Instructions - COUNTRY PROFILES / ISSUE BRIEFINGS ASSIGNMENT
COUNTRY PROFILES / ISSUE BRIEFINGS ASSIGNMENT
Due date: March 22
Instructions: This is an individual assignment that should be coordinated as teams. You should assign one team member to each of these three PARTS but all team members can contribute. (The team with four members should assign an appropriate role for the fourth person, perhaps bibliography or graphics but something substantive and separately indicated as such). Mark your name after the appropriate PART section title so it is clear who was responsible for which part. Your individual grade will be for the section you contributed as leader and this is worth 70% of the assignment grade. You will also receive a team grade for participation in the team connections worth 25% of the grade. You receive another 5% for making sure to use at least one bibliographic reference. The assignment will be posted as pages to the course wiki on this page under your country name.
PART ONE: TEAM CONNECTIONS
In this section of the page, create THREE (3) subsections with appropriate subtitles with information about the following:
General information about the YouthMappers chapter(s) in your country - which universities, what disciplines, etc.
Record the names, dates, and types of interactions you have attempted or accomplished with students or mappers in the chapter(s) your project country thus far. Indicate your general plan on how you will collaborate with them: what role will they play in the project either before, during or after your work? How will you communicate with them?
Please include photos/screenshots or recordings of any online meetings if everyone has agreed to public posting, but do not list email addresses.
Your individual grade will be marked as complete if your name is also included on this section as having participated in an exchange/connection (worth 25%).
PART TWO: COUNTRY PROFILES
In this section of the page, create THREE (3) subsections with appropriate subtitles with information about the following:
General information about your country, statistics, relevant background
What is of interest to USAID about this country; what is USAID doing in this country or what strategic programs are operating? (add links!)
What is the state of the OpenStreetMap for this country? How much open spatial data does there seem to be, especially in your task area? How does that compare to other locations? (visuals?) Who is mapping on OSM community in this country? (hint: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors - Also, you can add your team and your team project similarly to what is on the wiki for OSM!)
PART THREE: ISSUE BRIEFINGS
In this section of the page, create THREE (3) sections with appropriate subtitles with information about the following:
What is this problem about? What are the dimensions of this problem worldwide? In your country? What are the risks? What is happening in the specific country you are working on with respect to this problem? Who is affected and how?
What solutions are offered to address / mitigate / recover from this problem? What does this mean for resilience?
Tell us about your task (either on tasks.hotosm.org or tasks.teachosm.org). What are you mapping exactly (what features?) and how can mapping these features help make communities more resilient in light of this problem or in areas affected by this problem? What would be the next mapping steps to advance this work after you complete the remote maps?
PART FOUR: BIBLIOGRAPHY
In the above country profiles and issue briefings you will need to use at least the number of citation references as you have team members. Be sure to cite the references on your page, and then also include them in our bibliographic listing.
Your individual grade will be marked as complete if you post a citation submitted by your name on your assignment page under this subtitle. Each person only needs to add one citation at a minimum.
Feel free to post questions about the assignment in the comments section so your classmates can also see the answers!