Dear WikiFriends,
I'm hoping you & yours are all well, safe and healthy in these
unprecedented times we have all found ourselves in.
I'm writing you today with my 'educator & researcher' hat on, with a
special request to help Piotr Konieczny & I spread the word about a new
global research we are conducting.
While using Wikimedia-related assignments (Wikipedia, Commons, WikiBooks,
WikiSource, Wikidata, Wiktionary etc) in the classroom has been used all
over the world for over a decade, very little research was conducted about
what instructors who have tried it actually think about the experience.
We are hoping that answering the questions in the survey will help us
better understand:
- Whether this teaching approach is effective (or not)
- What are some of the challenges experienced by instructors
- How the process could be improved
The questions are meant for any instructors running a wiki assignment,
whether it is in k-12 or higher education, formal or informal educational
setting. We are hoping the results will allow us to globally share
experiences and learn from one another, so we can make it smoother, easier
and more effective for educators joining these efforts.
It is important to note that this would be the first time (that we know
of!) that an academic research of this type has been conducted around the
world, so we really need your help in spreading the word about it in your
local communities. We're hoping that any of you, supporting such
initiatives around the world over the years, would forward it to your local
Education contacts and ask them to participate. The more instructors
participating, the better.
We realize that it would have been great to have the questionnaire in a
variety of languages, but in order for us to process the data properly and
not via third-party translations and keep the anonymity and privacy of
participants, it was decided to release the survey just in English.
Here is a link to the survey - https://tinyurl.com/yd6dfata
<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fyd6dfata%3Ffbcli…>
.
Thank you all in advance, and of course, if there are any questions, Piotr
& I are here.
Stay healthy & safe!
Shani.
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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.
* Azrieli Foundation Research Fellow.
* 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>.
* Member of the Board of Trustees
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>, Wikimedia
Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>.
* Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
* Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://benyehuda.org>.
+972-525640648
(Apologies if you already received this; I tried to send it earlier this
week but I think it didn't go through.)
Fellow education program leaders,
The Wikipedia & Education User Group has a request for you: Please share
the usernames of your participants with us!
Here’s why: We would like to quantify the impact the global education
program is having on the Wikimedia projects’ new active editor numbers. We
think the percentage of new active editors to all language Wikimedia
projects coming from all the educational efforts happening around the world
is likely impressive, but we have no way of knowing without having access
to usernames!
That’s where you come in. Whether your program is new with only a handful
of editors or a long-established program with hundreds of participants, we
want you to be counted. We are measuring our collective program’s impact,
and getting data from as many programs as possible, no matter their size,
is important!
Here’s what we need:
* You are best positioned to determine your own definition of which editors
come through your education program. Education programs look different
around the world; we trust if you say this person started editing through
your education program that they are part of our global education community.
* The timeframe we are looking for is January 1, 2019, through June 30,
2020 (or today, if you’re sending us names before then). Please share all
usernames of new editors who joined through your education program between
the start of 2019 through the first half of 2020.
* We only need usernames; we do not need the leading User: or which
Wikimedia project(s) they edited.
* Please send these by June 30, 2020.
To share your usernames:
* If you are using the Program & Events Dashboard (
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/), simply send an email to
lianna(a)wikiedu.org (offlist) with a link to your campaign. If not every
program within that campaign is an education program, include in the body
of the email which program(s) should be considered part of your education
program.
* If you do not use the Program & Events Dashboard, please collect
usernames into a spreadsheet and upload that spreadsheet here:
https://www.dropbox.com/request/PMJHRjgXuxJsM7yEmdGf (note: you do not need
to have a Dropbox account to submit a file here)
If you have any questions, please email LiAnna (lianna(a)wikiedu.org).
On behalf of the Wikipedia & Education User Group,
LiAnna
Thanks to all who took part in the research, and report on evaluating
practices of Wikimedia affiliates in Education
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AUnderstanding_Wikime…>
.
This will most likely be helpful for the Usergroup in Uganda: incase of any
feedback, it will be shared, here on the list, and/or the relevant
Wiki/meta pages.
Regards.
*Wikimedian in Uganda
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Uganda>*
*Ssebaggala Douglas | **Skype: douglo.m |** Twitter**:* @douglaseru
<https://twitter.com/douglaseru> | *Mob - Uganda: +256 772 422524*
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Dear Wikimedia & Education Community,
I hope this finds you safe and well.
I'm excited to share with you a report that will help us to better
understand and meet the evaluation needs of our Wikimedia & Education
community. This report provides insights into current evaluation trends for
education work in the Wikimedia Movement, what can be improved, and how the
Education Team can support the community. We hope you find it informative
and useful!
The report can be found on Commons
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AUnderstanding_Wikime…>
.
Thank you to Vasanthi Hargyono for undertaking the research, and to all
those who took part!
-The Wikimedia Foundation Education Team
--
*Nichole Saad*
Wikimedia Foundation | Senior Program Manager, Education
nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
user: NSaad (WMF)
This might be of interest to some Research and Education folks too.
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il>
Date: Mon, May 25, 2020 at 7:22 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Language Showcase, May 2020
To: wikimedia-l <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello,
This is an announcement about a new installment of the Language Showcase, a
series of presentations about various aspects of language diversity and its
connection to Wikimedia Projects.
This new installment will deal with the latest design research about the
upcoming section translation feature for Content Translation.
This session is going to be broadcast over Zoom, and a recording will be
published for later viewing. You can also participate in the conversation
on IRC or with us on the Zoom meeting.
Please read below for the event details, including local time, joining
links and do let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you!
Amir
== Details ==
# Event: Language Showcase #5
# When: May 27, 2020 (Wednesday) at 13:00 UTC (check local time
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200527T1300 )
# Where:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/97081030000
Meeting ID: 970 8103 0000
IRC - #wikimedia-office (on Freenode)
# Agenda:
The latest design research about the upcoming section translation feature
for Content Translation.
--
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http://aharoni.wordpress.com
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I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
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Hola everybody!
I hope this message finds you as well as can be. I'm forwarding a message
shared by Pine that didn't go through the mailing list yesterday. Cheers!
*From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com>>Date: Wed, May 20,
2020 at 6:35 AM*
Forwarding an announcement. Feedback can go to Alexandros, who may or
may not be subscribed to a mailing list where you see this email, so
if you have something to say on list you may also want to include
Alexandros' email address in the to: field. (By the way, on one
previous occasion I saw a small number of highly hostile messages
being directed at WMF staff regarding a UI change that I thought was
reasonable. If you are a community member and something about this UI
change upsets you, please vent to me first and then after you have
finished venting you can send a calmer version of your message to
Alexandros.)
Thanks,
Pine
( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Alexandros Kosiaris <akosiaris(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Tue, May 19, 2020 at 10:29 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Etherpad upgrade and a new skin
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: Foundation Optional <foundation-optional(a)wikimedia.org>
Hello everyone,
I normally don't send out emails like this when we upgrade etherpad,
but 1.8.4 (which we just upgraded to), has brought in a UI change (one
that was introduced in 1.8.3) which, in my opinion, warrants a heads
up so that people aren't caught off guard. Etherpad-lite now has had a
new skin and that's what you will experience while using it. There's
also a number of other changes, you can have a quick look at
https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md if
you are interested.
Regards,
--
Alexandros Kosiaris
Principal Site Reliability Engineer
Wikimedia Foundation
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Wikimedia Foundation | Program Officer, Education
mguadalupe(a)wikimedia.org
user: MGuadalupe (WMF)
Check out our newsletter: This Month in Education
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News>
Juhar everyone,
This is an invitation to join the monthly education office hours! The office
hours are a dedicated time and online space to have conversations and
discussions related to Wikimedia and education activities, listen and learn
from each other's projects and activities. Join us for the month of May
on 21st May 2020 at 12:00 PM UTC.
You can find the agendas and other details to join the meeting here:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Office_Hours/May_21_2020
Looking forward to seeing you all then, Please let me know if you have any
questions.
Do you want to reach out to the education team for a 1:1 consultation?
Request for a slot for Education Office Space (
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filling this google form ( http://bit.ly/EduOfficeSpace )
Dhanyabaad!
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Forwarding.
Pine
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From: Bridges, Laurie <laurie.bridges(a)oregonstate.edu>
Date: Fri, May 8, 2020 at 9:10 AM
Subject: [libraries] CFP. Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project
To: libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org <libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Call for Chapter Proposals – Due date June 1.
Project title: Wikipedia and Academic Libraries: A Global Project
Editors: Laurie M. Bridges, Raymond Pun, Roberto Arteaga
OA Publisher: Maize Books, an imprint of Michigan Publishing
License: CC BY 4.0
Email: WikiGlobalProject(a)gmail.com
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/globalwikipedia/
Proposals due: June 1, 2020
Notifications sent by: June 30, 2020
Send proposals as MS Word Document to: WikiGlobalProject(a)gmail.com
Questions: WikiGlobalProject(a)gmail.com
Project Information
This open access edited volume will be a collection of approximately
20 chapters authored by academic library workers and faculty, Library
and Information Science (LIS) faculty, and disciplinary faculty from
around the globe that highlights engagement with Wikimedia-related
projects and activities. This volume will be divided into two
sections, and possibly a third: The first section will include
real-world examples of activities and approaches to working with
Wikipedia. The second section will focus on the theories and
underlying concepts required for the development of pedagogical
approaches to teaching with and within Wikipedia. A third thematic
section may be added, depending on the breadth and number of
submissions, for example, a section related specifically to Wikidata.
Possible Topics
We are seeking chapters that include both practical and theoretical
work. Possible topics for chapters include (but are not limited to)
the following list:
Case studies of Wikipedia in information literacy instruction
Student researchers in Wikipedia
Collaboration between Wikimedia user groups and academic library staff
Wikipedia student clubs and their connection to libraries
Benefits of academic libraries partnering with Wikimedia projects
The role of Wikimedians/Wikipedians in Residence
Collaborating with university faculty in the classroom
Edit-a-thon pedagogy and practice
Critical Librarianship and Wikipedia
Wikipedia's fight against misinformation and "fake news"
Medical students and training
Use of Wikibooks in classes
Wikidata visualizations for education
Increasing and diversifying the audience for archival collections
through Wikipedia
Addressing gaps in Wikipedia, such as gender, LGBTQ+, racial,
linguistic, regional, etc.
Submission Information
Please send the following information to the editors by June 1, 2020:
A tentative title and abstract proposal: Up to 500 words in MS Word
describing what you would intend to submit for this book. In your
abstract, indicate which section of the book your proposal is aligned
to.
Please include links to any other publications you may have (i.e. an
article, a blog post, or anything else that best reflects your writing
style)
Author CVs or resumes (no more than 2 pages)
Information for Accepted Proposals
Final chapters will be approximately 3,000 words in length. All
citations must be APA 7th edition. This OA publication will be
licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license. After final chapters have been
edited and approved in English, authors will have the option of
providing a second-language translation of their chapter. (example:
English and Basque or English and Yoruba).This will be determined on a
case by case basis.
April 1 – June 1, 2020: Call for chapter proposals is distributed
June 30, 2020: Chapter proposals selected and authors notified
October 1, 2020: First draft of chapters due to editors
December 1, 2020: Second draft of chapters due to editors
January 1, 2021: Manuscript to publisher
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