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
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
Dear Wikimedia & Education community,
The deadline for submissions to Wikimania is fast approaching. This year
there is a space dedicated specifically to education, and we need your
submissions to make it engaging and relevant.
Submit your ideas by *June 1st *here:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Education
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Education?fbclid=IwAR1TaJdz5WH6QW…>
This year, Wikimania is organized around the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDG), these are goals agreed on by UN member states, that we should
achieve by 2030. SDG4 aims to ensure that all people have access to quality
education and lifelong learning. We believe that the Wikimedia projects can
make a big difference by providing relevant educational resources,
especially in mother languages, and through empowering learners as content
creators and critical consumers of information.
We know you have great ideas for workshops, lightening talks,
presentations, and more for this space. Don't forget to submit your
proposal before June 1st!
--
*Nichole Saad*
Wikimedia Foundation | Senior Program Manager, Education
nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
user: NSaad (WMF)
Hey everyone,
Here is a reminder about the Education Office Hours scheduled at 15:00 UTC
today. We will be discussing the Wikimedia education greenhouse, connect
space on Outreach wiki and other topics that you want to share with us.
You can add this (*http://bit.ly/OfficeHoursMay21
<http://bit.ly/OfficeHoursMay21>* ) to your calendar to get reminded or can
join by clicking on this link (https://meet.google.com/fxs-vdfo-uze ).
Looking forward to seeing you all today!
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ! (Thanks!)
--
*Sailesh Patnaik*
Communications and Wikimedia Outreach Contractor
Hey everyone,
Here we are with the Office hours for the month of May. Like previous
months, this month also we are having two office hours.
For more information:
- Office Hours (1): May 17, 13:00 UTC ( *http://bit.ly/OfficeHoursMay17
<http://bit.ly/OfficeHoursMay17>* )
- Office Hours (2): May 21, 15:00 UTC ( *http://bit.ly/OfficeHoursMay21
<http://bit.ly/OfficeHoursMay21>* )
Please add the Office hours to your own calendar by clicking on the
bit.ly links
in the brackets above or you can join the call directly by clicking on this
link ( https://meet.google.com/fxs-vdfo-uze ) during the above mentioned
time.
Looking forward to seeing you all in the coming office hours, for any other
queries feel free to reach out to me.
Dhanyabaad!
--
*Sailesh Patnaik*
Communications and Wikimedia Outreach Contractor
Dear EDUWiki enthusiasts,
This is a gentle reminder that you have 2 more weeks left to submit
sessions to the Education Space in Wikimania 2019 that will be in Stockholm
this year!
We look forward to your submissions and encourage you to share it far and
wide to partners around the world. :)
Here's a link to our submission page -
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Education
Best,
Shani, on behalf of the Wikipedia & Education User Group.
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*Shani Evenstein Sigalov*
* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
* Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
* Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
* Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
* Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>.
+972-525640648
Hola education community!
Hope you're enjoying a nice start of the week. I wanted to let you know
that the application period for the Wikimedia & Education Greenhouse is now
closed!
We have received 15 team applications
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Education/Greenhouse/teamsubmi…>
from countries so diverse as Bangladesh, Ghana, Benin, India, Brazil, and
others. Project ideas include formal and informal education initiatives
that engage a variety of audiences, and that promote the participation of
smaller language communities. Thank you so much to everyone who applied! We
are really excited to see the great project ideas you have brought forward
and we appreciate the time and effort you have put in your applications. We
have closed the individual applications with over 100 registered
participants from all over the globe. Finally, we have a great group of
excited and committed volunteer collaborators from the education movement
joining us!
So what comes next? This week (May 13-19) teams will have the opportunity
to edit and improve their applications before the assessment and selection
process starts next Monday. We would like to encourage you, members of the
education community, to engage with and support the applicant teams
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Education/Greenhouse/teamsubmi…>
this week by providing feedback to their applications, asking questions,
and/or offering an endorsement! Your voice and expertise will be very
valuable in this process.
Thank you again for your support and interest in the Wikimedia & Education
Greenhouse. We look forward to the next stage in this adventure!
Cheers,
-Melissa
--
*Melissa Guadalupe Huertas*
Wikimedia Foundation | Education Program Officer
mguadalupe(a)wikimedia.org
user: MGuadalupe (WMF)
Check out our newsletter: This Month in Education
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News>