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Course name
Politics of Climate Change
Institution
Hunter College
Instructor
Roger Karapin
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Political Science
Course dates
2018-08-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-31 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
12


The politics of climate change mitigation policy. The latter means all the things that governments purposefully do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The politics of this includes the laws and regulations that are adopted, or considered, the parties and interest groups that mobilize, and public opinion.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Jennifer.roem62 Climate change in California (missing info on many of the laws listed, renewable energy, building codes, pavley law (including its spillover to other states), many other aspects)
IsaiahH-S18 Climate change opinion by country (just one 2007-08 gallup poll; there are other, more recent cross-national polls, but just listing polls may be too easy; consult with me about how to make this a substantial assignment)
Beatolentino clinton administration (missing)
Jordannizri Obama administration (nothing on transportation, methane regulations, Paris agreement, & u.s. INDC targets, agreement with China)
Isabelibra New York (state) (missing; could do nys and nyc policies; the climate change in nyc article has only one line about mitigation, and the planyc art. has minimal info on cc mitigation)
Claudiadana mitigation efforts (very thin) Sleipner gas field
Doragelerinter mitigation methods (brief and nothing since 2011; nothing on emissions trading though there is an article on the Chinese national carbon trading scheme) Climate change policy of the United States
Tahseenchowdhury1 Renewable energy in california (missing)
Bp376 Carbon capture and storage project

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 August 2018   |   Friday, 31 August 2018
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
Tuesday, 4 September 2018   |   Friday, 7 September 2018
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Friday, 14 September 2018
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Political Science

Week 4

Course meetings
Friday, 21 September 2018
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 September 2018   |   Friday, 28 September 2018
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
Tuesday, 2 October 2018   |   Friday, 5 October 2018
Assignment - Peer review an article

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
Tuesday, 9 October 2018   |   Friday, 12 October 2018
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
Tuesday, 16 October 2018   |   Friday, 19 October 2018
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
Tuesday, 23 October 2018   |   Friday, 26 October 2018
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
Tuesday, 30 October 2018   |   Friday, 2 November 2018
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
Tuesday, 6 November 2018   |   Friday, 9 November 2018
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!

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 November 2018   |   Friday, 16 November 2018

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 November 2018
Milestones

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

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 November 2018   |   Friday, 30 November 2018

Week 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 December 2018   |   Friday, 7 December 2018
In class - In-class presentation (to be done meeting 27, Dec. 7)

Guiding questions