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Two more posts
by LiAnna Davis 22 Feb '13

22 Feb '13

I've just published a wonderful post from Mina Theofilatou (User:Saintfevrier) about her project in Greece working with high school students to contribute photographs of the island of Kefalonia to Wikimedia Commons -- she has some inspiring ideas, and I encourage you to check it out! http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/21/education-program-greece/ I also published a profile on Doaa Seif, one of our Campus Ambassadors in the Egypt program, which you may also be interested in: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/20/doaa-seif-profile/ Enjoy! LiAnna -- LiAnna Davis Wikipedia Education Program Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation http://education.wikimedia.org (415) 839-6885 x6649 ldavis(a)wikimedia.org

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IEG proposal re: focused educational outreach to underrepresented areas of philosophy
by Kevin Gorman 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

Hi all - A draft of an individual engagement grant proposal was just posted to meta-wiki focused on improving the English Wikipedia's coverage of topics that lay at the intersection of women and philosophy. If approved, I'll be working on the project, along with Alex Madva and Katie Gasdaglis. Alex and Katie don't have a lot of content edits on any of the Wikimedia projects yet, but we've been talking about trying to conduct a project like this for a number of months, and they're pretty well-versed in issues related to demographic and coverage gaps on Wikipedia, and are also familiar with previous efforts to bring the academy and Wikipedia closer together. Alex is a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in philosophy at UC Berkeley, and Katie is finishing up her PhD in philosophy at Columbia. The basic idea behind our proposal is to engage in a few separate forms of outreach to the academy in an effort to improve the English Wikipedia's coverage of topics that lay at the intersection of women and philosophy, including feminist philosophy, gender and race theory, scholarly work by women and other minority philosophers, philosophical topics that are historically underrepresented or marginalized because of their association with stigmatized groups (including women and minorities), and biographical articles on women and other minority philosophers themselves. We'll be reaching out to instructors in targeted disciplines to encourage their classes to participate in the education program, and developing reusable resources very explicitly tailored towards how to best contribute to Wikipedia as a member of a class that is focused on an underrepresented area of philosophy. (We intend to only have a limited number of instructors and students participate, to ensure that we'll be able to handle any extra workload the project creates and to ensure that we only accept instructors who are excited about the project and are willing to put in enough time to do it right.) We'll also be reaching out to academic philosophers from subfields currently underrepresented on Wikipedia and encouraging them to participate directly (including us hosting trainings, producing material specifically geared towards making their transition in to Wikipedia easier, placing blog posts in appropriate places, etc.) We will also be soliciting feedback from academics about any policy issues they see that could be damaging ENWP's ability to eventually cover underrepresented areas adequately - one thing that has come up so far is the possibility that the academic notability guidelines may be missing criteria that are highly indicative of a philosopher being notable. If anything of this nature shows up, we'll try to get the academic who perceives a problem to make a public articulation of it, so that we can bring their thoughts about it to ENWP's community. We've been talking about these ideas with a number of professors from several different universities, and a lot of them are quite excited about it. I think that this has the potential to go a long ways towards addressing ENWP's lack of coverage in our targeted content areas, and will hopefully also create an scalable educational outreach model that can be replicated in other underrepresented disciplines and on other Wikimedia projects in the future - we'll be documenting everything we do meticulously. We'd welcome any comments/questions/concerns/etc about the project, either posted here or on the talk page of the proposal. You can read the grant proposal here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikipedia_on_the_Margins:_Women,_… ---- Kevin Gorman

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Post from Sweden on learnings
by LiAnna Davis 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

I wanted to draw your attention in particular to this excellent post from Sophie Österberg from Wikimedia Sverige -- she's put together a very frank list of mistakes she's made and what she has learned from them. I highly encourage everyone to read the post and add your own learnings, either through commenting on the blog post or through discussion on this list. I think it would be great if we got better as a community of bravely sharing not only what goes well, but what doesn't, so that we can all learn from each others' experiences and not make the same mistakes! Thanks, Sophie, for the great post: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/14/wikipedia-education-program-sweden/ LiAnna -- LiAnna Davis Wikipedia Education Program Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation http://education.wikimedia.org (415) 839-6885 x6649 ldavis(a)wikimedia.org

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Re: [Wikimedia Education] Massive open online course(s) about Wikipedia
by Pete Forsyth 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

Hi all! I am very excited to see this timely thread. In our project "Communicate OER," we are working on a 6 week facilitated course through the School of Open (part of Peer to Peer University). We have a draft up -- a very early draft, but probably of interest to others working on similar ideas: https://p2pu.org/en/courses/49/writing-wikipedia-articles-the-basics-and-be… We expect to launch the course in conjunction with the launch of the School of Open, during Open Education Week (starting March 11). We're very interested in finding a good way to dovetail with the Wikipedia Education Program. We expect many participants to be educators, so offering a clear path to getting started teaching with Wikipedia will be an important facet of the course. -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] on Wikipedia and elsewhere > Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:30:53 -0600 > From: "Robert Schnautz" <schnautzr(a)hotmail.com> > To: <piokon(a)post.pl>, "Wikimedia Education" > <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: "Dr. Jonathan Obar" <obar(a)msu.edu> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Massive open online course(s) > aboutWikipedia > Message-ID: <SNT124-DS2B36B529CC706E1607213B10F0(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; > reply-type=response > > I know that Dr. Obar taught a course on Wikipedia administrator selection. > Copied him in case he's not on the list (though I can't imagine why not). > > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Piotr Konieczny > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 6:47 PM > To: Wikimedia Education > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Massive open online course(s) > aboutWikipedia > > Seems like a worthwhile idea. Who, if anyone, has taught courses about > Wikipedia in the past? > > I am, in fact, developing one myself, I am currently working on a draft > for Prezi lectures about Wikipedia (they are licensed under CC-BY-SA, > and I'd be happy to share them with you if you'd be interested). > > > -- > Piotr Konieczny, PhD > http://independent.academia.edu/PiotrKonieczny/About > http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gdV8_AEAAAAJ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Piotrus > > > > On 2/12/2013 4:18 AM, Sage Ross wrote: >> Hey folks! I just put up an Individual Engagement Grant proposal for >> an idea I've been kicking around for a while now: getting a course >> about Wikipedia onto one of the big 'massive open online course' >> systems that have been so successful lately (Coursera, Udacity, edX). >> Coursera classes typically have tens of thousands of students, so >> there's huge potential for recruiting new Wikipedians and bringing >> together a lot of the knowledge we've developed about teaching *about* >> Wikipedia. >> >> If you're interested, have a look at the proposal: >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikipedia_Massive_Open_Online_Cou… >> >> And if you have an interest in *leading* a MOOC, let's talk. >> >> Cheers, >> Sage Ross (in a volunteer capacity) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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

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Re: [Wikimedia Education] Education Digest, Vol 21, Issue 14
by Elly Koepf 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Hi Annie, I also want to thank you for the great work you have done. You where very encouraging and open. Thats what the movemenr needs. I appreciated your international focus very much and I hope to get to see you again some time. cheers, Elly Elly Köpf Projektmanagerin Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstraße 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 260 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch freien Zugang zu der Gesamtheit des Wissens der Menschheit hat. Helfen Sie uns dabei! Helfen Sie mit, dass WIKIPEDIA von der UNESCO als erstes digitales Weltkulturerbe anerkannt wird. Unterzeichnen Sie die Online-Petition: http://wikipedia.de/wke/Main_Page?setlang=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. 2013/2/13 <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. Annie leaving Wikimedia Foundation in late February (Annie L. > Lin) > 2. Re: Annie leaving Wikimedia Foundation in late February > (Petr Brož) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:24:03 -0800 > From: "Annie L. Lin" <alin(a)wikimedia.org> > To: Wikimedia Education <education(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimedia Education] Annie leaving Wikimedia Foundation in > late February > Message-ID: > < > CAF+m0T4nGU8bPDu8jVVagoFKcm6qnWSQvczoig03e3q1jz1Uxg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Hi everyone, > > After nearly 3 years at the Wikimedia Foundation, I am moving on to new > opportunities [1]. My last day at WMF will be Friday, 22 February. This has > been a very difficult decision. The work that all of us engage in on a > daily basis in the Wikipedia Education Program has been so incredibly > inspiring, and I know I will miss you all. You are such an amazing and > brilliant group of people, and I feel enormously fortunate to have had the > opportunity to work closely with so many of you. > > I plan on staying in touch with many of you, and I hope you'll do the same. > My personal email address is a12lin(a)gmail.com; I can also be reached via > Facebook (feel free to contact me anytime, about anything). And, you'll > likely still see me lurking around Wikipedia Education Program -related > activities as a volunteer, and I'll still be more than happy to help out in > the ways that I can with the development of Wikipedia education programs > worldwide, so don't hesitate to reach out to me anytime! > > For more formal WMF-related things that you used to send to me, please send > them to my colleague LiAnna Davis after 22 February — ldavis(a)wikimedia.org > . > > > Take care, everyone. Thank you all, so very much. > Annie > > > [1] If you want to know what I'm moving on *to*, just email me at the > personal email address above and I can tell you! >

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Annie leaving Wikimedia Foundation in late February
by Annie L. Lin 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Hi everyone, After nearly 3 years at the Wikimedia Foundation, I am moving on to new opportunities [1]. My last day at WMF will be Friday, 22 February. This has been a very difficult decision. The work that all of us engage in on a daily basis in the Wikipedia Education Program has been so incredibly inspiring, and I know I will miss you all. You are such an amazing and brilliant group of people, and I feel enormously fortunate to have had the opportunity to work closely with so many of you. I plan on staying in touch with many of you, and I hope you'll do the same. My personal email address is a12lin(a)gmail.com; I can also be reached via Facebook (feel free to contact me anytime, about anything). And, you'll likely still see me lurking around Wikipedia Education Program -related activities as a volunteer, and I'll still be more than happy to help out in the ways that I can with the development of Wikipedia education programs worldwide, so don't hesitate to reach out to me anytime! For more formal WMF-related things that you used to send to me, please send them to my colleague LiAnna Davis after 22 February — ldavis(a)wikimedia.org. Take care, everyone. Thank you all, so very much. Annie [1] If you want to know what I'm moving on *to*, just email me at the personal email address above and I can tell you!

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Wikipedia at Your Schools, Macedonia
by Dimce Grozdanoski 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

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Update on Vikidia/Wikikids (was Wikipedia in schools)
by Mathias Damour 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

Hi, I take this subject to let a message about Wikikids/Vikidia (further down in this message) Le 03/02/2013 17:09, Laura Hale a écrit : > Had the chance to do it but things went pear shared. If I was > including it in the curriculum, I would look specifically at > curriculum standards and see how they can be specifically addressed in > ways that are non-disruptive to Wikimedia projects. Sample lesson > plans for how I would do this can be found at > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Outreach_Oceania_Integrating_Wikime… > . That sounds interesting and varied, we should have a closer look at it. However, haven't you feel that using Wikipedia, a quite sophisticated approach on each article, can be a limit for its use for younger pupils ? Le 03/02/2013 21:22, Lila Pagola a écrit : > In Argentina we have an interesting resource: > http://wikipediaenelaula.educ.ar/ (in Spanish) It was developed by the > government, including our booklet "Wikipedia in the classroom"... and > they added some suggestions of activities using Wikipedia at school: > general approaches such as using articles for research, evaluation of > information sources, collaborative work, wiki-culture, etc. Hi, in France we have an equivalent : Wikipédia en classe <http://www.wikimedia.fr/sites/default/files/userfiles/Wikip%C3%A9dia%20en%2…>, it mention Vikidia, and advice it for pupils up to 15 years old. Vikidia is an equivalent of Wikipedia for 8 to 13 years old children. I've already sent a message about it more than a year ago. It exists in French, Spanish and Italian (and is about to be launched in Russian) whereas another group opened it in dutch : http://fr.vikidia.org/ ; http://es.vikidia.org/ ; http://it.vikidia.org/ There has been a sister project proposal page for a long time on Meta : http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikikids ...and I have update it. fr.vikidia.org ans wikikids.nl are doing well, whereas es. and it. not so well. Vikidia in French is about 1 to 2 % of the importance of Wikipedia in French for activity, number of article and audience, which is not bad. I can tell you more about the spanish Vikidia, that has had good supporter but deserve new people to join in or even an organisation to take it in charge. Wikitravel/Wikivoyage has recently be adopted as a sister project by the WMF. This could be possible for Vikidia/wikikids. I would help translate from French if needed different pages that introduce to the project, such as http://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Vikidia:Pour_les_enfants_ou_par_les_enfants_%3F (by or for children ?) and http://blog.wikimedia.fr/la-documentation-et-vikidia-1494 (the documentation and Vikidia - which was already translated in Spanish) What do you think about it and would you be interested in it ? -- Mathias Damour 49 rue Carnot F-74000 Annecy 00 33 (0)4 57 09 10 56 00 33 (0)6 27 13 65 51 mathias.damour(a)laposte.net

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Wikipedia in Education, Uruguay project
by Fernando Da Rosa Morena 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

Hello all. Lianna has suggested to me that I joined to this list and now here I am. I tell them that in Uruguay with CFE and CEIBAL support we are developing a project on the subject Wikipedia in Education, I am directing the project. Here I pass more information: The "Wikipedia in Education" is a project that began late last year, and will be developed this year and next year. According to the results we may be able to continue it after 2014. We have yet two videos uploaded to youtube about the inaugural project activity. A lecture given by me and another by Angeles Soletic, the first of which is Wikipedia and how it works. The second is about the use of Wikipedia in Education. Both conferences are in Spanish: http://youtu.be/-GRm7TOOlt0 http://youtu.be/PFe_22EMoKE Both videos are free delivery and were released under Creative Commons 3.0 CC-BY-SA. I have not uploaded to Commons because each of the videos have a weight greater than 100 MB. On my website you can find more information and a link to the presentation made by me on the project start date. The presentation is in. svg format and is also free to use. Here I leave the link to the article: http://www.fedaro.info/2012/12/24/wikipedia-en-la-educacion-lanzamiento-del… Here I leave also a direct link to the presentation, made with JessyInk. To see it you must use a browser that supports SVG as Firefox or Google Chrome, it also may take a while to load. Then you must use the arrow keys to move along the presentation. http://www.fedaro.info/archivos/presenta/WikipediaHoy10.svg Fernando da Rosa -- -- Fernando da Rosa fernando.darosa(a)gmail.com http://www.fedaro.info

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Post from Lila Pagola
by LiAnna Davis 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

At Tom's urging, I'm trying to be better about sharing the posts our wonderful education leaders worldwide add to the WMF blog on this list. :) I have just published a post from Lila Pagola of Argentina -- many thanks, Lila! http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/02/07/creating-local-content-for-wikipedia If you're interested in contributing a post to the WMF blog on your education project, please let me know off-list! LiAnna -- LiAnna Davis Wikipedia Education Program Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation http://education.wikimedia.org (415) 839-6885 x6649 ldavis(a)wikimedia.org

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