Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Indiana University/Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (Semester)

The last three hundred years capitalism has generated a relationship between nature-society that is based on the commodification and exploitation of both human labor and nature. This relationship is entrenched in our societal organization and has impacted our ways of life on a global scale and has transformed the planet in ways that compromise critical systems for life. The course Human (Social) Dimensions of Global Environmental Change provides an overview of the drivers of planetary transformations and an in-depth case-based exploration of the effects of and responses to global environmental change (GEC).

Some of the themes emphasized in the course are:

• Global environmental change • Social-Ecological Systems and telecoupling • The socioeconomic, political, and environmental causes and consequences of GEC • The Anthropocene/Capitalocene • Land use and land cover change (LULCC) as a main form of GEC • Deforestation, land grabbing, and urbanization as proximate sources of LULCC • Additional topics include: Adaptation, vulnerability and resilience

Kewords: global change; globalization; anthropocene; capitalocene; adaptation; social-ecological system

Students will use Wikipedia to: 1) identify course related gaps; 2) contribute to fill identified gaps; 3) engage and learn about the peer-review process; 4) learn about plagiarism; 5) learn about contributing relevant knowledge for the community

Week 1
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

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.)

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment. The 'Reflective Exercise' should serve as an outline of sections for your weekly blog. I don't expect you blogging about all those aspects at once, but rather cover them as you progress in your wiki contribution. Each weekly blog post can be a few paragraphs long. It is expected that this will add up to the Reflective Essay of a few pages by the end of the semester.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 5
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Cultural Anthropology

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Medicine

Science Communication

Sociology

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6
Guiding framework

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

Week 7
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 8
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 9
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
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 13
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!

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