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Unit 0: Foundations · The Map

Runs Thu Aug 6 – Tue Sep 1

The summative this unit builds toward

Source Dossier + Defense

KU · TT · C

  • 3 sources + OPVLs
  • AI Documentation
  • Synthesis
  • Defense

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  1. Block 1 A: Mon Aug 10 · B: Tue Aug 11

    I can name the four OPVL letters and what each asks of a source.

    OPVL introduced on a live source set; Class Notebook opened

    → The OPVL skill every source runs through

    Consent letters go home

  2. Block 2 A: Wed Aug 12 · B: Thu Aug 13

    I can apply OPVL to a peer-reviewed scientific paper, using sentence stems and a structured template, and name at least one Limitation specific to this paper, not generic to all old sources.

    Full OPVL on Lovelock (1965)

    → OPVL to standard: the skill the dossier is built from

    Graded formative: KU + TT bands returned before Block 4

  3. Block 3 A: Fri Aug 14 · B: Mon Aug 17

    I can compare three AI responses to the same paper, check a specific claim against the paper itself, and produce a complete AI Documentation Template naming at least one specific thing an AI got wrong.

    First documented AI use + complete AI Documentation Template

    → AI Documentation component

    Feedback only; platforms live today

  4. Block 4 A: Tue Aug 18 · B: Wed Aug 19

    I can choose and justify a contested topic for my Source Dossier, and identify and begin OPVL on my first source.

    Topic locked; Sources 1–2 OPVL'd and peer-checked

    → Sources 1 and 2 of the dossier

    Topic conferences run in class

  5. Block 5 A: Thu Aug 20 · B: Fri Aug 21

    I can OPVL an AI source on my dossier topic AND complete the AI Documentation Template, including the "one thing the AI got wrong" field with specificity.

    AI source OPVL + full AI Documentation; synthesis started

    → Source 3 + AI Documentation component

  6. Block 6 A: Fri Aug 28 · B: Thu Aug 27

    I can rehearse a defense of my dossier and articulate the strongest objection a panelist might raise, with at least one move from the Defending Your Work taxonomy.

    Dossier finished in class; defense rehearsed twice with structured feedback

    → The full dossier, handed in at the start of next block

    Last class time on the dossier

  7. Block 7 A: Tue Sep 1 · B: Mon Aug 31

    I can deliver my defense in the format I chose, answer at least one panelist question, and name one thing about my AI use I would change next time.

    Dossier handed in; defense delivered + AI-use reflection

    → Defense component (Communication strand)

    Dossier due at the start of the block; summative feedback + strand scores follow

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