CHEM 4610 Fall 2021 Course Description: Survey of metalloenzymes highlighting their biological occurrence and function, structure-function relationships, and current chemistry research with biomimetic complexes; also an introduction to the specialized inorganic analysis techniques EPR and XAS/EXAFS used to study metalloenzymes. Metalloenzyme examples include (as time permits): biological iron transport and storage, carbonic anhydrase, Marcus Electron-Transfer Theory, iron-sulfur proteins, blue copper proteins, Photosystem II, superoxide dismutase, haemoglobin, cytochrome P450, nitrogenase, vitamin B12, CO2 fixation in methanogens and cofactor F430

GENERAL INTRODUCTION (WIKIPEDIA ASSIGNMENT)

Our Ontario Tech CHEM 4610 course will be an integral part of WikiEd's important initiative to improve science content on Wikipedia!

More and more students scientists are recognizing the worthiness of Wikipedia content. As a chemist, I have continually been impressed with the accuracy, quality and range of Wikipedia scientific content, and now use it so much that I have recently made a donation out of appreciation. Every chemistry or physics article I have read so far has been reasonably or very well written and accurate, not only content for which I already have the relevant expertise to pass judgement, but also for content that is new to me which I was later able to verify, for example by reading the primary references listed in the Wikipedia article.

Although Wikipedia does not use the explicit expert peer-review process employed by primary scientific journals, it does have a reasonably effective mechanism to ensure quality and accuracy due to the tireless efforts from the community of many thousands of volunteer editors that not only contribute content but also assess the quality of articles and discuss the best ways to improve them, and assist new editors. In addition, there is the Wiki Education Foundation (https://wikiedu.org/) that supports class assignments and assists instructors and new student editors.

The range of topics covered is impressive, making Wikipedia a preferred resource. While there are other high quality online chemistry information resources, they are either highly specialized or only have a relatively small number of topics/articles, because a small group of chemists at a particular institution can not contribute anywhere near as much content and range of topics as Wikipedia with its many thousands of editors contributing from all over the world. Furthermore, Wikipedia can be relied on to always be there for you, whereas numerous online chemistry information resources that I relied on in the past would at some point disappear off the internet as the staff maintaining the resource either moved on or lost funding that was supporting the resource.

Online video – History of Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_State_of_Wikipedia_by_JESS3.ogv)

LEARNING OUTCOMES

*Gain experience with writing a scientific article in the neutral encyclopedic style for a general (worldwide) audience, not just for one instructor who is an expert in the field. Your assignment will not just end up archived on your hard drive where no one will see it, instead it will live on as a valuable contribution to a high quality worldwide online encyclopedia read by millions of people.

*Gain experience with interacting with other editors and experts regarding:

   - feedback on how to improve your content

  - reaching a consensus opinion on how to improve the content of an article

  - justifying your intended contributions with primary source references from 
    peer-reviewed scientific journals

  - objective (and cordial) analysis of existing content from other editors

*Gain an understanding of the fundamentals of contributing to Wikipedia, and how it involves a large community of editors and volunteers working together to ensure high quality articles and a broad range and depth of content. As future chemistry professionals, this experience may entice you to become a Wikipedia volunteer editor and help contribute quality content in the areas of your expertise.

STUDENT "AFFIDAVIDS":

"With a traditional assignment, your only audience is often your professor, or at most your professor and your classmates. I really liked the fact that this assignment gave me an opportunity to write for a broader audience and make a valuable contribution to a resource that I often use myself.” — Joseph Lapka, San Francisco State University''

"Writing for Wikipedia has engaged my students like nothing else. They are some of the most pedagogically powerful assignments I’ve incorporated into my classes.” — Adeline Koh, instructor, Stockton University

"Students do use Wikipedia, and they need to understand what it is and how to trace back to the [cited] sources. It is a valuable tool that is dismissed by too many people.” Faculty participant'

INSTRUCTOR "AFFIDAVIDS"

"There are few assignments that incorporate all of MY course goals (teaching critical thinking, practicing research skills, writing intensive work, facilitating collaboration between students, teaching practical skills, and incorporating activism/advocacy work) in a succinct manner. The cherry on top was the degree to which students engaged with the project and created thoughtful and significant edits (which in many cases either significantly improved/changed the Wikipedia pages or created totally new and original content)."

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OVERVIEW OF CHEM 4610 WIKIPEDIA ASSIGNMENT (20% OF TOTAL COURSE MARK)

OUTLINE OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND DUE DATES:

Students must contribute a total of 500 words and also figures (250 “word equivalents”) to any Bioinorganic Wikipedia article(s) they choose (create a new Wikipedia article if one does not already exist for your topic), that consists of:

1. First 250 words of original text content, supported by good quality literature references from reputable peer-reviewed scientific journals; note that the contribution can include editing and revision of existing content in Wikipedia articles or from former students, but you must first inform your instructor who can then assess the number of “word equivalents”.
   due date: Fri Oct 8th 2021 (11:59pm): due for marking and revisions

2. Completion of Instructor Revisions to First 250 words (and add to Wikipedia Article) due date: Mon Nov 1st 2021 : due for marking (new revisions will be marked and the new mark will replace the original submission mark)

3. Second 250 words of original text content, supported by good quality literature references from reputable peer-reviewed scientific journals; note that the contribution can include editing and revision of existing content in Wikipedia articles or from former students, but you must first inform your instructor who can then assess the number of “word equivalents”. due date: Mon Nov 15th 2021: due for marking (revisions will be optional, ie. no marks allotted)

4. Figures (250 “word equivalents”) which can be any combination of instructor approved figures, diagrams, PDB images etc. (see Marking Scheme below for “word equivalents”) due date: Mon Nov 15th 2021 (but can be submitted anytime before the due date, for example if a figure goes with the first 250 text contribution then it is recommended to submit it with the first 250 contribution): due for marking (revisions will be optional, ie. no marks allotted) (Wikipedia articles often are as much or more in need of high quality diagrams and references than text)

TURNITIN SUBMISSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS:

Text contributions must be submitted to www.turnitin.com to verify its originality. To submit to Turnitin, log in with your uoit.net (or a personal email account) email address and password and enroll in the "CHEM 4610 F21" class using:

Class ID: see Ass1 file posted to Canvas Class enrolment password: see Ass1 file posted to Canvas

Students are allowed to submit their contributions and view their originality score before the due date and can resubmit (after 24 hrs) which overwrites original submission up until the due date.

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GETTING STARTED

Enroll in the 4610 WikiEd course page. DO NOT use your actual name in your username (for security to avoid being identified). To avoid having the enrolment password publicly available, the link for enrolling on the CHEM 4610 F21 Wikipedia course page is given in the Ass1 file on Canvas

Once enrolled, follow the course page timeline (tab above).

the instructor will be able to see:  whether you have completed the training for students  your sandbox  which articles and talk pages you have contributed to  what you have contributed  what files you have uploaded (e.g. figures)  how many views your work has received  and other useful information about your work on Wikipedia.

BEFORE BEGINNING: students must email to obtain approval from the instructor regarding:

1. which subtopic(s) you wish to work on (give relevant Wikipedia articles); in the case two or more students choose the same subtopic, only the first student to contact their instructor will get the approval, the others will have to find another subtopic. marks will be deducted if not done

2. what type of Wikipedia contributions you wish to make, ie. whether to contribute new text content only, or to also edit existing material. marks will be deducted if not done

References

• must be submitted to instructor (best to put in your Google Drive and share with instructor)
• must have the following filename format: “name of metalloenzyme/metalloprotein” “one or two keywords indicating topic of article” “(student last name in brackets)” “abbreviated journal name and year of article”, e.g. “Fe transport DMT1 (H_Smith) BiocCellBio1999” “E_tunneling pathway cytochrome c (H_Gray) JACS1991” (where JACS is a common abbreviation for the Journal of the American Chemical Society)
• marks will be deducted if references are not submitted to your instructor and/or do not have the requested filename format

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LEARNING HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO WIKIPEDIA

The total contribution (combination of original text, figures, editing, supporting references etc) must be entered into the student’s user page sandbox and the username provided for the instructor to verify.

The content should first be created in the user’s sandbox, and not be placed in the live article until after your instructor has reviewed it and made recommendations, and you have completed all revisions required by your instructor.

use the talk page of the article(s) to which you intend to contribute to identify and justify your intended edits to other Wikipedia editors, and (hopefully) reach a consensus of approval for the edits before making them to the live article.

WikiEdu Assistance and Feedback: An on-staff Wikipedia content expert, will follow the work that students do throughout the term and provide feedback as they edit. This editor will be signed up on our course page (Wiki Ed). Also, on your course page, there is a purple "Get Help" button in the upper right corner; students can click on this to access ask.wikiedu.org, the WikiEdu FAQ site, find relevant resources, or reach out to the appropriate member of the Wiki Education team to assist you.

In week 1 and 2 of the assignment, students will learn about and practice the following features of Wikipedia:

• Create account, userpage and sandbox, enroll in course page

• Practice (in sandbox) correct use of Wikipedia editing and formatting features: Must have at least one example of each of the following in your sandbox

• headings, with sublevels
• formatting: bold, subscripts, superscripts,
• links to other Wikipedia articles and external references (ie. outside Wikipedia)
• cited references and a reflist
• an uploaded figure with a caption (make your own PDB image of a metalloprotein)
• make a table
• math formulas
• chemical information box (see the new F16 chemistry editing brochure from Helaine: our handbook devoted specifically to the topic of editing in the field of chemistry on Wikipedia)

• learn about the following types of pages:

• talk pages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Talk_pages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures note: most talk pages now have the “article rating” for its quality (project's quality scale) and importance (project's importance scale.), assessed within the scope of WikiProject Chemistry, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of chemistry on Wikipedia (and the WikiProject Biology, an effort to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to biology on Wikipedia).
• history pages
• watchlist

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MARKING SCHEME

TOTAL MARK: /100

creation of Wikipedia account and user page (submitted to instructor) - [no marks but 5 mark penalty if not done by Timeline deadline]

completion of the online training for students - [no marks but 5 mark penalty if not done by Timeline deadline]

Learn and Practice Wikipedia Features in your Sandbox - [10 marks]

Assessment of Contributions (text, figures, references etc): [70 marks Total] • first 250 words text contribution [25 marks] • second 250 words text contribution [25 marks] • figures/diagrams (250 word equivalents) [20 marks]

Contributing to live article; - [20 marks] • Completion of revisions recommended by instructor before contributing; • use of talk page to identify and justify your intended edits to other Wikipedia editors;

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Marking Guide for text contributions:

• Topic/Subtopics (worth ~ 15% of total marks)

• chosen subtopics are reasonably appropriate, and reasonably important, contributions for the chosen Wikipedia articles
• care has been taken to ensure none the content does not discuss or state anything that is already discussed or stated in the Wikipedia article

• Quality and Accuracy of Contribution (worth ~ 70% of total marks) Sentence Structure and Grammar

• has been PROOFREAD!! Grammar and spelling are acceptable; no incomplete or run-on sentences
• sentence structure is reasonable, understandable and “reads well”, ie. does not leave reader struggling to understand what is being said.

Written to Wikipedia standards and well enough to be worthy of the Wikipedia article:

• follows Wikipedia’s policies and guidelines including the five pillars
• written at an appropriate level of detail, not too general or vague, not to specific and detailed, or too lengthy, on a small subtopic that is not so important to the article
• written in the neutral point of view with concise scientific language, and no subjective opinions or persuasion; does not refer to authors by name in the text (ie. unlike the scientific literature, avoid directly naming authors “Jones et al believe this mechanism to be most likely”, just give a subscript to the reference) except where the author is very well known and of great importance to the topic (e.g. “the theory of relativity was developed by Albert Einstein”)
• uses proper Wikipedia formatting and syntax; has heading(s) to identify subtopic(s) ; links to other Wikipedia articles
• chemistry specific terms, parameters, abbreviations and symbols are defined or explained (except when already defined in the existing Wikipedia article)
• no awkward/unclear wording that confuses the reader
• the explanations are well organized and include sufficient detail that the reader can understand
• internal Wikipedia links are given

Content is Accurate:

• does not make obviously incorrect statements
• does not mistakenly use the wrong term or name of something

Referencing is Sufficient and Appropriate to support the content (worth ~ 15% of total marks)

• pdf files of references must be submitted to your instructor (best to put them in your Google Drive) note: references must have the filename format: “name of metalloenzyme/metalloprotein” “one or two keywords indicating topic of article” “(student last name in brackets)” “abbreviated journal name and year of article”, e.g. “Fe transport DMT1 (H_Smith) BiocCellBio1999” note: marks will be deducted if references are not submitted to your instructor and/or do not have the above filename format

Marking Guide for contribution of references

• Must give the proper full literature reference, ie. as per usual give the “author, journal title, year, volume(issue), page number”; or for books give the “title, edition, author, publisher, ISBN number”.

• Do not give website references unless they are official well-known verifiable chemistry/science information sources, e.g. the PDB Protein Bank, Brenda Enzyme data base, LibreText (free textbook resource from UC Davis), information provided by a known verifiable university or institution etc. If the website provided a literature article or reference then you must still give the proper full literature citation as per the point above. notes:

• pdf files of references must be submitted to your instructor (best to put them in your Google Drive)

• references must have the filename format: “name of metalloenzyme/metalloprotein” “one or two keywords indicating topic of article” “(student last name in brackets)” “abbreviated journal name and year of article”, e.g. “Fe transport DMT1 (H_Smith) BiocCellBio1999” “E_tunneling pathway cytochrome c (H_Gray) JACS1991” (where JACS is a common abbreviation for the Journal of the American Chemical Society)

• marks will be deducted if references are not submitted to your instructor and/or do not have the above filename format

Marking Guide for contribution of Figures • Figures are “textbook quality”, have sufficient detail, no mistakes, and look professionally drawn; molecular structures do not have distorted “funny-looking” bond lengths or angles (ie. correct VSEPR shapes); items in the figure have appropriate sizing (text is not too small or big, arrows and other graphics are sized appropriately for the figure)

Contributing to live article

• Completion of revisions recommended by instructor before contributing
• use of talk page to identify and justify your intended edits to other Wikipedia editors;

Word Equivalencies for Non-Text Contributions

• adding figures and diagrams the “word equivalency” of each figure, diagram or table will be decided by the instructor based on the complexity and relevance of the figure, diagram or table, students must therefore consult (email) with the instructor to determine the equivalency allowed for a diagram or table.

• editing existing content:

• if more than 50% of a sentence is edited, then count all the words in the sentence
• if less than 50% of sentence is edited, then count only the number of words changed or added
• there must be a valid reason for each edit and it must be explained in the talk page

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FURTHER NOTES

• the marks are also indicated in the timeline for each week.

• deciding on Topics and subtopics does not have marks assigned to it but does have due dates with late penalties Assignment Topics – Guidelines and Instructor Suggestions

Various suitable topics and subtopics identified by your instructor are listed in the "Ass2 Wikipedia Contribution" file posted to BB Instructor Advice and Student FAQ

see the Ass1 file posted to BB