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Course name
HNRS 1035 Natural disturbance and society
Institution
Louisiana State University
Instructor
Becky Carmichael
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Science
Course dates
2016-01-14 – 2016-05-05
Approximate number of student editors
20


Natural disturbances shape our world, causing disruption to our lives, while simultaneously benefiting ecosystem composition and structure. This course will introduce disturbance ecology and explore the effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on ecosystems using past and recent disasters. We will discuss the influence these events have on ecological and societal aspects and how past practices have shaped current responses. The course will also emphasize science literacy across disciplines and is communication-intensive, focusing on written and spoken communication.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Dbanos1 2010 Indiana earthquake, 2015 Tanzania flood, 2016 Pakistan flood, 2016 São Paulo flood and mudslide
Cchap23 2005 Hindu Kush earthquake, 2015 Assam floods, April 2014 Nicaragua earthquake, May 2004 Caribbean floods
Luxembourg96 Formica, Japanese marten, Lygodium microphyllum, Pine processionary Pine processionary
TA2016 1979 Easter flood, 2016 Ecuador earthquake, 2016 Taiwan earthquake, Mount Pavlof
Bfaval3 1986 San Salvador earthquake, 2009 El Salvador floods and mudslides, 2009 Honduras earthquake, June 2007 Texas flooding
Snowbird225 1918 flu pandemic, Hurricane Norman (1978), Nor'easter, Winter storm
Cjolly3 Achatina fulica, Amoebic brain abscess, Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on India, Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
Sherwall15 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake, Brown ocean effect, Pneumococcal pneumonia 1999 Duzce Earthquake
Ctran24 Bumblebee, Diamond Lake (Oregon), Spotted Owl
Marykatherineloos Dust Bowl, Earthquake, Hurricane katrina, Wildfire
Slothford88 1984 Moroccan radiation accident, Mingbulak oil spill, Pouteria bapeba, Vila Parisi
Stpeluke 2014 Ecuador earthquake, Acrophialophora fusispora, Jembrana disease, Shimla jaundice outbreak (December 2015 – Present)
ChaKeSeLiAl January 2016 Argentinean locust swarm, Pertussis, Sinkhole
Ntayl23 Centaurea solstitialis, Feral pig
Yetinubu 2005 La Conchita landslide, Bushfires in Australia, May 2007 tornado outbreak, Monsoon of South Asia
Kchampagne21 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Gros Ventre landslide, Manatee, Wet Season
Jdauph2
Sgrigo1

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 January 2016   |   Thursday, 28 January 2016
In class - Wikipedia essentials
  • Overview of the course
  • Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
  • Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.




Handout: Editing Wikipedia


Assignment - Create your account and learn the basics
  • Create an account and then complete the online training for students. A detailed description of the homework is posted on Moodle in the Wikipedia folder. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.




Resources: Online Training for Students

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 February 2016   |   Thursday, 4 February 2016
Assignment - Wikipedia Contributions (4 total)
  • Select 4 different disturbance/disaster articles related to lectures presented and make the following improvements:

    • Identify the articles you will improve on our Wikipedia course page
    • Search for plagiarism in existing content
      • Select an unreferenced sentence and search for it verbatim in Google
      • Re-phrase the sentence if it is plagiarized and provide a reference
    • Add 2-3 sentences of new information, supported by appropriate scientific references (at least 1 article)
    • Add 1-2 links to other Wikipedia articles and/or external webpages
    • Indicate in your User sandbox what contributions you made
    • Indicate in the article Talk Page why you made these contributions (Not that it was part of an assignment)
  • Be sure to consider audience when updating the science. This can include elaborating where appropriate on the societal aspect of the article.

Due dates are as follows:

  • First contribution February 2
  • Second contribution March 1
  • Third contribution March 31
  • Fourth contribution April 26