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Course name
Introduction to Environmental Issues
Institution
University of Tennessee
Instructor
Nadya Vera
Wikipedia Expert
Brianda (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Sociology
Course dates
2023-08-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-12-05 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
10


Society depends on the natural environment to meet basic survival needs of the population. Over the last century, however, people have dramatically altered their relationship with the environment, leading to the growth of environmental problems. Why and how did this happen? What are the key drivers of environmental problems today? During this course, we will use a critical and sociological perspective to explore how industrialization, neoliberalism, and globalization dramatically altered how societies use and understand the environment over time. Throughout the semester, we will interrogate and analyze the most pressing contemporary environmental concerns, from climate change to industrial pollution, in order to understand the social dimension of the creation of environmental problems and their unequal distribution across groups in society.

Timeline

Week 10

Course meetings
Thursday, 26 October 2023
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 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 October 2023   |   Thursday, 2 November 2023
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 November 2023   |   Thursday, 9 November 2023
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 November 2023   |   Thursday, 16 November 2023
Assignment - Make a small edit
Assignment - Copyedit an article
Assignment - Finalize your topic and find sources
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

Environmental Sciences

Sociology

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Assignment - 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.

Week 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 November 2023   |   Thursday, 30 November 2023
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

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.

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 16

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 December 2023
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!
In class - In-class presentation
Milestones

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