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Course name
Writing in the Life Sciences
Institution
Ohio University
Instructor
JoeyJack
Subject
science writing
Course dates
2015-08-27 – 2015-12-04
Approximate number of student editors
24


Current research in biology, with an emphasis on plant science, will provide students with opportunities to practice and improve skills needed for successful written communication in the sciences.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Kagabler American_chestnut American_chestnut
Krusec DNA_sequencing DNA_sequencing
As701914 Chasmogamy Chasmogamy
Ad886512 Rare_species Rare_species
Torioneill8691
Si196210 MPP+ MPP+
Cb841011 Transgene Transgene
CheeseusCrustLordandFlavor
Alexanderdmeyers RNA_editing RNA_editing
Mv663012 Beech_bark_disease Beech_bark_disease
Jh198712 Fraxinus_pennsylvanica Fraxinus_pennsylvanica
12arober Ailanthus_Altissima Ailanthus_Altissima
Mdslayton Human_cytomegalovirus Human_cytomegalovirus
Sd504111 Ageing Ageing
Apoe0724 Reishi Reishi
Ambiederman Channichthyidae Channichthyidae
Sd323112
Ak973013
Hm952211 Hypericin Hypericin
ELeanderH
Susanzy90 Biotinylation Biotinylation
Caoyanyang Motor_protein Motor_protein
Spotcheck94
Ar461812 SCF_complex SCF_complex

Timeline

Week 1: Wikipedia essentials

In class - Wikipedia essentials
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
  • Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.



Handout: Editing Wikipedia


Assignment - Create your account and learn the basics
  • Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.



Resources: Online Training for Students

Week 2: Critique an article

Assignment - What's your article?

Bring a Wikipedia article to class that you will critique.


Assignment - Critique an article
  • Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.
  • Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
  • A few questions to consider (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?



Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, Using Talk Pages

Week 3: Final assignment

Assignment - Add to an article
  • Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.