Education March 2012

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Wikipedia Academy 2012: EXTENDED submission deadline: 15 Apr 2012
by Denis Barthel 30 Mar '12

30 Mar '12

Hi everybody, *** Apologies for cross-postings *** CALL FOR PAPERS - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge. June 29 - July 1, 2012 | Berlin, Germany *** EXTENDED submission deadline: 15 Apr 2012 *** Conference Website: http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page Submit your papers here: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012 The “Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge” provides a platform for the research community and the Wikipedia community to connect, present, discuss and advance research on Wikipedia in particular and on free knowledge in general. The Wikipedia Academy 2012 is organized by Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. in collaboration with the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society and Freie Universität Berlin. The conference will take place in Berlin, 29 June to 1 July 2012. The event will be open to all interested parties and features a variety of session formats ranging from workshops, panel discussions and tracks with traditional paper and poster presentations to break-out sessions, lightning talks, speed geeking and a free culture brunch. We particularly invite young doctoral and postdoctoral researcher to participate and to submit extended abstracts. For research paper and poster sessions, we would like to encourage the submission of extended abstracts addressing issues in the overall nexus of Wikipedia and free knowledge. == Dates == * Submission of extended abstracts: 15 April 2012 * Notification of acceptance: 1 May 2012 * Submission of full papers: 1 June 2012 * Event: 29 June - 1 July 2012 == Topics of interest == Submissions are invited for the categories following below. http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Submission_process === Research on Users of and Contributors to Wikipedia === * Diversity among users of and contributors to Wikipedia (e.g. gender gap) * Influencing participation by adapting user interfaces in open collaborative settings * Using information visualization as information instrument to users and contributors === Wikipedia Global === * Relations and Differences between national Wikipedias * Differences between and critique of free/open knowledge ideologies * Regional studies of Wikipedia and free knowledge with global lessons === Sharing Cultures and Practices === * Sharing culture(s) in Wikipedia and other projects of commons-based peer production * Incentives, innovation and community dynamics in open collaborative peer production * Wiki theory and wiki practices === Economic and Regulatory Aspects of Free Knowledge === * Economic, regulatory and societal implications of (increased) access to free knowledge * Different Modes of Governance: Emergence of Order and Coordination in Wikipedia * The role of licensing decisions for Wikipedia and other collaborative forms of knowledge production === Wikipedia Analytics === * Wikis and Wikipedia as a research tool * Analyzing Wikipedia as a source of "Big Data" * Assessing and measuring the quality of Wikipedia articles == Submission Guidelines == Extended Abstracts must be submitted by the given deadline for peer review. Conference language is English, exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis. Submission entails a commitment that at least one author will attend the event in the case of acceptance and deliver a full paper version prior to the event. Also, authors grant the organizers the right to publish accepted papers in the form of online proceedings or a similar format, to be determined at a later stage. In addition, accepted submissions will be automatically licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license unless the authors explicitly state in their submission that they wish to opt out of this licensing agreement. We encourage authors to use said license in order to promote open access to scholarly work although decisions to opt out will be respected and will not influence the review process in any way. In any case, authors of accepted submissions cannot opt out from the basic condition that they grant the organizers the right to publish at least the extended abstract online. Please submit your extended abstract (about 2-3 pages) in PDF, Open Document Format (ODF) or plain text format at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012 Note: You will need an easychair account to submit. You can create one on the spot if you do not have one yet. In case of further questions, don't hesitate to contact us via academy-oc(a)wikimedia.de. Best regards, Denis Barthel -- Projektmanager Fon +49 30 219 158 26 16 Mobil +49 172 23 13 811 E-Mail: denis.barthel(a)wikimedia.de -- Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Eisenacher Straße 2 | 10777 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 260 Helfen Sie mit, dass WIKIPEDIA von der UNESCO als erstes digitales Weltkulturerbe anerkannt wird. Unterzeichnen Sie die Online-Petition! Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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Program name: Wikipedia vs. Global Education
by Everton Zanella Alvarenga 29 Mar '12

29 Mar '12

I have a question: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedia_Education_Program#Program… Tom -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) Wikimedia Brasil Wikimedia Foundation

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So, again, CFP Berlin
by Juliana Bastos 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

I'd like to propose a panel on Wikimedia Academy in Berlin about regional characteristics and differences on the Education Program. The coordinator of the Czech Ambassadors Program, Vojtech Dostal, is also willing to join. Anyone here who would like to present something along these lines, do contact me, so we can assemble the panel. As announced, the deadline is next Saturday. Juliana.

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Re: [Wikimedia Education] Education Digest, Vol 10, Issue 3
by James Heilman 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

It sounds like this is something we need to keep in mind for future Wikimania. The question will be "is there a way Wikimania can partner with academic institutions?" I know the University of British Columbia would be willing to partner on an event such as this. James On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 6:00 AM, <education-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org>wrote: > Send Education mailing list submissions to > education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > education-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > education-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Education digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Education-related ideas for Wikimania (Juliana Bastos) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:06:47 -0300 > From: Juliana Bastos <domusaurea(a)gmail.com> > To: education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Education-related ideas for > Wikimania > Message-ID: > <CAN3NB809D6mdBWGdYccgr9Xbc7VMv4uXcTO3wWMNHs6bwCMEWg(a)mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Unfortunately, I can't get a leave of absence or any funding for events > that are not promoted by an academic institution. I wonder if anyone here > has the same problem. > > Juliana. > > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 1:32 PM, LiAnna Davis <ldavis(a)wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Are you going to Wikimania this year? I'm excited to see so many > > education-related sessions proposed so far! I've started a list of > > education-related submissions on this page: > > > > > > > http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Education_Program/Wikimania_20… > > > > But I'm sure the list is missing some -- please add submissions you > > see! And please click through and add yourself to the interested > > attendees list for the sessions you think sound interesting. > > > > I'm also trying to coordinate some kind of education meet-up while > > we're there. There's also a list on that page of people who are hoping > > to or planning to attend Wikimania; please add yourself and add any > > ideas you have about the best things we could do as a group there. > > > > LiAnna > > > > > > -- > > LiAnna Davis > > Wikipedia Education Program Communications Manager > > Wikimedia Foundation > > http://education.wikimedia.org > > (415) 839-6885 x6649 > > ldavis(a)wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Education mailing list > > Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > >

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Re: [Wikimedia Education] Bringing academia to Wikimedia projects and events (it was Education Digest, Vol 10, Issue 3)
by Denis Barthel 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

Dear all, This is a very interesting discussion and I agree, that there is some need for a dedicated academic event on Wikipedia. Thus Wikimedia Deutschland has transformed the already existing concept of a "Wikipedia Academy" to a conference on Wikipedia issues in a broad sense. Please feel free to submit a paper, we are looking forward to find you participating in Berlin. As you probably have a lot of contacts to potentially interested colleagues too, we would like to ask you to spread the word about the conference and to forward our Call for Papers below. The call goes out to everyone who works on topics related to Wikipedia research and free knowledge (http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Topics_of_Interest). We understand education clearly as a part of this. Submission deadline for your extended abstract (approx. 2 pages) is 31 March. If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to contact us via academy(a)wikimedia.de Best regards on behalf of the Academy's Organizing Committee, Denis Barthel ----- 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge. June 29 - July 1, 2012 | Berlin, Germany Conference Website: http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page Submit your papers here: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012 The “Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge” provides a platform for the research community and the Wikipedia community to connect, present, discuss and advance research on Wikipedia in particular and on free knowledge in general. The Wikipedia Academy 2012 is organized by Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. in collaboration with the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society and Freie Universität Berlin. The conference will take place in Berlin, 29 June to 1 July 2012. The event will be open to all interested parties and features a variety of session formats ranging from workshops, panel discussions and tracks with traditional paper and poster presentations to break-out sessions, lightning talks, speed geeking and a free culture brunch. We particularly invite young doctoral and postdoctoral researcher to participate and to submit extended abstracts. For research paper and poster sessions, we would like to encourage the submission of extended abstracts addressing issues in the overall nexus of Wikipedia and free knowledge. == Dates == * Submission of extended abstracts: 31 March 2012 * Notification of acceptance: 1 May 2012 * Submission of full papers: 1 June 2012 * Event: 29 June - 1 July 2012 == Topics of interest == Submissions are invited for the categories following below. http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Submission_process === Research on Users of and Contributors to Wikipedia === * Diversity among users of and contributors to Wikipedia (e.g. gender gap) * Influencing participation by adapting user interfaces in open collaborative settings * Using information visualization as information instrument to users and contributors === Wikipedia Global === * Relations and Differences between national Wikipedias * Differences between and critique of free/open knowledge ideologies * Regional studies of Wikipedia and free knowledge with global lessons === Sharing Cultures and Practices === * Sharing culture(s) in Wikipedia and other projects of commons-based peer production * Incentives, innovation and community dynamics in open collaborative peer production * Wiki theory and wiki practices === Economic and Regulatory Aspects of Free Knowledge === * Economic, regulatory and societal implications of (increased) access to free knowledge * Different Modes of Governance: Emergence of Order and Coordination in Wikipedia * The role of licensing decisions for Wikipedia and other collaborative forms of knowledge production === Wikipedia Analytics === * Wikis and Wikipedia as a research tool * Analyzing Wikipedia as a source of "Big Data" * Assessing and measuring the quality of Wikipedia articles == Submission Guidelines == Extended Abstracts must be submitted by the given deadline for peer review. Conference language is English, exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis. Submission entails a commitment that at least one author will attend the event in the case of acceptance and deliver a full paper version prior to the event. Also, authors grant the organizers the right to publish accepted papers in the form of online proceedings or a similar format, to be determined at a later stage. In addition, accepted submissions will be automatically licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license unless the authors explicitly state in their submission that they wish to opt out of this licensing agreement. We encourage authors to use said license in order to promote open access to scholarly work although decisions to opt out will be respected and will not influence the review process in any way. In any case, authors of accepted submissions cannot opt out from the basic condition that they grant the organizers the right to publish at least the extended abstract online. Please submit your extended abstract (about 2-3 pages) in PDF, Open Document Format (ODF) or plain text format at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012 Note: You will need an easychair account to submit. You can create one on the spot if you do not have one yet. -- Projektmanager Fon +49 30 219 158 26 16 Mobil +49 172 23 13 811 E-Mail: denis.barthel(a)wikimedia.de -- Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Eisenacher Straße 2 | 10777 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 260 Helfen Sie mit, dass WIKIPEDIA von der UNESCO als erstes digitales Weltkulturerbe anerkannt wird. Unterzeichnen Sie die Online-Petition! Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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UNESCO and COL release open education policy document for higher education
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/30073 It would be interesting to see whether there's something we can learn about Wikiversity and Wikibooks functioning and promotion, and about OER promotion by Wikimedia chapters in general. Nemo

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Bringing academia to Wikimedia projects and events (it was Education Digest, Vol 10, Issue 3)
by Everton Zanella Alvarenga 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

(Adapting the subject to an adequate one) Hi all, this is a very important issue and we all involved in the global efforts to involve universities to improve Wikipedia - and, if I may add, raise awareness on the Wikimedia movement, which we could go deep, but let's retrict ourselves to the apparently solely goal at the moment. Wikimania is far from an academic event. Fact. Only a few academics would be interested in attending to it or, if they would be interested, would have time for it. Fact. The first time I've heard about Wikimania was during my masters studies, in 2005. I was already somewhat involved with Wikipedia, but even as a masters student, I would never think about going to what I've read at that time what is this event about. Instead I would go to a summer school (as I did in a previous year) or an academic conference that would be regarded by funding agencies. This is the view of a MS student, you can imagine a researcher who has to give number of papers/conferences/books and so on to survive inside the academic world (well, the well know publish or perish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_or_perish>) Frank has asked me to see with the five professors in Brazil who joined the Wikipedia Education Program if they would be interested in a meeting in the mid of the semester to share their, his and ambassadors experiences with the program. I've asked three of them until now (one is Juliana who raised the subject we are discussing here, who already gave the nice idea to transform the event in an academic meeting) and my feeling is that they will attend when they have time, which is not that much - waiting other professors answers and reactions to Juliana's proposal. I don't know very much about Wikipedia Academy <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Academy> and I'd love to hear more details about it and if it's aligned to the purpose of bringing attention of the academic world to Wikimedia projects, not only as a research field (indeed, a very interesting one, as Benkler teach us, for instance), but maybe as a source of inspiration from interesting peer production process that academia has a lot to learn - I believe that in a ideal world, if most forms of knowledge was freely shared, raw reserarch data, for instance [1], the processos of building new knowledge would be much faster (this is far from happening, if it will). I belive that professors joining these global education efforts are usually those commited to education. Those I've choose are.* I thnk one way to bring more attention from academia would be to invest more thoughts (I am not saying it was not invested) on how would professors, key figures in this program, together. The program is expanding now. How will professors, with such scarce time, share their experiences and how would they benefit from it? I believe those are a few and important challenges to make the program expand inside academia. Best, Tom *Besides most public universities in Brazil have education as one of their pillars, research comes first. I've seen a lot of professors who produce amazing educational resources, but they are treated in the same way as those professors who simply copy and paste American or European books on the blockboard, instead of using some of their time to do what is written in the contract with the institution he or she works. [1] http://pantonprinciples.org/ On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Bart <bart.humphries(a)gmail.com> wrote: > In other words, for academics to take it seriously (ask for time off, > volunteer time to write a paper, spend money to travel out there, stay > at a hotel, eat, etc.), it has to be run like a "real" academic > conference. I could go present a topic and speak for an hour at my > local Rotary club (and I have), but it's not really going to mean much > professionally and I wouldn't be putting it on either my resume or > curriculum vitae. Presenting a topic in a somewhat competitive forum > where the speakers are vetted and the presentation topics have > generally been run through some basic fact checking to make sure > they're not complete bunkum would be something of a "feather in my > cap", something that I would definitely put down on at least my > curriculum vitae. > > So, the question should be, is Wikimania a "real" academic conference, > or a fan convention (or both)? I'd argue that, in its current state, > Wikimania is basically a fan convention, designed as a big > meet-and-greet for Wikipedia editors, with some presentations given > that likely haven't been put up against any sort of test other than > "It's not Time Cube, right?" That's cool, I enjoy fun conventions, > but it's going to be difficult to attract "serious" academics to come > as presenters. > > Bart User:Banaticus -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) Wikimedia Brasil Wikimedia Foundation

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Education-related ideas for Wikimania
by LiAnna Davis 24 Mar '12

24 Mar '12

Are you going to Wikimania this year? I'm excited to see so many education-related sessions proposed so far! I've started a list of education-related submissions on this page: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Education_Program/Wikimania_20… But I'm sure the list is missing some -- please add submissions you see! And please click through and add yourself to the interested attendees list for the sessions you think sound interesting. I'm also trying to coordinate some kind of education meet-up while we're there. There's also a list on that page of people who are hoping to or planning to attend Wikimania; please add yourself and add any ideas you have about the best things we could do as a group there. LiAnna -- LiAnna Davis Wikipedia Education Program Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation http://education.wikimedia.org (415) 839-6885 x6649 ldavis(a)wikimedia.org

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Wikipedia Academy Berlin
by Juliana Bastos 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

Hello all! Is there anyone planning to present a paper at the Wikipedia Academy <http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page> conference in Berlin, in June? I'd like to present the results of my course experience last year, and I believe it would be great to articulate a joint session with other interested professors/ambassadors. I'm still not sure yet about which topic of interest<http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Topics_of_Interest>would be more appropriate for discussion on the Wikipedia Education Program, though. If anyone is interested, please let me know. Juliana Bastos Marques UNIRIO - Brazil (WP username: Domusaurea)

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