Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Keene State College/Sustainable Wildlife Management (Spring 2020)

A study of the fundamental principles of wildlife conservation and management, stressing the application of ecological principles to achieve wildlife management objectives.

The course includes a two-week field study in the Chitwan National Park in Nepal in the Terai Arc Region: the subtropical southern part of Nepal. A total of 68 species of mammals, 544 species of birds, 56 species of herpetofauna and 126 species of fish have been recorded in the park. The park is renowned for its protection of One Horned Rhinoceros, Royal Bengal Tiger and Gharial Crocodile.

Topics will include conservation, management, and restoration of wildlife habitats; wildlife population assessment and management; human dimensions and human-wildlife interactions; management of wildlife in agricultural, range, and forested ecosystems; and wildlife policy at the local, state, national, and international level. We will also include some techniques for developing naturalist skills.

Week 5
Your thinking in the first project in this course, “Developing a Frame of Mind,” considered what it might mean to cultivate a sense of place—to  express your thoughts and reflections about our changing relationship with the natural world— and to consider how cultural attitudes and beliefs inform your sense of the common good.

In the second project you will you will be become a member of a Wikipedia community dedicated to contributing content to the encyclopedia Wikipedia and collaborating with others who have chosen to volunteer their time and hard work to provide one of the world's most valuable resources. Our work will be part of  WikiProject Nepal designed to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Nepal-related topics.

For eight weeks you will be 1) working in groups to learn more about the natural and cultural history of Nepal and 2) sharing some of what you learn as a member of a global community of people who volunteer their time and hard work to provide one of the world's most valuable digital resources. Our work in this second project is inspired by the UNESCO  Education for Sustainable Development Goals  (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, a a shared agenda to end poverty, fight inequality &amp; injustice, and protect the planet.

We believe that the seventeen SDGs provide a framework for acting on our individual commitments to sustainability by engaging with others around the world who are working to end poverty, fight inequality &amp; injustice, and protect the planet. Our efforts will be on “inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” (goal 4) and on protecting, restoring, and promoting “sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.”

Objectives

Review (and learn from) Wikipedia's coverage of Nepal-related topics

Research knowledge in high-quality sources

Summarize what is known about an area of knowledge and verify the information

Share the summary and citations to allow readers to dig deeper into topics of interest

 You will come way from the project with the experience and confidence to participate in a global initiative to make comprehensive, diverse knowledge available to the people around the world.

This week you will create a Wikipedia account, enroll in the Sustainable Wildlife Management Course, and learn more about Wikipedia and how to become a Wikipedian

February 15 to March 15


 * Creating a Wikipedia Account
 * Enrolling in the WikiEdu Sustainability Wildlife Management Course
 * Exploring  WikiProject Nepal: Identifying pages in the   Nepal Portal   to improve   the quality of Nepal-related articles   (finding content gaps, adding sources and useful links, copyediting) or identifying new content and building a new page

March 15 to April 15

Working in Wikipedia: Writing, revising, editing

Create

Your Wikipedia Account

 Enroll

In the Wiki.Edu Sustainable Wildlife Management Course

<span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Read

<span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Editing Wikipedia: A Guide for Student<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> Editors

Education for Sustainable Development Goals  (SDGs) in  the UNESCO Digital Library

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">   <span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Explore

<span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Wikipedia Policies

<span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Evaluating Articles and Sources

<span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Bookmark

<span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">The  <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Sustainable Wildlife Management WikiEdu Course Page on WikiEdu

Week 6
G roups will be reading and learning about the natural and cultural history of Nepal using WikiProject Nepal, a useful portal for discovering Nepal-related topics. The Portal includes a list of categories with subcategories. If you would like to become a member, visit the  project page  and add your name to the  member's list under “Non-Native Member.”

Week 7
<span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Individuals and/or groups will be gathering articles for the class and evaluating articles

<span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Gathering  <span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Creating a list of links to relevant articles for the class to read

<span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Evaluating  <span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Evaluating articles for improvement: identifying content gaps, researching source material to add.

<span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Building  <span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">a list of resources

Cultural Anthropology

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Science Communication

Sociology

Species

Women's Studies

Week 8
Please continue the individual and group work. Mark will be away all week.

Week 9
Take a well-deserved break. Give back to youself and to your loved ones. Be well.

<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.008px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;">If you are doing classwork over the break, this week is an opportunity to make progress by learning to navigate wikipedia and using the features of the wikipedia page and editor

Week 11
<span style="font-family: 'Avenir Book'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Individual and/or Group Meetings with Mark (as necessary)

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

Continue to expand and improve your work,and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards

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 12
Individual and/or Group Meetings with Mark (as necessary)

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

Continue to expand and improve your work,and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards

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.

Continue to improve your work, respond to any comments or changes, and check the format of your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards

Sharing with class completed work

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 as we begin the final phase of the course: the final preparations for our May field work in Nepal