Welcome to the Wikipedia Education Update — a newsletter from the Wikimedia Foundation that is distributed the first and third Tuesday of each month. Someone from our staff has talked with you about our Wikipedia Education Program to bring Wikipedia into higher education classrooms around the world, and we wanted to keep you in the loop on all of our exciting activities. If you would prefer not to receive these messages, simply reply to the email and ask for your address to be removed. Learn more about subscribing or read the archives.
80 attend Wikipedia in Education Meet-Up
A crowd of more than 80 people interested in Wikipedia's use in education around the world attended a meet-up held during Wikimania last week. Co-hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation and the Saylor Foundation, the event allowed people from around the world to share their experiences using Wikipedia in classrooms and what they hope to do in the future. A follow-up meeting delved more into details of how to get programs started and sharing learnings, with promises to provide more cross-country communication about programs on-wiki. Photos from the event are available on Wikimedia Commons.
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Cairo Pilot wraps up successfully with conference
Professors, Ambassadors, students, and supporters of the Cairo Pilot of the Wikipedia Education Program gathered in Egypt July 4-5 to share their experiences and celebrate the incredible accomplishments of the students. Seven classes participated in the pilot last term, with 54 students editing. Those students added the equivalent of 372 printed pages of content to 246 unique Arabic Wikipedia articles, and the Cairo Pilot succeeded in confirming that the proof of concept of students editing Wikipedia works in Egypt. Read more about the conference.
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Class assignment inspires growth of Kazakh Wikipedia
Rauan Kenzhekhanuly first started editing Wikipedia as a student in Professor Nicco Mele's course at Harvard University on the first term of the U.S. pilot of the Wikipedia Education Program, the Public Policy Initiative. Rauan was so inspired by the assignment that he returned to his native Kazakhstan and started invigorating the community around growing the Kazakh Wikipedia. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales recognized his efforts by naming him the Wikipedian of the Year last year during Wikimania, an honor that included a travel stipend for Rauan to attend Wikimania this year. Read more about Rauan's work.
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Friday deadline for U.S. courses next term
U.S. professors interested in using Wikipedia as a teaching tool in their courses with support from Wikipedia Ambassadors next term must submit a 5-minute application by Friday, July 20. The new application process this year will allow us to pair Ambassadors with professors based on more efficient criteria, so professors doing longer Wikipedia assignments will receive more support than professors who are only doing short assignments. Professors will not receive Ambassador support if they have not filled out the short application by July 20, so if you are interested in participating for fall 2012, make sure you fill out the form today!
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Hi, Ambassadors!
Kelly and Bonnie, CAs at Montana State University, have asked me to pass
along this link[1] to information about a webinar that Max Klein (another
Ambassador) is hosting on July 31st.
If you're an academic librarian and interested in attending this free
webinar, please follow the link below!
[1] http://www.oclc.org/research/news/2012-07-06a.htm
Thanks,
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Jami Mathewson
U.S./Canada Education Program Associate
Wikimedia Foundation
jmathewson(a)wikimedia.org
http://education.wikimedia.org
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Welcome to the Wikipedia Education Update — a newsletter from the Wikimedia Foundation that is distributed the first and third Tuesday of each month. Someone from our staff has talked with you about our Wikipedia Education Program to bring Wikipedia into higher education classrooms around the world, and we wanted to keep you in the loop on all of our exciting activities. If you would prefer not to receive these messages, simply reply to the email and ask for your address to be removed. Learn more about subscribing or read the archives.
New Case Studies brochure released
Professors around the world share their experiences using Wikipedia as a teaching tool in a new brochure developed by the Wikimedia Foundation. "Case Studies: How professors are teaching with Wikipedia" has an online component to each feature, where interested professors can get more information about the assignment, including the professor's course page on wiki, syllabus, and assignment. Fifteen professors from six countries are featured in the brochure. Check out the PDF version on Wikimedia Commons.
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Come to a Wikimania Education Meet-Up!
Attending Wikimania 2012 next week in Washington, D.C.? Join the Wikipedia Education Program and the Saylor Foundation for an Education Meet-Up on Friday, July 13, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Saylor Foundation offices. We'll provide soft drinks, food, T-shirts, and a chance to mingle with people from around the world who are interested in Wikimedia projects' use in education settings. Get more details.
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Application process opens for U.S., Canada classes
New for fall 2012, professors from the United States and Canada interested in participating in the Wikipedia Education Program will need to apply to join the program. With increasing demand for support from Ambassadors, we need to prioritize classes that are contributing the most content -- words or illustrations -- to Wikipedia articles, so we've created an application process designed to better pair professors with Ambassadors. The deadline for applications is July 20, so apply today!
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Cairo conference celebrates pilot successes
Wikimedia Foundation staff and Cairo Pilot professors, Ambassadors, and students are gathering at Ain Shams University in Cairo this week for a celebration of the initial successes of the pilot program. Students in seven classes at Ain Shams and Cairo University participated in the pilot program this term, contributing 372 pages of content to the Arabic Wikipedia, even with the political turmoil present the entire term. The next newsletter will include a detailed wrap-up of the conference.
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Hi, Ambassadors!
I'm trying to finish up an accurate inventory of which Campus Ambassadors
can still support a professor/students for the coming term. I've emailed a
lot of you individually, if you have the option available on-wiki and are
listed on the Campus Ambassador page[1]. I'm working on updating all lists
(email mailing list/English Wikipedia/Outreach wiki/my own database) for
those of you who are sticking around for next term.
Please take a few moments to send me a quick email (off-list) of whether
you can still support a professor for Fall 2012. Please do include the
school(s) where you are available. You should also know that we'll soon
have Campus Ambassador orientation ready online for each of you to
complete/use as an additional resource to the training you've already
gotten. This means we can also pretty easily train new Campus Ambassadors,
so any friends who may be interested can contact me about joining the
program.
Thank you so much!
[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:United_States_Education_Program/Camp…
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Jami Mathewson
U.S./Canada Education Program Associate
Wikimedia Foundation
jmathewson(a)wikimedia.org
http://education.wikimedia.org
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
*https://donate.wikimedia.org*