On 2014-12-16 04:04, Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
Does anyone know anything about a school course (middle or high school
most likely) incorporating OSM in or near Lexington, KY? I saw one
changeset comment mentioning something about extra credit but not
mentioning what the edit actually was. In addition I cleaned up plenty
of vandalism: a road on top of another road labeled "Short cut to
school", three exclamation marks added to a street name, undeleted a
fire hydrant (!), and a couple of other things that I'm drawing a blank
on right now.
While I support OSM-related lessons in the classroom on general
principle, but I have to wonder if some of the garbage edits that come
with it offset the good edits. And to put it bluntly, the higher the
grade level this is coming from, the more disappointed I will be
regarding our public education system in 2014.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/history#map=13/38.0462/-84.4885
Some recent changesets in Lexington mention "UK", which is the
University of Kentucky. For a few years now, the Geography department's
GEO109 course [1][2] has incorporated an introduction to OSM and
TileMill. Students in this class have edited primarily in the Lexington
area but also in hometowns across Kentucky. The changesets are usually
tagged "#geo109". [3] Perhaps GEO109 has raised awareness of OSM on
campus, leading to less-closely-guided edits?
Ohio State's Geography and Geodetic Science departments have also
offered extra credit for OSM contributions in the past. I've found most
course-related contributions from both universities to be of high
quality. Following up with quick corrections and "guerrilla edits" can
help keep these mappers engaged beyond the course.
[1] https://geography.as.uky.edu/courses/digital-mapping
[2] https://twitter.com/search?q=%23geo109
[3] http://resultmaps.neis-one.org/osm-changesets?comment=geo109
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