Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Marshall University/Principles of Cell Biology (Fall 2016)
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- Course name
- Principles of Cell Biology
- Institution
- Marshall University
- Instructor
- Marcia Harrison-Pitaniello
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- cell biology
- Course dates
- 2016-08-22 00:00:00 UTC – 2016-12-23 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 72
A fundamental approach to the principles of cell biology covering the molecular basis of cellular structure and function, and gene regulation. Explores intercellular interactions, molecular interactions with modern cellular and molecular methods.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 30 August 2016 | Thursday, 1 September 2016
- In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia project
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
- Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 6 September 2016 | Thursday, 8 September 2016
- Assignment - Practicing the basics
- Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
- It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
- When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 13 September 2016 | Thursday, 15 September 2016
- Assignment - Critique an article about organelles
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
- Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
- Choose an article relevant to cellular organelles. The article can be from those listed in the organelle category at Category:Organelles, or can be any of the bolded terms from Chapter 4. Do not select stubs or articles that have less than 2 major written sections (i.e., not counting references). Also, do not select articles that are "featured" or "good" (e.g., mitochondrion). Consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these):
- Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
- Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
- Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
- Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
- Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
- Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
- Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
- Choose at least 2 questions relevant to the article you're evaluating. Leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Tbeth27 (talk) 15:18, 3 November 2017 (UTC).
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 20 September 2016 | Thursday, 22 September 2016
Week 5
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- Tuesday, 27 September 2016 | Thursday, 29 September 2016
Week 6
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- Tuesday, 4 October 2016 | Thursday, 6 October 2016
Week 7
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- Tuesday, 11 October 2016 | Thursday, 13 October 2016
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 18 October 2016 | Thursday, 20 October 2016
- Assignment - Add to an article
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:
- Add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training. Alternatively, you may opt to clarify terminology within the paragraph. For this, provide expanded explanations of the terms and contribute to the flow of the overall paragraph. ?
- The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement.
Week 9
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- Tuesday, 25 October 2016 | Thursday, 27 October 2016