Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/College of the Atlantic/Climate, Culture and the Biosphere (Spring)
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- Course name
- Climate, Culture and the Biosphere
- Institution
- College of the Atlantic
- Instructor
- Kit Hamley
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Environmental Sciences
- Course dates
- 2020-04-01 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-06-05 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 15
This interdisciplinary course explores the coupled dynamics of humans and the biosphere through time, from hominid evolution more than 2.5 million years ago to the present era. Topics of discussion include, among others, human evolution and climate change; domestication, agriculture, and the Anthropocene; the roles of climate, culture, and the environment in the collapse of civilization; and sustainability, resilience, and the paleorecord. The curriculum draws from anthropology, geography, paleoecology, and the climate sciences to inform on the integrated relationship between humans and their environment in the context of global change. Each student will also be responsible for choosing a topic related to the course material and spending the semester creating a new or editing an existing wikipedia page on that topic.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Friday, 10 April 2020
- 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- 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
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- Tuesday, 14 April 2020 | Friday, 17 April 2020
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- In class - Discussion
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 21 April 2020 | Friday, 24 April 2020
- In class - Discussion
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 28 April 2020 | Friday, 1 May 2020
- Assignment - Add to an article
- 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 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 5 May 2020 | Friday, 8 May 2020
- Continue writing draft in sandbox
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 12 May 2020 | Friday, 15 May 2020
- Assignment - Images and Media
- Continue writing draft in sandbox
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 19 May 2020 | Friday, 22 May 2020
- Assignment - Draft of article DUE in sandbox
- Begin peer review of two classmate's articles (DUE
- 5/26)
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 26 May 2020 | Friday, 29 May 2020
- Assignment - DUE
- Peer reviews
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
- Respond to your peer review
You probably have some feedback from other students 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.
- 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.
- 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 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 June 2020 | Friday, 5 June 2020
- Assignment - DUE
- 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!
- Assignment - Final Draft Moved 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
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.