Maria, these are really great! Is there a blog post with the text of
your email below we can link to, please?
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Maria Cruz <mcruz(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi all,
after months of hard work, we are happy to share with all a new video series
on the Wikimedia Education Program. You can now watch all 12 episodes on
Commons, Youtube and Vimeo.
With this series, we hope to engage new educators in using Wikimedia
projects in the classroom, as well as promote existing resources to support
education programs all over the world, like the Education Program Toolkit
and the many brochures for educators.
What is this video series about?
Chapter 1: Introduction and Why do you teach Wikipedia?
Meet Educators and Wikipedia education leaders from around the world who
share why they use Wikipedia in classrooms not just as a way to access
knowledge, but also a way to develop their students’ capacities, digital
know-how and to share knowledge with the world. Learn how the process turns
their students from consumers into knowledge producers, leaving behind
papers that only the teacher reads for articles that the whole world can
access.
Chapter 2: What was your first Wikipedia article?
How did these educators and Wikipedia education leaders get started?
Starting from light copyediting, to translating, realizing information of
interest was missing… and creating new articles!
Chapter 3: The five pillars of Wikipedia
5 things you must know before you get started on writing on the Wikipedia.
From these 5 rules, the educators reflect on the geopolitical implications
of knowledge production, good online behaviour, and even learning to express
knowledge the best we can.
Chapter 4: Assignments
How does using Wikipedia in the classroom work in practice? Educators and
Wikipedia education program leaders share different experiences and ways to
turn the open online encyclopedia into an educational, active learning tool.
… and the importance of explaining what plagiarism is, as well as the value
of using good references.
Chapter 5: Brochures and tutorials
Need a little help? Downloading a few brochures can go a long way into
learning in more detail how to use Wikipedia as an edtech tool. Follow the
link and :
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Brochures
Chapter 6: The key to a successful education program
Starting small and then growing the educational program seems to be the key.
If you are trying to start an education program in your region, experiment
with a single teacher, learn from that experience, an then grow the program
progressively.
Chapter 7: Social media & connectivity
Social media is an ally to connect with other education initiatives, other
educators, and helpful volunteers that can answer questions regarding the
use of the internet.
Chapter 8: Work with the Wikipedia community
A fact to take in consideration: connecting with the community of volunteer
that edit the Wikipedia in your language increases the probability of
success of your education project!
Chapter 9: Motivating students
Motivating students to learn through editing Wikipedia is not very hard.
Here are a few experiences that highlight the value of using Wikipedia as an
educational tool, as well as a few tips on specific actions that will fuel
their interest even more.
Chapter 10: Language and translation
Wikipedia exists currently in 283 languages, and “incubates” many more
encyclopedia in other languages. There’s a very high probability that
students can work in the language they’re fluent in. Translation can be an
activity that will show them the ropes and increase their language skills,
on top of developing their knowledge of the subject matter.
Chapter 11: When to hire an employee
How do you scale an education program that spans over many classrooms and
even many institutions?
Chapter 12: Success and learning from failure
Success or failure? It’s all learning! This applies at the student level,
but also to the educators’ tasks, and to education program leaders.
How can you get involved?
We count on you to help us spread the word about this series and to use the
videos in your outreach efforts, for training and any other use you can give
them! Let us know how you like them, and feel free to translate captions as
well.
Thank you to all program leaders who took part in this video production,
sharing what you have learned during all this time running your education
program. A special thank you to Floor Koudijs, who sparked the first efforts
for the series to be and set the wheels in motion for this series to happen.
Have a great week!
Best,
María
María Cruz \\ Communications and Outreach Coordinator, PC&L Team \\
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | Twitter: @marianarra_
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