Education March 2018

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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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GLAMWiki Conference 2018: Content submissions are now open!
by Shani Evenstein 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

[[Sorry for x-posting]] Dear all, I'm happy to report that the content submission process <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Program/Submit> for the GLAMWiki Conference 2018 is now open! Submissions will be accepted *till April 30th*, so feel free to start drafting your proposals. Please note that submissions for scholarships <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM_TLV_2018/Scholarships> will open tomorrow via a different process and the actual registration will take place later on in June. We'll notify you every step of the way. :) Looking forward to reading your submissions, Shani (on behalf of the organizing team and the program committee).

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survey on the Program and Events Dashboard
by Vahid Masrour 31 Mar '18

31 Mar '18

Dear Wikipedia+Education Program Leaders, We are in the process of thinking how to improve the Programs & Events Dashboard, and would like to request that you help us by sharing your perceptions, and recommendations. In order for you to share with us, we have set up a survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdjGXr8TtnSFYhBvMFUUsTZ 1PSHAgoNZc7Tp3fRJPqIeMJtTg/viewform We expect this survey to take less than 20 minutes of your time. If possible, we would like to receive your answer this week. Note: This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement https:// wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2018_Programs_%26_Events_ Dashboard_Survey_Privacy_Statement Thank you for taking the time and helping us figure out the next steps in the evolution of the P&E Dashboard. Best Regards, Vahid. -- Vahid Masrour Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education

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Re: [Wikimedia Education] my upcoming presentation about Wikipedia in education
by Vahid Masrour 29 Mar '18

29 Mar '18

Try again without the "[", "]" in the subject line. We are not sure why, but the filter is finicky regarding special characters in the subject line. Glad to read you found the presentation useful. If you want a more detailed explanation of the slides, let me know! Thanks for taking the initiative of creating the page on outreach wiki! Let's build it up with what we find is essential to convey to educators (what "they need to know" and "what works when talking to educators"). Best Regards, Vahid. On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 12:11 PM, Gina Bennett <bennett.gina(a)gmail.com> wrote: > hi Vahid > > Thanks so much for this! I agree - the Mythbuster section in particular > has some slides very relevant to what I want to convey. > > I definitely haven't finalized my presentation yet ... it is still almost > a month away & you can be sure I won't have finalized it until the last > minute ;-) > > I was thinking it might be useful to collect all the great resources & > ideas contributed by members of this mailing list, into one place so that > others can more easily access them. So I went to this page on the Wikimedia > Education resource page (https://outreach.wikimedia.or > g/wiki/Education/Working_with_educators) & just added a line to get the > ball rolling. I will try to > flesh this out 'just as soon as the rush is over.' > > Thanks again, > Gina > > ------------ > PS: I tried sending the above message to the mailing list but it was > turned back "Message rejected by filter rule match" > ------------ > > > > On 27 March 2018 at 11:11, Vahid Masrour <vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hi Gina! >> >> I know i'm late in the thread, and it seems you have a sound plan, but >> just >> in case you're still putting your slides together, allow me to share this: >> >> https://goo.gl/Dlzdsj >> >> The Mythbuster section in particular might be aligned with some of the >> things you are trying to explain. >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Vahid. >> >> >> -- Vahid Masrour Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education

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my upcoming presentation about Wikipedia in education
by Gina Bennett 27 Mar '18

27 Mar '18

hello again, Wikipedia Education participants First, let me thank all of you who have contributed such great ideas, resource links, & offers of help with my upcoming presentation about Wikipedia for Adult Educators. Your suggestions have helped me a LOT & I am feeling much more confident about moving forward with this presentation. So far, I've put together a rough schedule of my 1.5 hour workshop/presentation. I've included it below, & you'll notice that I've incorporated suggestions from a number of you in my planning: To start (~ first 5 mins.): Introduction of the workshop & the presenter (me), as well as a short explanation of my perspective, about the incident which made me so passionate about access to knowledge & why I became interested in WP. next 10 mins: What you *thought* you knew about Wikipedia: a short interactive quiz to expose some of the myths people may still believe about WP (I can post my quiz to anyone in this mailing list who is interested) 15 mins: Intro to WP. I am thinking I might just use Pen-Yuan Hsing's Vimeo presentation (https://vimeo.com/234993156) because it says what I want to say & because it is just SO excellent (I will be sure to attribute you, Pen-Yuan!) 15 mins.: Action item 1: Case Study. I would like to assign a popular topic in Adult Education which has recently seen some controversy (e.g. Multiple intelligences). Most participants will have a laptop or tablet so they can work in small groups to look up this term. Note how a quick search using Google (or even Google Scholar) yields a wealth of explanatory or how-to resources. BUT - when you look this up in WP, you very quickly see that this concept has come under debate (important to know this!!!) We can examine the anatomy of a WP article (article page, Talk page, History) to see how knowledge about the topic evolves & is presented, reviewed, and negotiated; how we can form a more nuanced view. We can also talk about how WP works to provide knowledge depth and integrity, with internal links, external links, related articles, portals, categories, discussion pages. 15 - 25 mins.: Action item 2: So what?? We could do this part in small groups or back in the large group, depending on how things are flowing. I might start off the discussion like this: Our Adult Education programs are designed to help our students transition, with confidence, into the next stage of their learning journey: whether university/college programming, a technical program, a trade, or just more strongly-informed participation as citizens, parents, community members etc. Some questions to get/keep the discussion going: - In this world of Facebook, "fake news", tabloids, and super-easy access to all kinds of information, what would you like your students to understand about knowledge? - Knowing what you know now about how knowledge is constructed, debated, negotiated, reviewed etc. in WP, how you might use this in your practice? - How do your students currently use WP? Or -- how do you suspect they are using WP? How could they be using it more effectively? How can you use this as an opportunity to talk about where knowledge comes from & how to be critical about the information they read? In the last half-hour (if time & interest permit): let's try editing! I'm thinking of creating a page in my WP sandbox for our professional association, & getting everybody to help us produce at least a stub article. Participants can create a WP account if they like (& will be encouraged to do so!!) or just contribute references & text that we can put together to make a stub. Would be really exciting if we could make this live & -- who knows -- maybe some people will even add to it after the workshop. As always, I am open to more of your thoughts & suggestions. Appreciatively Gina Bennett

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last call for March Education Newsletter
by Vahid Masrour 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

Dear Wikipedia+Education Enthusiasts, We need your news for the March Newsletter! What are you doing? What are you learning? What can you share? Please take 30 minutes and let us know by posting in https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom : 1. Add a title 2. write 4-5 paragraphs 3. add a picture or two 4. Post for the world to benefit from! Read you soon! Vahid. -- Vahid Masrour Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education

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Re: [Wikimedia Education] Education Digest, Vol 82, Issue 7
by Kangah Donatien KOFFI 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

Hello Gina, You will find in attachment my Intoduction courses concerning Wikipedia to journalism students in Abidjan. It's in french. I hope it will help you. Best, 2018-03-25 12:00 GMT+00:00 <education-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org>: > 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. request for presentations, suggestions, hints (Gina Bennett) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 15:10:43 -0700 > From: Gina Bennett <bennett.gina(a)gmail.com> > To: education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimedia Education] request for presentations, suggestions, > hints > Message-ID: > <CADTatYkTdM_dLxaP+mRVX-FZNF+bhEu+tfwjJFmZgQNOw42C9A@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > hello Wikimedia education enthusiasts! > > Next month I am giving a presentation to a group of my colleagues, who are > Adult Basic /Literacy Educators in Canada. My presentation is titled > "Wikipedia – the overlooked and misunderstood resource". The presentation > is scheduled for 1.5 hours but since it's the last presentation of the day > nobody will mind if it's a bit shorter ;-) > > Here are the main points I want to get across: > > - there are several myths about the role of Wikipedia in academic work & > I want to dispel these > - academically rigorous ways to use Wikipedia do exist & we'll talk > about these > - learning to navigate Wikipedia provides a "teachable moment" to > educate your students about academic integrity, a 'neutral point of > view', > and the reliability of information. > - Is knowledge just a collection of 'facts'? Or is knowledge something > negotiated? Let's discuss our own beliefs about how knowledge is > constructed, validated, shared, and "owned." > > Here's my question: do any of you have presentations (e.g. Powerpoints, > Slideshare etc.) related to these topics that you'd be willing to share > with me? Or just any ideas, suggestions, or comments that could work in my > presentation? > > My apologies if this is an inappropriate forum for such a request. > > Gina Bennett; Faculty > University of the Fraser Valley > Hope, BC, Canada > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Education Digest, Vol 82, Issue 7 > **************************************** > -- Donatien Kangah *Directeur Général* *e-voir.net <http://e-voir.net>*

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Re: [Wikimedia Education] Education Digest, Vol 82, Issue 8
by Hannah Evans 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

Hi there Gina, I think this is going to be an insightful presentation for your audience! I'm currently working on an introduction to 'Wikimedia in the Classroom' featuring the projects we've been working on here in the UK. So similarly to Michel, I would love to have access to what you end up producing! All the best, Hannah On 26 March 2018 at 09:20, <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: request for presentations, suggestions, hints > (Michel Wesseling) > 2. Re: request for presentations, suggestions, hints (Jackie) > 3. (no subject) (Kamala Nura) > 4. Re: request for presentations, suggestions, hints > (Gabriel Thullen) > 5. Re: request for presentations, suggestions, hints (Elly Koepf) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 19:13:08 +0200 > From: Michel Wesseling <michel(a)wikimedia.nl> > To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] request for presentations, > suggestions, hints > Message-ID: > <CAMRMQQWAVxZQb0oG8mkJmOb8-8PskGPrdmrwyk30pDzfJFLgAw@ > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear GIna, > Thanks for your message. I would be very interested to have access to your > presentation because I am preparing a similar one later this year. > If you have anything to share, please let me know, so maybe I can comment > and share my thinking about these topics with you. > > Kind greetings and good luck in preparing the presentation. > Michel > > > 2018-03-24 23:10 GMT+01:00 Gina Bennett <bennett.gina(a)gmail.com>: > > > hello Wikimedia education enthusiasts! > > > > Next month I am giving a presentation to a group of my colleagues, who > are > > Adult Basic /Literacy Educators in Canada. My presentation is titled > > "Wikipedia – the overlooked and misunderstood resource". The > presentation > > is scheduled for 1.5 hours but since it's the last presentation of the > day > > nobody will mind if it's a bit shorter ;-) > > > > Here are the main points I want to get across: > > > > - there are several myths about the role of Wikipedia in academic > work & > > I want to dispel these > > - academically rigorous ways to use Wikipedia do exist & we'll talk > > about these > > - learning to navigate Wikipedia provides a "teachable moment" to > > educate your students about academic integrity, a 'neutral point of > > view', > > and the reliability of information. > > - Is knowledge just a collection of 'facts'? Or is knowledge something > > negotiated? Let's discuss our own beliefs about how knowledge is > > constructed, validated, shared, and "owned." > > > > Here's my question: do any of you have presentations (e.g. Powerpoints, > > Slideshare etc.) related to these topics that you'd be willing to share > > with me? Or just any ideas, suggestions, or comments that could work in > my > > presentation? > > > > My apologies if this is an inappropriate forum for such a request. > > > > Gina Bennett; Faculty > > University of the Fraser Valley > > Hope, BC, Canada > > _______________________________________________ > > Education mailing list > > Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 13:03:55 -0500 > From: Jackie <jackie.koerner(a)gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] request for presentations, > suggestions, hints > Message-ID: > <CAOVUmJ8caXZExoo4-JbXJ=f27fLtAd66o=XKYNba25u_B09yPg@ > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi Gina, > > So glad to know you are going to present. Sometimes getting Wikipedia on > the roster can be a challenge. I am excited to learn about how it goes. It > seems like you have a great foundation for your presentation and the topics > you're going to cover. > > I would even suggest starting on the ground level with Wikipedia. Your > audience will be a mix of learning styles, and understanding of Wikipedia > amongst attendees will vary for sure. Maybe include a little intro about > Wikipedia with some screenshots. Maybe ask about myths people have heard > and correct them. Also have them do an action item at the end - how are > they planning to use Wikipedia in their practice? > > I generally present on Wikipedia, communication and bias, but I am a K-16 > educator in the US with a focus on disability and inclusion. I'd gladly > listen to you practice your presentation if that would be helpful. > > Best, > > Jackie > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Michel Wesseling <michel(a)wikimedia.nl> > wrote: > > > Dear GIna, > > Thanks for your message. I would be very interested to have access to > your > > presentation because I am preparing a similar one later this year. > > If you have anything to share, please let me know, so maybe I can comment > > and share my thinking about these topics with you. > > > > Kind greetings and good luck in preparing the presentation. > > Michel > > > > > > 2018-03-24 23:10 GMT+01:00 Gina Bennett <bennett.gina(a)gmail.com>: > > > > > hello Wikimedia education enthusiasts! > > > > > > Next month I am giving a presentation to a group of my colleagues, who > > are > > > Adult Basic /Literacy Educators in Canada. My presentation is titled > > > "Wikipedia – the overlooked and misunderstood resource". The > > presentation > > > is scheduled for 1.5 hours but since it's the last presentation of the > > day > > > nobody will mind if it's a bit shorter ;-) > > > > > > Here are the main points I want to get across: > > > > > > - there are several myths about the role of Wikipedia in academic > > work & > > > I want to dispel these > > > - academically rigorous ways to use Wikipedia do exist & we'll talk > > > about these > > > - learning to navigate Wikipedia provides a "teachable moment" to > > > educate your students about academic integrity, a 'neutral point of > > > view', > > > and the reliability of information. > > > - Is knowledge just a collection of 'facts'? Or is knowledge > something > > > negotiated? Let's discuss our own beliefs about how knowledge is > > > constructed, validated, shared, and "owned." > > > > > > Here's my question: do any of you have presentations (e.g. Powerpoints, > > > Slideshare etc.) related to these topics that you'd be willing to share > > > with me? Or just any ideas, suggestions, or comments that could work in > > my > > > presentation? > > > > > > My apologies if this is an inappropriate forum for such a request. > > > > > > Gina Bennett; Faculty > > > University of the Fraser Valley > > > Hope, BC, Canada > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Education mailing list > > > Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Education mailing list > > Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > > > -- > Jackie Koerner, Ph.D. > Researcher & Visiting Scholar > jackiekoerner.com > > I use a large font to aim for readability and accessibility for all, which > is in line with Universal Design (UD). For more information on UD, visit > http://www.udlcenter.org/. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 13:39:31 -0700 > From: Kamala Nura <kamaladdeennura(a)gmail.com> > To: education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimedia Education] (no subject) > Message-ID: > <CAG2_E=rE1YfhY9=QViqKzFgWUtw6h2eE951OTBQ1HoC7Rd+GDA@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Kamaladdeennura(a)gmail.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 23:51:22 +0200 > From: Gabriel Thullen <gabriel(a)thullen.com> > To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] request for presentations, > suggestions, hints > Message-ID: > <CAPKdw6D_PNgDPqJgERZgyVSa9uvvkk5oGUbC_ > UuQfDGWHwCvPg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi Gina, > > I can share with you how I do this in West Africa. The situation there is a > bit different, I was presenting Kiwix (www.kiwix.org), an off-line > Wikipedia reader, to teachers who had very little experience with Internet > in general. They have modern cell phones, laptops but Internet connections > are not reliable and very expensive. > - I start by talking about what happens when the Google something. Most of > these teachers have had access to Internet when they go to cities. I then > show them (I usually have connection through my own phone) that Google > displays information from Wikipedia. So they have probably all used > Wikipedia, even those who do not know specifically about the encyclopedia. > - I then talk about Kiwix and off-line access to Wikipedia > - Each teacher, using Kiwix, looks up a subject that they know a lot about, > in their field of teaching. That way they usually find out that no matter > how much they know, or how much their printed teaching resources show, > there is a lot of information on Wikipedia that is new to them. Sometimes > it is just details, sometimes more important sections of knowledge. > > When distributing Kiwix in West Africa, I have found out that we need to > spend half a day or so exploring the encyclopedia for teachers to be > convinced that it can be useful to them. In my experience in Geneva > (Switzerland) where there are absolutely no connectivity issues, it also > takes a few hours to show and convince my colleagues of the potential of > Wikipedia for their classrooms. > > But you say you have about 1.5 hours. So I would suggest a few ideas: > - Your colleagues probably all know about Wikipedia, but maybe a bit > superficially. I would go over with them how it works: internal links, > external links, related articles, portals, categories, discussion pages, > etc. > - Are some of the adult students foreign language speakers? You could also > show the inter wiki links, and explain that the English Wikipedia has the > most articles, those in other languages are not just translations but have > been written by contributors who may not even speak English! > - Challenge the audience to come up with some information that is not > correct on Wikipedia. I usually do this with my colleagues, and they have > yet to come up with a major error in Wikipedia. I do not count spelling > mistakes... > - I also talk about the way articles a reviewed before publication in > peer-reviewed journals, and compare that to the way articles are written > and improved anonymously on Wikipedia. When an paper is submitted to a > peer-reviewed journal, the reviewers do not know who has written the paper. > They can only judge the paper on it's own merits. Wikipedia is the same: > there is no authority that has signed the article, you have to judge the > article by checking the references... That comparison usually goes well > with university audiences. > > I am very interested in how your presentations goes. Please keep us > informed. > > Best regards > Gabriel > > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 8:03 PM, Jackie <jackie.koerner(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Gina, > > > > So glad to know you are going to present. Sometimes getting Wikipedia on > > the roster can be a challenge. I am excited to learn about how it goes. > It > > seems like you have a great foundation for your presentation and the > topics > > you're going to cover. > > > > I would even suggest starting on the ground level with Wikipedia. Your > > audience will be a mix of learning styles, and understanding of Wikipedia > > amongst attendees will vary for sure. Maybe include a little intro about > > Wikipedia with some screenshots. Maybe ask about myths people have heard > > and correct them. Also have them do an action item at the end - how are > > they planning to use Wikipedia in their practice? > > > > I generally present on Wikipedia, communication and bias, but I am a K-16 > > educator in the US with a focus on disability and inclusion. I'd gladly > > listen to you practice your presentation if that would be helpful. > > > > Best, > > > > Jackie > > > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Michel Wesseling <michel(a)wikimedia.nl> > > wrote: > > > > > Dear GIna, > > > Thanks for your message. I would be very interested to have access to > > your > > > presentation because I am preparing a similar one later this year. > > > If you have anything to share, please let me know, so maybe I can > comment > > > and share my thinking about these topics with you. > > > > > > Kind greetings and good luck in preparing the presentation. > > > Michel > > > > > > > > > 2018-03-24 23:10 GMT+01:00 Gina Bennett <bennett.gina(a)gmail.com>: > > > > > > > hello Wikimedia education enthusiasts! > > > > > > > > Next month I am giving a presentation to a group of my colleagues, > who > > > are > > > > Adult Basic /Literacy Educators in Canada. My presentation is titled > > > > "Wikipedia – the overlooked and misunderstood resource". The > > > presentation > > > > is scheduled for 1.5 hours but since it's the last presentation of > the > > > day > > > > nobody will mind if it's a bit shorter ;-) > > > > > > > > Here are the main points I want to get across: > > > > > > > > - there are several myths about the role of Wikipedia in academic > > > work & > > > > I want to dispel these > > > > - academically rigorous ways to use Wikipedia do exist & we'll > talk > > > > about these > > > > - learning to navigate Wikipedia provides a "teachable moment" to > > > > educate your students about academic integrity, a 'neutral point > of > > > > view', > > > > and the reliability of information. > > > > - Is knowledge just a collection of 'facts'? Or is knowledge > > something > > > > negotiated? Let's discuss our own beliefs about how knowledge is > > > > constructed, validated, shared, and "owned." > > > > > > > > Here's my question: do any of you have presentations (e.g. > Powerpoints, > > > > Slideshare etc.) related to these topics that you'd be willing to > share > > > > with me? Or just any ideas, suggestions, or comments that could work > in > > > my > > > > presentation? > > > > > > > > My apologies if this is an inappropriate forum for such a request. > > > > > > > > Gina Bennett; Faculty > > > > University of the Fraser Valley > > > > Hope, BC, Canada > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Education mailing list > > > > Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Education mailing list > > > Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jackie Koerner, Ph.D. > > Researcher & Visiting Scholar > > jackiekoerner.com > > > > I use a large font to aim for readability and accessibility for all, > which > > is in line with Universal Design (UD). For more information on UD, visit > > http://www.udlcenter.org/. > > _______________________________________________ > > Education mailing list > > Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:20:25 +0200 > From: Elly Koepf <elly.koepf(a)wikimedia.de> > To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] request for presentations, > suggestions, hints > Message-ID: > <CAP48umHi=mcOeZbDbOe77wRDYwEvjQUBRSsBGCLgyan8+vbOdg@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi Gina, > Hi everybody, > > this is a very nice idea to share presentations and methods behind it. > Thank you for asking! > > First: I really like the title. > I'll go a bit with Jackie: I would also have a short info about what > Wikipedia is. But I mean really short. > As far as I see, everybody knows Wikipedia, but most don't know that it is > written by (nearly) all of us and that it is free to share and to use. > so I like to point the first thing out. Also it is nice to give some > example of who writes it, and that tere is a really community behind. > > What my audiences always love is the citation-button ;) > This could be interesting for you aswell. > Also the difference between citation and wrong licenscing is interesting > for educators I found out. > > Maybe that hepls? > > Good luck. > > > Best, Elly > > Herzlichst, > > Elly Köpf > Projektmanagerin > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0http://wikimedia.de > > Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen > Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns > dabei!http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ > > 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. > > > 2018-03-25 23:51 GMT+02:00 Gabriel Thullen <gabriel(a)thullen.com>: > > > Hi Gina, > > > > I can share with you how I do this in West Africa. The situation there > is a > > bit different, I was presenting Kiwix (www.kiwix.org), an off-line > > Wikipedia reader, to teachers who had very little experience with > Internet > > in general. They have modern cell phones, laptops but Internet > connections > > are not reliable and very expensive. > > - I start by talking about what happens when the Google something. Most > of > > these teachers have had access to Internet when they go to cities. I then > > show them (I usually have connection through my own phone) that Google > > displays information from Wikipedia. So they have probably all used > > Wikipedia, even those who do not know specifically about the > encyclopedia. > > - I then talk about Kiwix and off-line access to Wikipedia > > - Each teacher, using Kiwix, looks up a subject that they know a lot > about, > > in their field of teaching. That way they usually find out that no matter > > how much they know, or how much their printed teaching resources show, > > there is a lot of information on Wikipedia that is new to them. Sometimes > > it is just details, sometimes more important sections of knowledge. > > > > When distributing Kiwix in West Africa, I have found out that we need to > > spend half a day or so exploring the encyclopedia for teachers to be > > convinced that it can be useful to them. In my experience in Geneva > > (Switzerland) where there are absolutely no connectivity issues, it also > > takes a few hours to show and convince my colleagues of the potential of > > Wikipedia for their classrooms. > > > > But you say you have about 1.5 hours. So I would suggest a few ideas: > > - Your colleagues probably all know about Wikipedia, but maybe a bit > > superficially. I would go over with them how it works: internal links, > > external links, related articles, portals, categories, discussion pages, > > etc. > > - Are some of the adult students foreign language speakers? You could > also > > show the inter wiki links, and explain that the English Wikipedia has the > > most articles, those in other languages are not just translations but > have > > been written by contributors who may not even speak English! > > - Challenge the audience to come up with some information that is not > > correct on Wikipedia. I usually do this with my colleagues, and they have > > yet to come up with a major error in Wikipedia. I do not count spelling > > mistakes... > > - I also talk about the way articles a reviewed before publication in > > peer-reviewed journals, and compare that to the way articles are written > > and improved anonymously on Wikipedia. When an paper is submitted to a > > peer-reviewed journal, the reviewers do not know who has written the > paper. > > They can only judge the paper on it's own merits. Wikipedia is the same: > > there is no authority that has signed the article, you have to judge the > > article by checking the references... That comparison usually goes well > > with university audiences. > > > > I am very interested in how your presentations goes. Please keep us > > informed. > > > > Best regards > > Gabriel > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 8:03 PM, Jackie <jackie.koerner(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Hi Gina, > > > > > > So glad to know you are going to present. Sometimes getting Wikipedia > on > > > the roster can be a challenge. I am excited to learn about how it goes. > > It > > > seems like you have a great foundation for your presentation and the > > topics > > > you're going to cover. > > > > > > I would even suggest starting on the ground level with Wikipedia. Your > > > audience will be a mix of learning styles, and understanding of > Wikipedia > > > amongst attendees will vary for sure. Maybe include a little intro > about > > > Wikipedia with some screenshots. Maybe ask about myths people have > heard > > > and correct them. Also have them do an action item at the end - how are > > > they planning to use Wikipedia in their practice? > > > > > > I generally present on Wikipedia, communication and bias, but I am a > K-16 > > > educator in the US with a focus on disability and inclusion. I'd gladly > > > listen to you practice your presentation if that would be helpful. > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Jackie > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Michel Wesseling < > michel(a)wikimedia.nl> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Dear GIna, > > > > Thanks for your message. I would be very interested to have access to > > > your > > > > presentation because I am preparing a similar one later this year. > > > > If you have anything to share, please let me know, so maybe I can > > comment > > > > and share my thinking about these topics with you. > > > > > > > > Kind greetings and good luck in preparing the presentation. > > > > Michel > > > > > > > > > > > > 2018-03-24 23:10 GMT+01:00 Gina Bennett <bennett.gina(a)gmail.com>: > > > > > > > > > hello Wikimedia education enthusiasts! > > > > > > > > > > Next month I am giving a presentation to a group of my colleagues, > > who > > > > are > > > > > Adult Basic /Literacy Educators in Canada. My presentation is > titled > > > > > "Wikipedia – the overlooked and misunderstood resource". The > > > > presentation > > > > > is scheduled for 1.5 hours but since it's the last presentation of > > the > > > > day > > > > > nobody will mind if it's a bit shorter ;-) > > > > > > > > > > Here are the main points I want to get across: > > > > > > > > > > - there are several myths about the role of Wikipedia in > academic > > > > work & > > > > > I want to dispel these > > > > > - academically rigorous ways to use Wikipedia do exist & we'll > > talk > > > > > about these > > > > > - learning to navigate Wikipedia provides a "teachable moment" > to > > > > > educate your students about academic integrity, a 'neutral point > > of > > > > > view', > > > > > and the reliability of information. > > > > > - Is knowledge just a collection of 'facts'? Or is knowledge > > > something > > > > > negotiated? Let's discuss our own beliefs about how knowledge is > > > > > constructed, validated, shared, and "owned." > > > > > > > > > > Here's my question: do any of you have presentations (e.g. > > Powerpoints, > > > > > Slideshare etc.) related to these topics that you'd be willing to > > share > > > > > with me? Or just any ideas, suggestions, or comments that could > work > > in > > > > my > > > > > presentation? > > > > > > > > > > My apologies if this is an inappropriate forum for such a request. > > > > > > > > > > Gina Bennett; Faculty > > > > > University of the Fraser Valley > > > > > Hope, BC, Canada > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Education mailing list > > > > > Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Education mailing list > > > > Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jackie Koerner, Ph.D. > > > Researcher & Visiting Scholar > > > jackiekoerner.com > > > > > > I use a large font to aim for readability and accessibility for all, > > which > > > is in line with Universal Design (UD). 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request for presentations, suggestions, hints
by Gina Bennett 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

hello Wikimedia education enthusiasts! Next month I am giving a presentation to a group of my colleagues, who are Adult Basic /Literacy Educators in Canada. My presentation is titled "Wikipedia – the overlooked and misunderstood resource". The presentation is scheduled for 1.5 hours but since it's the last presentation of the day nobody will mind if it's a bit shorter ;-) Here are the main points I want to get across: - there are several myths about the role of Wikipedia in academic work & I want to dispel these - academically rigorous ways to use Wikipedia do exist & we'll talk about these - learning to navigate Wikipedia provides a "teachable moment" to educate your students about academic integrity, a 'neutral point of view', and the reliability of information. - Is knowledge just a collection of 'facts'? Or is knowledge something negotiated? Let's discuss our own beliefs about how knowledge is constructed, validated, shared, and "owned." Here's my question: do any of you have presentations (e.g. Powerpoints, Slideshare etc.) related to these topics that you'd be willing to share with me? Or just any ideas, suggestions, or comments that could work in my presentation? My apologies if this is an inappropriate forum for such a request. Gina Bennett; Faculty University of the Fraser Valley Hope, BC, Canada

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