Dear colleagues,

 

There is still time to book a place to join us Monday lunchtime 12-1pm for a celebration of Wikipedia #KnowledgeActivism in Scotland!  

This event for the University of Edinburgh’s Digital Skills Festival discusses the efforts of the ScotWiki community and the Wikimedia residency at the University of Edinburgh; highlighting its efforts working with Wikipedia both as an ally in its mission to disseminate verifiable open knowledge and an important tool in its information literacy and digital skills strategy. 

Volunteer editors (staff, students and members of the public) over the last 5 years have helped address content online that was missing, skewed or less than fulsome. Particularly where Scotland had a rich story to tell. 

Line-up of speakers 

• 5 years of Wikipedia in teaching & learning at the University of Edinburgh: condensing course programmes and projects the Wikimedia residency has been involved in supporting inc. Witches; Suffragettes; The Edinburgh Seve; Global health; Islamic Art; Scotland, Slavery and Black History and more - Ewan McAndrew (Wikimedian in Residence) 
• Wikipedia and the gender gap - Sarah Lappin, President of the University of Edinburgh Women in STEM society, will outline her motivations and the outcomes of the editing events she organised this year. 
• Representing the History of HIV and AIDS activism on Wikipedia - Lorna Campbell, OER Service at University of Edinburgh, discuss the collaboration with HIV Scotland to improve Wikipedia pages related to the history of HIV awareness and activism in Scotland. 
• Wikimedia in Scotland projects, and Scots Wikipedia  - Dr. Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Co-ordinator at Wikimedia UK, will outline the brilliant  projects taking place throughout Scotland to address knowledge gaps online and the work being done by a group of volunteers to improve Scots Wikipedia. 
• Making Wikipedia easier to learn and engage with, a student perspective - Hannah Rothmann, Classics undergraduate, will outline how and why she spent lockdown creating easy-to-follow 'how to edit' videos so that anyone at any university can contribute to Wikipedia. 
• Wikimedia UK and the road ahead - Lucy Crompton-Reid, CEO at Wikimedia UK, will outline some of the work being supported by the charity and the road ahead for work in the UK as we navigate our way through the post-pandemic world. 

This is a free event, open to all. 

Full details of the event can be found on Eventbrite, where you can book a place and receive the Zoom webinar invite. More details about Wikipedia supporting teaching and learning at the University of Edinburgh (along with student-created ‘how to edit’ resources) can be found on our IS Skills website. 

very best,

 

 

Ewan McAndrew
Wikimedian in Residence

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