UC Atlas of Global InequalityUsing a Global Resource

for Teaching about Global Inequality

The UC Atlas of Global Inequality is an online teaching resourcemapping global inequalities and how they are changing as the world is becoming more integrated. Innovations of this Atlas include: dynamic time series maps showing changing global patterns of inequality over time; an interactive database incorporating data from several international agencies (using PHP and MySQL); on-demand mapping of variables in the database (using ArcIMS); printable maps (generated in ArcView 8.3); animated guides to reading graphs, using the Atlas, getting data; teaching activities using the Atlas; summaries of key debates and links to other literature; a glossary and bibliography. All of these features are online and freely available.

UC Atlas of Global InequalityProject Team

Dr. Ben CrowUCSC Department of Sociology

Dr. Paul LubeckUCSC Department of Sociology

Brian FulfrostUCSC Department of Environmental Studies

Sheryl Martin-SchulzUCSC Media Services

Kelsey DamasUCSC Instructional Computing

Erik WeeksCenter for Global, International and Regional Studies

Corrine HughesCenter for Global, International and Regional Studies

Kea GordonUCSC Sociology Graduate Student

Gato GourleyCenter for Global, International and Regional Studies

http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu

Teaching Goals

• Objective - to allow users to examine global inequality and the impact of globalization through interactive presentations

• Maps, graphs, tables, animations and interactive content give students easy (on-line) access to current data and information and deepen student learning.

• To make the site a useful tool for other instructors/institutions

• To increase student comprehension

Origins

• Third World Atlas - hard copy

• Core Team - undergraduate students, faculty, staff and Instructional Development specialists at University of California, Santa Cruz

• Steering Committee - faculty from other UC campuses with expertise in thematic topics

Process

1. Formed a design/development team2. Broke down material into themes and

presentations3. Maps created (ArcView 3.x and 8.x using

World Bank Development Indicators CD-ROM)4. Text written for Theme pages and

Presentation pages5. Prototype Web Site developed

How the Site Works• Themes

! Health! Economic Globalization! Income Inequality! Connections! Inequality and Growth

• Sub Themes! Health --- Intercountry Inequality, Cause of Death, Access to

Health Care, Disease and Immunization, HIV & AIDS! Income Inequality --- Income Ratio PPP, Gross Domestic! Economic Globalization --- Foreign Investment, Trade ! Gender --- India, Sex Ratio! Connections --- Telephone! Inequality and Growth

How the Site Works• Presentations

Illustrate the Themes and/or Sub Themes with Maps, Graphs and Text Includes Life Expectancy, GDP, Diseases, etc.

• Maps - Sequences of maps giving data by decade as well as singular maps

• Data - downloadable tables of data used to create Maps

• Graphics - indicators are graphed from various datasets

Interactive Trade Flow Maps

On-Line DatabaseUser-driven, downloadable reports and graphs from queryable database

How the Site Works

• Web GIS – utilizing ESRI’s ArcIMS technology, will allow users to build their own global and regional maps based on data available in the on-line database (MySQL).

How the Site Works• Links to other Resources

• Animations• How To Use the Site, Graph and Database• Life Expectancy and GDP in Sub Saharan Africa

• Support Pages– How To Use the Site– For Instructors– Glossary– Bibliography– About Us

Innovations & advances

• Capacity to show global change (decade maps with roll-over buttons)

• Access, costs of production, and flexibility are all better than with hard copy atlas

• Potential to include range of initiatives -presentations on new data, supporting essays, country information, new geographic information

New Directions• ArcIMS application that allows users to query the on-line

database, and produce “on the fly” maps of the world based on the results of their queries.

• On-Line Teaching Tutorials utilizing available tools: maps, graphs, text, searchable database, etc and other technologies such as Flash and web enabled programming, i.e. Java, HTNL, Javascript, PHP, etc.

• Country Pages that focus on information for each country using graphs, tables, maps and text

Current Uses

• Prototype used in Sociology 15 at UCSC (300 students)

• Web Logs and E-Mails indicate: Atlas used by Classes and Academics World-Wide

Phase II "Create Interactive Database (MySQL)

• Users generate their own comparisons, graphs, tables

"Deepening content• Health (AIDS in Africa)• Economy (Structural Adjustment Programs – SAP)• Gender• Environment (in production)

"Case studies that illustrate global processes • Trade Flows• Mexico• AIDS in Africa

"Develop Country Pages

Phase III

• Create and Expand Web GIS

• Develop Interactive Teaching Tutorials

• Integrate New Datasets into MySQL database (UNDP, FAO, World Resources Institute, etc.)

Future Plans

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