Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Colorado Denver/Live long and prosper Healthy aging (Fall 2022)

Course Description The population of the United States is aging—there are nearly 50 million adults in the United States over the age of 65, and U.S. adults who reach age 65 can expect to live an additional 19 years. This course focuses on the diversity that exists among older adults and promotes healthy aging for all by considering changes to social, behavioral, and biological functioning with age and discussing different ideas about what constitutes ‘successful’ aging. We also address policies that aim to maximize health and well-being among this growing demographic. This course provides a broad overview of the multidisciplinary field of gerontology and encourages students to consider their own attitudes and beliefs about aging as well as learn about career opportunities in gerontology.

Learning Objectives


 * 1) Identify major gerontology topics across the social sciences and public health disciplines associated with health and aging, as well as determine the value and limitations of the theory and methods associated with this research.
 * 2) Understand and explain aging as a social, behavioral, and biomedical phenomenon, with a focus on evaluating both micro-individual and macro-institutional influences on older adults’ experiences associated with their health. Evaluate the implications of the aging process for social/health policy.
 * 3) Analyze and interpret current age-related demographic trends, such as the increasing prevalence of chronic conditions at younger ages, and their social implications in society in the context of theories.
 * 4) Evaluate their personally-held stereotypes about aging and older people at the beginning and end of class for any changes that occur during their learning.
 * 5) Explore and analyze how social inequalities, e.g., race, ethnicity, gender, education, income, occupation, sexual orientation, etc. vary the experiences of health and aging over the life course and in old age through students’ in-class activities and research.

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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 5
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Cultural Anthropology

Environmental Sciences

Medicine

Psychology

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 11
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!

Week 12
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.