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<td>[Wikimedia Education] Fwd: EduWiki Conference 2013 -
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<td>Wed, 7 Aug 2013 10:18:05 +0100</td>
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<td>Toni Sant <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:toni.sant@wikimedia.org.uk"><toni.sant@wikimedia.org.uk></a></td>
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<td>Wikimedia Education
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circulate widely...</i><br>
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EduWiki Conference 2013 - Call for proposals<br>
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<b>Wikimedia UK's second annual EduWiki conference will
take place in Cardiff on 1 and 2 November 2013. </b><br>
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A recent white paper from TurnItIn, the online
plagiarism-prevention service used widely across higher
education in the UK, claims that "Wikipedia has an
outsized presence as a content source for student
writing". [1] This study is based on an analysis of over
112 million content matches from 28 million student papers
submitted to TurnItIn between July 2011 and June 2012. 11%
of these content matches are from Wikipedia. However, the
same report is quick to explain that Wikipedia has
academic merit in terms of educational value. TurnItIn's
recommendation is to "educate students that the true value
of Wikipedia is to provide a curated summary on a topic,
and that they should follow the sources and citations at
the bottom of Wikipedia entries to verify the accuracy of
the information and to uncover primary source material"
[2].<br>
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Wikmedia UK is now inviting proposals for papers,
presentation, provocations and/or posters, especially ones
addressing the Wikipedia problem highlighted by the
TurnItIn white paper. Proposal for panels and roundtable
discussions from groups of three or four participants are
also welcome.<br>
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Indicative topics include, but are not limited to:<br>
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* Wikipedia belongs in Education, including Higher
Education<br>
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* Wikipedia's academic merit and educational value<br>
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* Examples of using Wikipedia in the high school, college
or university classroom<br>
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* Ways to deter university students from plagiarizing
Wikipedia<br>
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* Going beyond Wikipedia by engaging with any of the other
major Wikimedia projects: Wikibooks, Wikispecies,
Wikiquote, Wikinews, Wikisource, Wikiversity, Wikidata,
and Wikimedia Commons, among others.<br>
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<b>Email your proposal (including an abstract of up to 200
words) to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:education@wikimedia.org.uk"
target="_blank">education@wikimedia.org.uk</a> by
Monday 26 August 2013. All proposals should also include
a brief bio (around 50 words).<br>
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Queries about the conference or any other aspect of
Wikimedia UK's Education activities can be sent directly
to WMUK's Education Organiser <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:toni.sant@wikimedia.org.uk"
target="_blank">toni.sant@wikimedia.org.uk</a></b><br>
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<font size="1"><i>Notes</i>:<br>
[1] TurnItIn White Paper. 'The Sources in Student
Writing - Higher Education', p.10<br>
[2] ibid. p.11</font><br>
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Dr Toni Sant - </span><span
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Organiser, </span><span
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UK</span>
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<font size="1">Wikimedia UK is a Company
Limited by Guarantee registered in England
and Wales, Registered No. 6741827.
Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64
Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United
Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of
a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia
projects are run by the Wikimedia
Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst
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