Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Carleton University/ERTH 4303 Resources of the Earth (Spring)

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Course name
ERTH 4303 Resources of the Earth
Institution
Carleton University
Instructor
James Mungall
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Mineral, food, and water resources
Course dates
2019-01-11 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-04-17 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
40


Course objective:
To learn about mineral, water, and food resources, in the context of economic and environmental consequences of their extraction and use; and the differences between concepts of sustainability of resource utilization in the short term (e.g., market cycles, electoral cycles), longer term (decades to centuries) and ultimate sustainability of industrial society.
The Wikipedia assignment will be to choose one element or commodity and either make substantial edits to or write entirely new sections of the Wikipedia articles on that subject.

Student Assigned Reviewing
HenaMas Permian Basin (North America) Permian Basin (North America), Longwall mining, Pluton
Nicole maiolino
Iancelermatas
Zaighamalavi Chromite Stillwater igneous complex, Bedrock, Biofuel in Canada
Joellegavazziapril Magnetic Separation Bedrock, Biofuel in Canada
Israeltm01
Hilarynwilson Pluton Chromite, Leduc Formation
Charismaislam
Matt.trenkler Deep Sea Mining
MeggyPenny Room and pillar mining
Abeerhajiegeh
1smithmon Sand
Taylorbenda Environmental impact of mining Open-pit mining, Trans Mountain Pipeline
MeganOBrien97 Resource Depletion
Jonny Tightchest Albite
Bangyuliu
Paulkong Halite
Jennacarleton Open-pit mining
Mmacmillan1 Biofuel in Canada Hydropower in Canada, Bog Iron
HD1019 Covellite Albite, Pumice
BTrerice Offshore drilling in Atlantic Canada Pluton, Permian Basin (North America)
Joey Stephenson 98 Iron ore Bog iron, Magnetic Separation
Zhongnan Mao Marine conservation
Louiseriou Canadian diamonds
Stephbender Talc, Pumice
Mohammedmugallid Pollution
Sader94 Hydropower in Canada Bio fuels in Canada, Longwall mining
Laxanan Bedrock
Elasticat Longwall mining, Permian Basin (North America) Permian Basin (North America), Biofuel in Canada
Vicky.sarker
Hajar Hozayen
Nishithasingi Water, energy and food security nexus Water, energy and food security nexus
Ethan343 Bog Iron Biogas, Longwall mining
Victor2395 Earth science Air and ocean c irculation, Forest fires, The effects of aerosols to climate
A8218054 Biogas Iron ore, Petroleum coke
Tommytb05 Petcoke Petroleum coke, Water, energy and food security nexus, Talk:Iron ore, Biogas

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Friday, 11 January 2019
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

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:


Assignment - Get started on 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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Friday, 18 January 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Friday, 25 January 2019
Assignment - Exercise

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Chemistry

Environmental Sciences

Week 4

Course meetings
Friday, 1 February 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 5

Course meetings
Friday, 8 February 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Friday, 15 February 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

Week 7

Course meetings
Friday, 1 March 2019
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

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

Course meetings
Friday, 8 March 2019
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 9

Course meetings
Friday, 15 March 2019
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

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

Course meetings
Friday, 22 March 2019
Assignment - Polish your work

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

Course meetings
Friday, 29 March 2019
Assignment - Final article

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!


Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Week 12

Course meetings
Friday, 5 April 2019
Milestones

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