Very cool! I am looking to having my university students edit Wikipedia. I tried several
years ago, but the students hated the editor. Hope to see that things have improved and
are more user friendly. Yes, I bow in admiration to the old school editors, but I am
hopeful that I can bring new editors through this task.
Chris
On 15 Aug 2016, at 5:46 pm, Maria Cruz
<mcruz@wikimedia.org<mailto:mcruz@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<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_in_Educati…es>,
Youtube<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVx9pX-VnGViiRftTk84fvO9X…
and
Vimeo<https://vimeo.com/wmfoundation>on>.
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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Program_Toolki…
and the many
brochures<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Brochures> for
educators.
What is this video series about?
Chapter 1: Introduction and Why do you teach
Wikipedia?<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxCjD5Yu308&index=1&l…
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?<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfymS0fjejU&index=2&lis…
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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncZmv-UO_3U&index=3&li…
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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFq2s180ny0&index=4&…
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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhQ8ndlO6mY&index=5&li…
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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh57hTM-54k&index=6&list…
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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh57hTM-54k&index=6&…
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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhwcWIUL8_U&index=8&li…
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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1J2FcDdSeM&index=9&lis…
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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADxGmKeLqDM&index=10&…
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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGUSMl7DD38&index=11&li…
How do you scale an education program that spans over many classrooms and even many
institutions?
Chapter 12: Success and learning from
failure<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH11w0IGz8E&index=12&lis…
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@wikimedia.org<mailto:mcruz@wikimedia.org> | Twitter:
@marianarra_<https://twitter.com/marianarra_>
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