Dear Collab members,
Based on the on-wiki and the call we had last week, it seems we have
reached a consensus ergarding what membership of the Collab should look
like. I'm including the description of (what i understand to be) membership
for your consideration. I'm also sharing it to the Wiki where we've had our
discussion. I would like to request your comments, especially if you see
something that is different from what you expect.
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The Education Collab is a relatively new structure within the Wikimedia
Movement. As such, it is evolving and adapting to its context and the
opportunities that arise around it. Since October, and up to now, there’s
been a discussion around the evolution of one aspect of the Collab:
membership. Based on discussions over email, video and on wiki, there seems
to be a consensus on the following ideas:
Open membership
The Education Collab needs to move to an open membership model, where
anyone interested in contributing to the goals of the Collab is welcome to
join and participate. Contributing to those goals is in no way exclusive to
the Collab: anyone is welcome to help reach them. Collab members happen to
focus a significant part of their volunteering time to them, and use the
Collab as a mechanism to facilitate collaboration around those goals.
In practical terms, as in most Wikiprojects, membership means signing on
the Wiki page, thus indicating your willing participation and dedication of
time and energy to pursuing those goals.
The expectation linked to membership is thus focused on your contribution
to achieving those goals. The goals are set by consensus, and support the
larger Wikipedia Education Program goals.
Monitoring contributions from the Collab members
In order for the Collab members to learn from each other and from each
others’ contributions, the following means of sharing the achievements are
considered:
1.
Use of Phabricator: This is the main tool to register your contributions
to the Collab goals. Activities, reports, and any relevant contribution to
the Collab goals should be represented here. There is a dedicated
Phabricator project for the Education Collab at
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/profile/1479/
2.
Sharing activities and results through additional communication
channels:
1.
Attendance at Collab meetings, while not a requirement, helps the
Collab as a whole to hear your voice, and helps you benefit from
input from
the Collab
2.
Sharing to the Collab mailing list is also beneficial, be it to share
activities, successes, challenges or asking questions to your Collab
colleagues.
3.
Other communication channels may emerge, depending on the needs of
the Collab. Participation in them accelerates the achievements of the
Collab as a whole.
These means of monitoring the Collab’s activities will help the Collab
assess its value and contributions to the Education Program and the
Wikimedia Movement.
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Let me know what you think!
Best Regards,
Vahid.
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Vahid Masrour
Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
Hi all,
In 2016 I was at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin. There I realised
during the learning days that affiliates should have more attention for
writing reports and stories in the newsletter *This Month in GLAM*
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter>. This also counts for
the education newsletter.
It is often the case that only when people see how things work, it can be
easily reproduced, and have more participation. Also we need to create more
awareness for both newsletters, as all stories are worth to be told and
more should be shared.
Today I mentioned this in an email conversation that this should be
included in the Wikimedia Conference, especially the learning days.
I hope you agree on this and can help me to promote this to happen.
Thanks!
Romaine
Hi all,
I think it would be good for *Wikipedia in education* to have multiple
sessions during Wikimania about education. Are there any proposals
submitted from collab members?
Romaine
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From: phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki(a)gmail.com>
Date: 2017-02-14 16:10 GMT+01:00
Subject: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2017 call for submissions
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Wikimania
general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
All,
I'm very pleased to send out the Wikimania Montréal Call for Submissions,
which can be found in French here:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/fr
and in English here:
https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/en
On behalf of the Wikimania programme committee,
Phoebe Ayers
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Que vous soyez un membre de la communauté de l’un des projets Wikimédia
(tels que Wikipédia, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikimedia
Commons, Wiktionnaire, MediaWiki ou autres), un créateur de contenu libre
ou un consommateur, nous recevrons avec plaisir votre proposition pour une
session lors de Wikimania 2017.
*dates importantes*
Appel aux propositions ouvert : 2 février 2017
Date limite de soumission des présentations (conférence, panneau, table
ronde et atelier) : 30 mars 2017
Date limite de soumission des brefs exposés, affiches et réunions d’oiseaux
de la même plume : 15 mai 2017.
Notification d’acceptation des présentations : 20 avril 2017
Notification d’acceptation des brefs exposés, affiches et réunions
d’oiseaux de la même plume : 10 juin 2017
*Types de soumissions & Comment soumettre: *https://wikimania2017.
wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/fr
*Des questions ?* Merci de contacter le Comité du programme par
wikimania-program(à)wikimedia.org.
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Whether you are a community member of one of the Wikimedia projects (such
as Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wikimedia Commons,
Wiktionary, MediaWiki or others), or a fellow open content creator or
consumer, we welcome your proposal for a session at Wikimania 2017.
*Important dates*
Call for proposals opens: February 2, 2017
Deadline for submitting presentation (lecture, panel, roundtable and
workshop) submissions: March 30, 2017
Deadline for submitting lightning talks, poster, and birds of a feather
submissions: May 15, 2017
Notification of acceptance for presentations: April 20, 2017
Notification of acceptance for lightning talks, poster and birds of a
feather submissions: June 10, 2017
*Submission types & how to submit:* https://wikimania2017.
wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/en
*Any questions?* Please contact the Programme Committee at
wikimania-program at wikimedia.org
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Wikimania-l mailing list
Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
CCing the Wiki Education Collab.
Cheers,
Shani.
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 11:36 PM, Tilman Bayer <tbayer(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> many of you may be familiar with the Wikimedia Research Newsletter
> (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter , doubling as the
> "Recent research" section of The Signpost on English Wikipedia), a
> monthly overview of recent academic research about Wikipedia and other
> Wikimedia projects.
>
> We are planning to focus our upcoming issue on the topic of Wikipedia
> in education, and would love for people from this list (and others
> familiar with the topic as practictioners) to volunteer summaries or
> full reviews of a number of recent papers.
>
> See https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WRN201701 for details on how to
> contribute, and the list of publications we plan to include in this
> issue. I'm excerpting the titles below. Publication is planned for
> next Monday, February 20.
>
> * "Teaching with Wikipedia in a 21st-century classroom: Perceptions of
> Wikipedia and its educational benefits"
> * "Faculty Perception of Wikipedia in the California State University
> System"
> * "Writing for Wikipedia in the classroom: challenging official
> knowledge (a case study in 12th grade)"
> * "Veni, Vidi, Vicipaedia: Using the Latin Wikipedia in an Advanced
> Latin Classroom"
> * "Using Wikipedia to Teach Discipline Specific Writing"
> * "Competencias informacionales básicas y uso de Wikipedia en entornos
> educativos"
> * "日本の大学生のWikipediaに対する信憑性認知，学習における利用実態とそれらに影響を与える要因"
> * "Improving Information Literacy Skills through Learning To Use and
> Edit Wikipedia: A Chemistry Perspective"
> * "Teachers' use of Wikipedia with their Students"
> * "How to motivate formal students and informal learners to
> participate in Open Content Educational Resources (OCER)?" [on
> Wikibooks]
> * "Ninth Graders’ Use of and Trust in Wikipedia, Textbooks, and
> Digital Resources From Textbook Publishers"
>
> The newsletter is widely read both among Wikipedia community members
> and among academic researchers active in the area, and we also always
> try to inform researchers when their paper has been covered.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Tilman Bayer
> Senior Analyst
> Wikimedia Foundation
> IRC (Freenode): HaeB
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English. Message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.[1]
The Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. For 15 years, Wikimedians have worked together to build the largest free knowledge resource in human history. During this time, we've grown from a small group of editors to a diverse network of editors, developers, affiliates, readers, donors, and partners. Today, we are more than a group of websites. We are a movement rooted in values and a powerful vision: all knowledge for all people. As a movement, we have an opportunity to decide where we go from here.
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Dear Collab members,
I just want to let you know that I got accepted for two international
conferences, which I am going to introduce the Wikipedia Education Program
to the audience, and promote the possibility of using Wikipedia as the
teaching tool to them. One is the 3rd International Conference on Education
2017, and the other one is The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2017.
Currently I am applying for the TPS to support my travel and I need your
endorsement to make it possible! Here are the links and it would be nice to
have the endorsement from all of you.
Venuslui/3rd International Conference on Education 2017:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Venuslui/3rd_International_Confe…
Venuslui/The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2017:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Venuslui/The_Asian_Conference_on…
Thank you very much.
Best Regards,
Venus
Dear Collab members,
This is just a quick reminder that we have a call set for tomorrow, Tuesday
February 7th, at 17:00 UTC.
I look forward to tomorrow's conversation!
Vahid.
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Vahid Masrour
Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education