Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Villanova University/CHM 4664-9664 Signal Transduction (Fall 2018)

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Course name
CHM 4664-9664 Signal Transduction
Institution
Villanova University
Instructor
Aimee Eggler
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Signal Transduction
Course dates
2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-12 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
8


General background on signal transduction, critical reading of related primary literature articles, emphasis on natural products and electrophilic/oxidative signaling.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Kwona1 Dopamine receptor
Lwinkler19 Nitric Oxide
Hgiarami Paraxanthine
Kwoods8 Hormone receptor
Abbyquinn15 Adenylyl cyclase
Nkopplin Hydrogen sulfide
Ayun2 Second messenger system

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 3 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 5 September 2018
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 3

Course meetings
Monday, 10 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 17 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic, and indicate this in your Sandbox

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 24 September 2018   |   Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 1 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 3 October 2018
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

Genes and Proteins

Milestones

Everyone has 3 (or 4) citations in their sandbox, and the reasons they chose these, including what sentences they want to add or improve with these citations.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 8 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 10 October 2018

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 22 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 24 October 2018
In class - 1/2 class period on getting Wiki content ready for peer review
Assignment - Get your sandbox ready for peer review

Next week, your planned edits/additions/citations will be peer reviewed by a fellow student. At this point, you want to have done the majority of the work in finding good additions to your article of choice.

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 29 October 2018   |   Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Assignment - Peer Review

This week, review the planned article edits and citations (4 total) in the sandbox of the classmate you've been assigned to peer review. Give constructive feedback to them by email, and cc Dr. Eggler on this email. Feedback is due on 11/12.

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 5 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You have some feedback from another student 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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 12 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 14 November 2018
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


Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 19 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 13

Course meetings
Monday, 26 November 2018   |   Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Milestones

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