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Course name
Journal Club
Institution
Grand View University
Instructor
Adriana LaGier
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Genes and Proteins
Course dates
2022-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-12-09 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
18


This course helps prepare students for their future graduate studies and/or careers in Biology. It will cover methods and techniques to develop scientific literacy, through reading and evaluation of primary literature. By the end of the course, students will be able to read, understand, and analyze scientific articles and will be able to synthesize a coherent review based upon the papers they read.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Sbpitcher11 Liana Filopodia
GV184 Crotalus viridis Parthenocissus tricuspidata
Wrestlegirl Spiny dogfish Beluga (sturgeon)
Hbnepal01 Keratitis Critically Endangered
Erunneberg21 Coccidia Garfish
FunkShway Red sea urchin Brivanib alaninate
Madi oule Tallgrass prairie Colitis
Andrewvannice Parthenocissus tricuspidata Crotalus viridis
Strawberrymilkcow Corneal ulcer Red sea urchin
BowlingFish Cichorium endivia Tallgrass prairie
TheBioMajor Colitis Cichorium endivia
DogMama2 Streptococcus pyogenes Red sea urchin
Ngui.dodo Brivanib alaninate Red sea urchin
Law-knee03 Beluga (sturgeon) Spiny dogfish
Xisune Trametes versicolor Canopy (biology)
Wampumce Canopy (biology) Trametes versicolor
Ckrvice Garfish Coccidia
MickPick2 Critically Endangered Keratitis

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Friday, 9 September 2022
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 4

Course meetings
Friday, 16 September 2022
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 5

Course meetings
Friday, 23 September 2022
Assignment - Choose your article
In class - Discussion
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Genes and Proteins

Species

Week 6

Course meetings
Friday, 7 October 2022
Assignment - Make a small edit

Week 7

Course meetings
Friday, 21 October 2022
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

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8

Course meetings
Friday, 28 October 2022
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Week 9

Course meetings
Friday, 4 November 2022
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 10

Course meetings
Friday, 11 November 2022
Assignment - Literature Analysis

Every student has completed a Literature Analysis Worksheet for publication #1

Milestones

Every student has talked to their peer about what they are adding to their wikiarticles and posted their peer review

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 11

Course meetings
Friday, 18 November 2022
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

 It's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Assignment - In-class presentation

Find and Complete Presentation Activity posted to Blackboard in the "Retrieval, Presentation and LitWs#2 Activities" folder.

Assignment - Literarture Retrieval Activity

Find and Complete Literature Retrieval Activity posted to Blackboard in the "Retrieval, Presentation and LitWs#2 Activities" folder.

In class - Literature Worksheet Analysis #2

Find and Start Working on Literature Worsheet #2 posted to Blackboard in the "Retrieval, Presentation and LitWs#2 Activities" folder.

Week 12

Course meetings
Friday, 2 December 2022
Assignment - Literature Worksheet Analysis #2

Complete the Literature Workheet #2 Activity posted to Blackboard in the "Retrieval, Presentation and LitWs#2 Activities" folder.

Milestones

It's the final week to develop your article.

Week 13

Course meetings
Friday, 9 December 2022
Milestones

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

Assignment - Final Quiz

Every student complete the final quiz (literature analysis worksheet #3) posted to Blackboard using the provided publication.