Daniel Mietchen, 09/08/2018 08:46:
I'm very interested in matters at the interface between Wikimedia and education but don't understand whether this user group - as the name and existing documentation would suggest - is limited specifically to Wikipedia(s) or what the role would be for other Wikimedia projects.
I agree, it's confusing and not inclusive. Wikimedia activities in education need to be flexible: in many cases Wikipedia is just not a viable option. Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata etc. have proven to be essential educational tools in various cases.
Federico
I guess that's just a name, nothing more. Wikipedia is by far the best known brand - hence the name of the user group - but our activities will AFAIK support educators using all Wikimedia projects.
Vojtěch Dostál
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2018-08-09 8:10 GMT+02:00 Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com:
Daniel Mietchen, 09/08/2018 08:46:
I'm very interested in matters at the interface between Wikimedia and education but don't understand whether this user group - as the name and existing documentation would suggest - is limited specifically to Wikipedia(s) or what the role would be for other Wikimedia projects.
I agree, it's confusing and not inclusive. Wikimedia activities in education need to be flexible: in many cases Wikipedia is just not a viable option. Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata etc. have proven to be essential educational tools in various cases.
Federico
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Yes, the brand is what guided the founding members of the group when choosing the name, especially thinking about global outreach; but we are certainly looking at all Wikimedia projects. Wikidata is very much a focus - actually, I was the one to suggest and lead the Wikidata & Education session at WikidataCon and have been including WD in my academic courses for a few years now, so I have a personal interest in what you're doing, Daniel. ☺ In general, initiatives around any of the other sister projects are very much of an interest. There are success stories / best practices that I can think of about working with WikiQuote, WikiSource, WikiBooks and of course WikiCommons. We'd love to document more examples we might not be aware of.
Shani.
On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 10:10 Vojtěch Dostál, vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz wrote:
I guess that's just a name, nothing more. Wikipedia is by far the best known brand - hence the name of the user group - but our activities will AFAIK support educators using all Wikimedia projects.
Vojtěch Dostál
předseda rady / chair of the board
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2018-08-09 8:10 GMT+02:00 Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com:
Daniel Mietchen, 09/08/2018 08:46:
I'm very interested in matters at the interface between Wikimedia and education but don't understand whether this user group - as the name and existing documentation would suggest - is limited specifically to Wikipedia(s) or what the role would be for other Wikimedia projects.
I agree, it's confusing and not inclusive. Wikimedia activities in education need to be flexible: in many cases Wikipedia is just not a viable option. Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata etc. have proven to be essential educational tools in various cases.
Federico
education-collab mailing list education-collab@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab
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