday, 5 April 2021   |   Wednesday, 7 April 2021
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 - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to 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 9

Course meetings
Monday, 12 April 2021   |   Wednesday, 14 April 2021

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 19 April 2021   |   Wednesday, 21 April 2021
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
Monday, 26 April 2021   |   Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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!

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 3 May 2021

Week 13

In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Milestones

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