Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Duke University/Bio 267 - Behavioral Ecology (Fall 2018)
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- Course name
- Bio 267 - Behavioral Ecology
- Institution
- Duke University
- Instructor
- Karla Sosa
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Behavioral Ecology
- Course dates
- 2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-07 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 32
Behavioral ecology is a subfield of both ecology and evolutionary biology, incorporating ecological and evolutionary principles to understand how animal behavior has evolved, and the ways in which animals use behavior to solve social and ecological problems. The course will cover major topics in behavioral ecology and will use these topics to introduce the conceptual framework of the field.
Students will be contributing knowledge related to the various subfields of behavioral ecology.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 4 September 2018 | Thursday, 6 September 2018
- Assignment - Introduction to the Wikipedia
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 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 11 September 2018 | Thursday, 13 September 2018
- Assignment - Copyedit an article
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 18 September 2018 | Thursday, 20 September 2018
- Assignment - Choose your article
Submit the survey with your preferred article choices and the explanations as to why you prefer these to your instructors. Go to "Sakai>Resources>Class Info" to find a document with the list of available topics each with a brief description and—within the document—a link to the survey.
Group and page assignments will be distributed next week.
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 25 September 2018 | Thursday, 27 September 2018
- Assignment - Finalize your topic
Page assignments and groups will be announced on this day by your instructors. Contact your group and begin planning out how to develop your page!
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 October 2018 | Thursday, 4 October 2018
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Assignment - Bibliography due
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 11 October 2018
- Assignment - Draft outline
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 October 2018 | Thursday, 18 October 2018
- Assignment - Continue to draft you text; move it to the article's mainspace
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 23 October 2018 | Thursday, 25 October 2018
- Assignment - Continue work on main article
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 30 October 2018 | Thursday, 1 November 2018
- Assignment - Complete first draft
- Assignment - Choose article to peer review
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 6 November 2018 | Thursday, 8 November 2018
- Assignment - Peer review and copy edit
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 13 November 2018 | Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Assignment - Revise main article
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 20 November 2018
- 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 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 27 November 2018 | Thursday, 29 November 2018
- In class - In-class presentations