Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/Kyung Hee University/Climate Change and Global Warming (2014 Q2)/Timeline

Week 1: Intro to using Wiki and Global Warming
Click 단원 1 – 기후변화와 and watch the following video 1, 2, and 3. (each video is appx. 20 min)

Read and compare the following articles:
 * 기후 변화
 * Climate change


 * Handout: Welcome to Wikipedia (available in print or online from the Wikimedia Foundation)


 * Assignment
 * Complete the online student orientation. During this training, you will create an account, make edits in a sandbox, and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
 * Create a user page
 * On your userpage, post a short comment comparing the two pages (기후 변화 and Climate change)


 * Milestone:
 * All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.

Week 2: Pollution
Read and compare the following articles:
 * 오염
 * Pollution


 * Handouts: Using talk pages, Evaluating Wikipedia article quality, Wikimarkup cheatsheet


 * Assignments (due week 3)
 * Wikipedia experience:


 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to any Wikipedians helping your class (such as a Wikipedia Ambassador), and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page.
 * On your userpage post a short comment comparing the two pages (오염 and Pollution)

Week 3: Drought
Read and compare the following articles:


 * Drought
 * 가뭄

Read the following articles:
 * 2010_China_drought_and_dust_storms
 * Breeding_for_drought_stress_tolerance


 * Handouts: Advice for choosing articles and How to get help
 * Assignments (due week 4):
 * On your userpage post a short comment comparing the two pages (가뭄 and Drought)
 * Critically evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article’s talk page.
 * Research and list 3–5 articles on your Wikipedia user page that you will consider working on as your main project. Ask your instructor for comment by leaving a message at their userpage.

Week 4: Population growth
Read the following articles:
 * Population growth
 * No Korean article exists


 * Handouts: “Referencing on Wikipedia” and “Understanding Wikipedia’s copyright policy”


 * Assignment
 * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.
 * On your userpage, post a short note on why do you think there is no Korean Wikipedia article on "Population growth"


 * For next week
 * Instructor evaluates student's article selections, by week 5.

Week 5: Environmentalism
Read and compare the following articles:
 * Environmentalism
 * 생태주의


 * Environmental_Working_Group


 * Assignments (due week 6)
 * Select an article to work on, removing the rest from your user page. Add your article to the class’s course page.
 * Compile a bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.

Week 6: Service learning and Wikipedia

 * If you are starting a new article, write a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article—with citations—in your Wikipedia sandbox. If you are improving an existing article, write a summary version reflecting the content the article will have after it's been improved, and post this along with a brief description of your plans on the article’s talk page.
 * Begin working with classmates and other editors to polish your short starter article and fix any major issues.


 * Milestone
 * All students have started editing articles or drafts on Wikipedia.


 * Handout: Moving out of your sandbox
 * Move sandbox articles into main space.
 * Share experiences and discuss problems.
 * Handouts: “Uploading images” and “Evaluating Wikipedia article quality”


 * Expand your article into an initial draft of a comprehensive treatment of the topic.
 * Select two classmates’ articles that you will peer review and copy-edit.
 * Peer review two of your classmates' articles. Leave suggestions on the article talk pages.
 * Copy-edit the two reviewed articles.


 * Milestone
 * All articles have been reviewed by others. All students have reviewed articles by their classmates.


 * Make edits to your article based on peers’ feedback. Prepare for an in-class presentation about your Wikipedia editing experience.


 * Add final touches to your Wikipedia article.


 * Write a reflective essay (2-5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.


 * Milestone
 * Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading, and have submitted reflective essays.

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