Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Tennessee/Social Values and the Environment (Spring 2023)

All living systems are bonded together by sets of values or internal codes such as preservation, adaptation, transformation, and reorganization. Current debates that pit individual freedom against social justice, or the economy against ecology, are debates about values that have been separated for too long within our collective consciousness. Individual needs and responsibilities (personal values) can no longer be separated from sociocultural needs and responsibilities (sociocultural values) or from the needs and responsibilities of the environment (biophysical values). All of these values must be integrated and linked together to create a sustainable and equitable future based on shared visions and values. The &quot;resource wars&quot; over climate change, endangered species, and other life-spaces attest to our current inability to adapt and transform our values, social structures, and institutions to preserve life in the face of rapid socio-ecological devastation. Understanding relationships between social values and the environment can help us create a bridge to a sustainable and just future for all living creatures. The primary objective of this class is to help students develop an understanding the human dimensions of ecosystem management, natural resource policy and sustainability. It will do so through a series of lectures, readings, research projects, presentations, and discussions on the these, and other human dimensions impacting socio-ecological systems. Much of the class will focus on building collaborative team projects designed to understand and apply social science and collaborative-based principles and strategies to understand how values, power and other human dimensions impact a species, habitat, policy, environmental problem or natural resource management program. Team members will work together throughout the semester to design and implement a team plan and make a formal audio-visual presentation of their research findings at the end of the semester. These projects will require meetings and conducting research outside of the class that will take significant time, effort and coordination.

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

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

History

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.