Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of North Carolina at Pembroke/Reading and Writing in the Natural Sciences (Spring 2021)
| This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contact |
 | This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
- Course name
- Reading and Writing in the Natural Sciences
- Institution
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke
- Instructor
- Amber Rock
- Wikipedia Expert
- Sage (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Science Communication
- Course dates
- 2021-02-02 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-05-27 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 30
This course focuses on reading and writing skills necessary for a career in the natural sciences. Students will learn to evaluate scientific journal articles and to write their own lab reports in the style of scientific journal articles. Students will also practice writing scientific information for a non-scientific audience, using Wikipedia editing as the medium. Since students in the class have a variety of career goals, they will select articles that align with their interests. I will encourage them to select articles related to a topic they have covered in a previous biology course.
Timeline
Week 3
- Course meetings
-
- Tuesday, 23 February 2021 | Thursday, 25 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:
- 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 4
- Course meetings
-
- Tuesday, 2 March 2021 | Thursday, 4 March 2021
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- In class - Discussion
Week 5
- Course meetings
-
- Tuesday, 9 March 2021 | Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
- Assignment - Choose possible topics
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
- In class - Discussion
Week 6
- Course meetings
-
- Tuesday, 16 March 2021 | Thursday, 18 March 2021
- Assignment - Add to an article
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 7
- Course meetings
-
- Tuesday, 23 March 2021 | Thursday, 25 March 2021
- Assignment - Start drafting your contributions
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 8
- Course meetings
-
- Tuesday, 30 March 2021 | Thursday, 1 April 2021
- In class - Discussion
Week 9
- Course meetings
-
- Tuesday, 6 April 2021 | Thursday, 8 April 2021
- Assignment - Exercise
Week 10
- Course meetings
-
- Tuesday, 13 April 2021 | Thursday, 15 April 2021
- Assignment - Peer review two articles
Week 11
- Course meetings
-
- Tuesday, 20 April 2021 | Thursday, 22 April 2021
- 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.
Week 12
- Course meetings
-
- Tuesday, 27 April 2021 | Thursday, 29 April 2021
- 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.
Week 13
- Course meetings
-
- Tuesday, 4 May 2021 | Thursday, 6 May 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 14
- 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
- In class - In-class presentation
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.