Education May 2017

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Writing or Editing a Wikipedia Article for Law School Credit
by Kleefeld, John 25 Nov '25

25 Nov '25

Dear fellow Wikipedians: This is to let you know about my most recent article, co-authored with former student Kate Rattray. We’re especially proud of this piece, in which we make a pedagogical and public-service case for writing and editing Wikipedia articles for law school credit. The article has just been published in the Journal of Legal Education, which, appropriately, is an open-access journal. The current volume can be found here: http://jle.aals.org/home/. You can also read an abstract and download the article from my SSRN (Social Sciences Research Network) website, here: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2729241. Yours truly, John Kleefeld Associate Professor, College of Law University of Saskatchewan 15 Campus Drive Saskatoon SK S7N 5A6 tel: (+1) 306.966.1039 email: john.kleefeld(a)usask.ca skype: johnkleefeld twitter: @johnkleefeld web: http://law.usask.ca/find-people/faculty/kleefeld-john.php

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Wikipedia assignment at Ulster University
by Lixxx235＠Wikipedia 22 Nov '25

22 Nov '25

Good evening, Professor Christie. My name is Lixxx235, and I'm a Wikipedia editor and an Online Ambassador with the Wikipedia Education Program. ( userpage <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lixxx235>) It's come to my attention (through a student's request for help via Wikipedia's live chat) that you have given your students assignments relating to editing Wikipedia. While the Wikipedia Education Program fully supports such assignments, and endorses a number of courses at various universities around the world, according to one of your students, an assignment you've given seems to have students confused and is causing submissions in violation of some Wikipedia policies and wasting volunteer and student time. For example, this <https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Fuel_controlled_fires_…> is an entry one of your students tried to get help on from our live help chat. This submission does not meet Wikipedia guidelines such as notability policies, policies requiring verifiability of material, and policies requiring a neutral point of view (NPOV) to be kept. In addition, it was not in Wikipedia's standard format. We'd love to get in touch with you. Please reply back to lixxx235wikipedia(a)gmail.com and education(a)lists.wikimedia.org to see how we can help you develop good assignments for editing Wikipedia and how we can resolve some issues with your current assignment. All the best, Lixxx235 English Wikipedia

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Introducing the Wikimedia Resource Center
by Maria Cruz 28 Jul '17

28 Jul '17

Hi all, As we have stated in our annual plan [1], “currently, community members must search many pages and places to stay informed about Foundation activities and resources.” We have worked in the past two quarters to create a single point of entry. We call it the Wikimedia Resource Center, and its alpha version is now live on Meta Wikimedia: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Resource_Center As the movement expands to include more affiliates and more programmatic activities every year, newer Wikimedians are faced with lack of experience in the movement and its various channels for requesting support. In order to expand Wikimedia communities’ efforts, we want to provide easy access to resources that support their very important work. The [[m:Wikimedia Resource Center]] is a hub designed in response to this issue: it is intended to evolve into a single point of entry for Wikimedians all over the world to the variety of resources and types of staff support they may need to develop new initiatives or also expand existing ones. This version of the Resource Center is only the beginning. For phase two of the project, we will enable volunteer Wikimedians to add resources developed by other individuals or organizations to the Wikimedia Resource Center, and in phase three, the Wikimedia Resource Center will include features to better connect Wikimedians to other Wikimedians that can support them. We want to hear what you think about this prototype and our plans for it! If you have comments about the Wikimedia Resource Center, you can submit your feedback publicly, on the Talk Page, or privately, via a survey hosted by a third party, that shouldn’t take you more than 4 minutes to complete. A feedback button is on the top right corner on every page of the hub. Looking forward to more collaborations! Best, María [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2016-2017/… -- María Cruz Communications and Outreach Project Manager, Community Engagement

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The May 2017 Issue of This Month in Education is out!
by Nichole Saad 29 May '17

29 May '17

Hello education community! I'm happy to announce that the new issue of This Month in Education <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News> is out. The featured article this month highlights some exciting activities in Ghana, and be sure to check out the other related articles about WEP activity in Africa. Like an article? Have a question?* Please contribute your thoughts* on the article's talk page! I'd like to take this time to also say that* we'd love to have more volunteers work with us to produce this newsletter.* Having monthly issues is a great way to make sure we are aware of what is going on with WEP around the world, but also requires a lot of bandwidth from our small team. Please reach out if you are willing to join us :D. Finally, we want your stories! *Don't forget to submit your stories for the next issue by 20 June! *You can submit by heading to the newsroom <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom>and using the input box. I hope you all are having a great start to the week. best, -- *Nichole Saad* WMF | Education Program Manager nsaad(a)wikimedia.org user: NSaad (WMF) *Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?* Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1

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Re: [Wikimedia Education] June Newsletter?
by Mina Theofilatou 29 May '17

29 May '17

Nichole, however I may understand that you were busy, someone really could have given the go-ahead. I think I recall seeing several drafts in the Newsroom and then when I looked again they weren't there. As this was not the way I recall things working in the previous issues, I drew the conclusion that the Newsletter had reverted to the quarterly format. As I have obtained parental consent forms for uploading photos of my students, and they will be disappointed if they are not included in this newsletter (by June newsletter I meant the one with May news to be released in June and not the June news to be released in July), please wait until a little later when I will upload the draft I have prepared before releasing the Newsletter. There is a 10 hour time difference between Greece and San Francisco so I think this is the least I could expect of the person in charge of the Wikipedia in Education newsletter. Thanks, expecting a positive reply. BW Mina On May 29, 2017 8:57 PM, "Nichole Saad" <nsaad(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: Dear Mina and all, My apologies if myself and the Newsletter Team have dropped the ball on requesting articles for the May edition of "This Month in Education." This has been an especially busy and travel filled month. However,* please understand that you may submit your article to the newsroom at any time*. As long as your article is submitted before the deadline, it will make it into that month's issue. The issue for May will go out today. You have until June 20th to submit your article for the June newsletter, and I encourage you to do so. The submission deadline for each month's newsletter is the *20th of the month*. Kindly check the publication guidelines <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/Publication_Guidelines> for all the relevant information on how the newsletter is published each month. Each month, if you submit in the Newsroom <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom> by the deadline, your article will be published. Finally, if you need an extension on the deadline, kindly reach out to me and I will see if we have the bandwidth to accommodate your request. Most likely we will. Thank you for your email, and for your contributions to our community newsletter. I hope I have clarified how you can participate. all the best, Nichole On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 11:53 PM, Mina Theofilatou <saintfevrier(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all:) > > I have been waiting for an email or Meta post inviting editors to submit > stories for the June Wikipedia in Education Newsletter. I have checked all > the relevant wiki spaces and there's nothing there. Had we not returned to > the monthly format? Am I missing out on something? > > I have important stories to share, and I'm sure other educators around the > world do also: this is the end of the school year for most countries. All > the work we have been doing all year has matured, our students have worked > hard with impressive results. Please confirm that there will be an > opportunity for us to share our achievements before summer vacation begins. > > Nichole Saad, looking forward to hearing from you. > > Best regards, > > Mina Theofilatou (User:Saintfevrier) > Kefalonia, Greece > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > -- *Nichole Saad* WMF | Education Program Manager nsaad(a)wikimedia.org user: NSaad (WMF) *Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?* Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1 _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education

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June Newsletter?
by Mina Theofilatou 29 May '17

29 May '17

Hello all:) I have been waiting for an email or Meta post inviting editors to submit stories for the June Wikipedia in Education Newsletter. I have checked all the relevant wiki spaces and there's nothing there. Had we not returned to the monthly format? Am I missing out on something? I have important stories to share, and I'm sure other educators around the world do also: this is the end of the school year for most countries. All the work we have been doing all year has matured, our students have worked hard with impressive results. Please confirm that there will be an opportunity for us to share our achievements before summer vacation begins. Nichole Saad, looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Mina Theofilatou (User:Saintfevrier) Kefalonia, Greece

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Your help needed: update on strategy & feedback from EDU-Wiki group
by Shani Evenstein 19 May '17

19 May '17

Dear Education enthusiasts, Some of you may have heard that Cycle 1 of the movement strategy process is over and the second round has already opened. Below are some details on the results of round 1, as well as details on round 2. You can help by doing 2 things: 1 - *Help share these details with your local communities*, especially in case they do not have community liaisons, and then share your personal / local thoughts on these themes there. 2 - *Participate in cycle 2 from an EDU-Wiki perspective (which is where we need your help) - * Our efforts around the world are dedicated to spreading the use of Wikipedia & its sister projects as teaching and learning tools, in the hope of not only creating high quality information in wiki projects, but also help students develop relevant 21 century skills. As mentioned, most of our work is done locally and you are all encouraged to give your personal / local feedback via your local affiliates or directly into the designated Cycle 2 page. However, *we also have EDU-Wiki needs that are global and relevant to all of us.* It is therefore important that we don't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to let our joint voice be heard *as a united group*. To that end, we are facilitating a discussion on each of the 5 themes from a *Wiki in Education perspective. * You voice matters. So please share your thoughts & ideas. If you have any questions, please ping me here or personally. Best, Shani. *==Cycle 1 Report==* Between March 14 and April 18, participants of our movement have been asked to answer the question: "What do we want to build or achieve together over the next 15 years?". 1800 statements were gathered from around the world, and after being analyzed, *13 themes have emerged: * * Reliable, neutral, high-quality content * Community health & support * Internal & external collaboration * Features * Users, editors, & contributors * Outreach, awareness, & promotion * Innovation * Funding, staffing, and other organizational needs * Emerging communities * Advancing education * Movement values * Knowledge * Sustainability & growth You can read more about each of them it in *the complete "Cycle 1 Report"* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Cycle_1/Re….>. In case your country does not have strategy liaisons, please share these results in your home wiki. You can further help by translating this page to your own language. *==Strategy Cycle 2 is now Open== * So what's next? Cycle 2 of the strategy process has opened yesterday and will remain *open till the June 12*. Full details on Cycle 2 are here <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Cycle_2>. In this cycle, you can comment on *5 major themes* that have been identified: * Healthy, Inclusive Communities <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Cycle_2/He…> * The Augmented Age <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Cycle_2/Th…> * A Truly Global Movement <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Cycle_2/A_…> * The Most Respected Source of Knowledge <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Cycle_2/Th…> * Engaging in the Knowledge Ecosystem <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Cycle_2/En…> *Feedback could be given in various ways: * *1 - Via this email thread* *2 - On Meta **in a dedicated page* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Outreach/W…> for us to discuss each of the themes. 3 -* Via our Facebook group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikipediaEducationProgram/>,* which will host a discussion per theme every few days. 4 - If you don't wish to expose your thoughts publicly, you are welcome to *reach out to me personally*, and I'll be sure to convey your thoughts forward. ==Relevant Further Links== * Further details on the timeline of the strategy process <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Process/en…> * Participating in the discussion via your own home wiki - this page has further details on opening your own discussion per language or group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Participat…>. Thanks in advance for your participation. It can make a difference to all of us. Cheers, Shani Evenstein.

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The Celtic Knot: Wikipedia Language Conference - programme now live!
by MCANDREW Ewan 18 May '17

18 May '17

Dear colleagues, Please disseminate this open invitation to a University of Edinburgh and Wikimedia UK conference to interested colleagues as appropriate. How can technology support language communities? Join us at the Celtic Knot conference<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017> taking place Thursday 6 July 2017 at the University of Edinburgh Business School to find out. Our programme is now live! Keynote speakers * Professor Antonella Sorace<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017#Keynotes> - Professor of Developmental Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh<http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/%7Eantonell/> and founding director of Bilingualism Matters<http://www.bilingualism-matters.org.uk/> will be speaking on ‘Bilingualism in minority languages: a resource and an opportunity’. * Jason Evans<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017#Keynotes> - Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach/Wikipedian_in_Residence_at_th…> will discuss his strategy for working with Wikimedia UK and the Welsh Government to develop the Welsh Wicipedia using a combination of community engagement, data manipulation and the implementation of Open Access policies. Confirmed speakers also include: * Susan Ross – Gaelic Wikipedian in Residence<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2017/01/wikimedia-uk-and-national-library-of-…> at the National Library of Scotland.<http://www.nls.uk/news/archive/2017/01/gaelic-wikipedian-begins> * Dr. Sharon Arbuthnot<http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/sharon-arbuthnot%28519b4b40-d075-4b…> - Research Fellow, Queen's University, Belfast. Presenting on the AHRC-funded eDIL project<http://www.dil.ie/> (Irish Language dictionary) on Wednesday 5th July. * Gareth Morlais – the Welsh Language Unit, Welsh Government. Gareth will speak about how mapping how much importance major companies (Google, Twitter, Apple) attach to creative activity on Wikipedia led to the Welsh Government helping to fund two Welsh-language Wikipedia initiatives. * Delyth Prys – Head of the Language Technologies Unit, Bangor University, will speak on Welsh/Celtic speech technology and why text-to-speech and speech recognition are becoming increasingly important in our digital world. * Àlex Hinojo<http://www.alexhinojo.cat/en/bio/> – Executive Director, Amical Wikimedia<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Amical_Wikimedia> on the Catalan language project. * Iñaki Lopez de Luzuriaga – Developing the Basque Wikipedia: From corpus expansion to outreach. * Astrid Carlsen – Executive Director, Wikimedia Norge speaking on Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and building a project to revitalize the Northern Sami Wikipedia. * Robin Owain – Wales Manager, Wikimedia UK, speaking on recent developments supporting the Welsh language community. * Mina Theofilatou presenting on ‘Adult Learners from the Ionian Islands of Corfu and Kefalonia sharing Cultural Heritage on Wikimedia Commons and Wiktionary’. * Duncan Brown - Llên Natur<http://www.llennatur.com/Drupal7/llennatur/>, presenting on ‘Y BYWIADUR: the dictionary of life’. * Rémy Gerbet - Wikimedia France; presenting on the Lingua Libre project<https://www.lingualibre.fr/> for massive open audio recording. * Käbi Suvi - Wikimedia Estonia on the ‘Miljon+’ project as part of Estonia’s 100th anniversary. * Ilario Valdelli - Wikimedia Switzerland, speaking on the Digital Library in Romansch and the new initiatives to map the archeological sites connected with Celtic culture in the Alps. The main objective for Celtic Knot 2017 is the coming together of practitioners in the same room at same time; strengthening the bonds of those working to support language communities into a 'knot' and leading into action. We welcome diverse attendees ranging from Wikimedians, linguists, educators, researchers, information professionals, media professionals, translators, learning technologists and more coming together to share good practice and find fruitful new collaborations to support language communities as a result of the event. To find out more about the conference themes and how to book your place to join us then please visit the Celtic Knot<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017> page. To assist with seeing areas of commonality and links between your work and the Wikimedia projects<http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2017/03/10/seeing-the-links-at-the-celtic-k…> you can click here<http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/2017/03/10/seeing-the-links-at-the-celtic-k…>. It promises to be a great event – including a panel on the Politics of Language Online, excellent papers, workshops and discussion spaces. Please feel free to forward this event to interested colleagues in your network. If you would like to learn more then please contact me direct at ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk>. Very best regards, Ewan McAndrew Wikimedian in Residence Tel: 07719 330076 Email: ewan.mcandrew(a)ed.ac.uk Subscribe to the mailing list: wikimedia(a)mlist.is.ed.ac.uk My working hours are 10.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday. Wikipedia Project Page for the residency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh, Floor H (West), Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DR. www.ed.ac.uk The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Draft Wiki Ed Annual Plan 2017-18
by LiAnna Davis 16 May '17

16 May '17

(Standard apologies for the cross-post!) The Wiki Education Foundation's draft annual report for 2016–17 and draft annual plan for 2017–18 is now available on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Education_Foundation/Annual_Plan_2017-… This marks the first time that Wiki Ed staff have solicited Wikimedia community comments and questions on our draft. We're doing so this year based on conversations with members of the Simple APG Committee. As you can see in our plan, Wiki Ed intends to enter the FDC process this fall. During the review process from the Simple APG committee this spring, committee members raised concerns about a lack of opportunity for comments on Wiki Ed's draft annual plans. While we always publish our board-approved annual plan on our website, we haven't offered a draft for comments in the past. In an effort to be more transparent and respond to the Simple APG committee's feedback, I've posted the draft of the annual plan on Meta and invite comments and questions from the broader Wikimedia community on the draft talk page. Comments made prior to May 28 will be taken into account when Wiki Ed staff prepare a final version of the plan for the board to vote upon. As with all nonprofits, our board is the final decision-maker on our annual plan. LiAnna -- LiAnna Davis Director of Programs; Deputy Director Wiki Education Foundation www.wikiedu.org

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Re: [Wikimedia Education] [Wiki-research-l] Essay about fake news, algorithms, social bots, and more
by Pine W 15 May '17

15 May '17

Agreed that what we're seeing are Internet-enabled implementations of old practices. I think that there has been a recent renewal of awareness of how effective these dark arts can be at generating revenue and perhaps affecting political systems. Over the years, a number of people and organizations have tried to manipulate the neutrality of Wikipedia content for political, financial, or PR advantage. I have the impression that the community's human resources capacity and technical tools are currently insufficient in comparison to the scale of the problems. I'm hoping that some of the tools that are being developed as a part of the anti-harassment initiative will help a little. I'm also thinking that a good exercise for students in Wikipedia in Education classes would be to identify content that is noncompliant with neutrality and verifiability standards, and either change that content themselves or flag it for review by more experienced editors. Pine On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 5:53 AM, James Salsman <jsalsman(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Pine wrote: > > > > I'm finding it encouraging to see that a number of researchers and > > journalists are taking these problems seriously, trying to understand > them, > > and trying to improve the situation. > > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/tech/misinformation-on- > social-media-could-outfox-technical-solutions-for-now > > I'm encouraged by the studies, but confused about why the fake news > phenomenon is considered novel, rather than continuations of age-old > disinformation, yellow journalism, aggressive public relations, > manufactured consent, astroturfing, propaganda, and deceptive > marketing. There's nothing new about it other than the term. > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >

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