Hi Thomas, I second Paul idea, here in Indonesia, we often use HDYC [1] to see contributions of our student participants, surely spot check to see the quality also required. To make it a bit more fun and to make it more competitive we sometimes use OSM Fight too, to compare contributions.
[1] http://hdyc.neis-one.org/ [2] http://osmfight.neis-one.org/ Best, *Yantisa Akhadi (Iyan)* *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team* Tel: +62 81 5787 03388 Email: [email protected] hot.openstreetmap.org | openstreetmap.id On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Steven Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom, > Glad to see you incorporating HOT into your geography classes. For > starters, I'd suggest you take a look at some of the material we've > compiled on the TeachOSM site[1] , which includes basic information on > creating a workflow, grading & rubric, as well as some case studies. > Secondly, I'd encourage you to subscribe to the TeachOSM mailing list[2] > and post your query there where other educators are likely to see it. > Lastly, you might talk to Nuala Cowen and Richard Hinton at George > Washington University. Nuala and Richard have incorporated digitizing > exercises for HOT in their classes and have a approach to making sure > students complete the tasks without resorting to minimum time. > > HTH, > SEJ > > > [1] http://teachosm.org/ > [2] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/teachosm > > -- SEJ > -- twitter: @geomantic > -- skype: sejohnson8 > > There are two types of people in the world. Those that can extrapolate > from incomplete data. > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Mueller, Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello >> >> >> >> Hello, I have been working slowly trying to integrate humanitarian >> mapping into my classes and students’ education over the past couple of >> years . I am a Geography professor, but I admit I am a jack of all trades >> master of none (as I teach crime mapping, demographic analysis, GIS, etc.) >> I have tried several small projects– some successful and others not so >> successful. This year in one of my upper level classes I have assigned a >> Humanitarian Mapping assignment. The students will be working on the >> Mapping Kamrangirchar (Dhaka, Bangladesh). I felt this was a good project >> for my students since there are quite a few structures that need to be >> mapped. I am requesting that my students spend 30 minutes per week, >> every week mapping structures for this project. Obviously this should not >> be a difficult for them, but I am hoping it will accomplish several >> objectives including: >> >> 1) Help map the area >> >> 2) Help the students understand how they can “donate” their time to >> help (within a topic in their field) >> >> 3) Hopefully this will become part of their routine so they will >> continue, etc. >> >> >> >> Also it will make sure that I donate my time too to this endeavor. >> >> >> >> I have one question – how is the best way for me to check that they have >> completed this assignment every week? Should I have them copy and paste >> their history on to a Word Document? Is there a better way? >> >> >> >> Hopefully if this project is successful, then I am hoping to integrate >> this assignment into more of my classes. >> >> >> >> Thank you for your time >> >> Tom Mueller >> >> >> >> Thomas R. Mueller, Ph.D., GISP >> *Advisor: Geography Major with GIS and Emergency Management Concentration* >> *Co - Director: Pennsylvania View* >> Department of Earth Sciences, California University of Pennsylvania >> >> "A man never gets to this station in life without being helped, aided, >> shoved, pushed and prodded to do better." - Johnny Unitas >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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