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
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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 all,
At the recent EduWiki conference in Serbia I presented a research piece on
the power of information literacy (and how our wiki programmes support it)
from the perspective of Wikimedia UK. I thought to share the resource here,
perhaps it will be a useful tool in your advocacy for the impact of our
education work, as a narrative to present the value of wiki workshop, or
serve as inspiration to do a similar project.
I'm also hosting a webinar next week if you'd like to hear me talk through
the report on *Wednesday 14th June 12pm UTC *
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strengthening-civil-society-wikimedia-and-de…
Booklet:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_and_Democracy_-_Wikimedia…
(short version
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_and_Democracy_-_Wikimedia…
)
As a summary of the work, *Our main inquiry was to understand how improving
information literacy skills contributes to Wikimedia UK’s vision of a more
tolerant, informed and democratic society. Does our work increase
participants’ information literacy, and does this in turn lead to a more
engaged civil society? We reviewed the current understanding and frameworks
in the intersection of literacies, civic engagement and democratic
participation, to see how information literacy has been found to support
civic engagement. We then explored how Wikimedia UK’s work contributes to
civic disposition skills.*
Hope this sounds interesting to you all!
Daria
--
Daria Cybulska
Director of Programmes and Evaluation
+447803505170
*I work part time and my usual days are Mon, Thurs and Fri. *
<https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/>
*Wikimedia UK* <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the
global Wikimedia open knowledge movement.
Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK>, LinkedIn
<https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119>, and Instagram
<https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>.
Wikimedia UK is a registered charity in England and Wales No.1144513.
and Scotland
No. SC048644. Company Limited by Guarantee, Registration No. 6741827.
Wikimedia & Education enthusiasts,
We're pleased to announce the publication of our Theory of Change:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hubs/Ongoing/Education_Theory_of_Change_(Fe…
This report was written by Rocío Aravena and Bukola James, who will be
presenting their findings in our next EduWiki Knowledge Showcase, on
Tuesday, February 27, at 17:00 UTC. You're invited to join!
* What: EduWiki Knowledge Showcase on Theory of Change
* When: Tuesday, February 27, 17:00 UTC (local time:
https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1709053200)
* Where: Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85747659255
If you're lost and thinking, "what Theory of Change?", here's more details:
The Wikimedia & Education community has been engaging in a broader research
project to create a future engagement structure that better meets the needs
of our community, in line with Movement Strategy conversations around
thematic hubs. As part of this, we published a first report in mid 2023 (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hubs/Ongoing/Toward_a_theory_of_change_for_…).
This newer report, which Rocío and Bukola have been working on for the last
six months, lays out our considerations for a next-generation collaboration
model. We hope you can join us to learn more and discuss on February 27!
In today's digital age, personalization is key, and one aspect of personalizing your smartphone is choosing the perfect ringtone. Free phone ringtones offer a wide array of options for users to express their personality and creativity. This article will provide tips and tricks for finding the best free phone ringtones and customizing them to suit individual preferences.
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Audiko
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Dear Friends
I would like to inform you that only until the end of March 2024 I will be
an employee of Wikimedia Poland in the position of Open Education Manager.
I made a difficult decision about this change, and since the international
part of wiki education was and is always very important to me, I would like
to let you know now and say a preliminary goodbye :)
Previously, I had already been a Wikipedia volunteer for several years (my
account was created in 2015), so that the following years, which I also
spent as a staff member of the Polish chapter, gave me an incredible
opportunity to have a broad view of the issues, difficulties, joys and
challenges of our community. I believe that the projects and solutions I
invented and developed in cooperation with wonderful people will continue.
A huge thank you to all of you - who supported me with a conversation, a
joke, a virtual and live meetings, brainstormings and challenges that gave
me energy and satisfaction. I wish you perseverance and joy in what you do.
I want to continue to stay with you as a volunteer, let's stay in touch - I
hope it will not be only virtual contact.
my private email: klara.sielicka(a)gmail.com,
Have a wonderful weekend,
Klarqa
Z poważaniem / Sincerely
Klara Sielicka-Baryłka
Menadżerka ds. Otwartej Edukacji / Open Education Manager
tel: +48 790 290 924
e-mail: klara.sielicka(a)wikimedia.pl
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