Dear Wiki Education Enthusiasts,
Great Opportunity for all of you.I want to let you know about the following
*MOOC* that will begin June 1. It is Introductory Level Open Education
practice designed for post-secondary (tertiary) educators. Everyone that
wants to learn is welcome. If there are educators with whom you work that
you believe would be interested. From *June 1-15, 2018*, a global
mini-MOOC (massive open online course) called Making Sense of Open
Education will take place through the *OpenLearn* UK Moodle platform. The
course will consist of short daily lessons and activities at an
introductory level. The purpose of the course is to increase awareness and
use of *open educational resources (OER)* as part of post-secondary
(tertiary) teaching and learning. Topics will include OER, open educational
practices (OEP), copyright and the Creative Commons licenses, and open
tools for adaptation. A variety of experienced open educators, and friends
from global regions will participate and support learning and sharing
opportunities. Daily lessons will take approximately 30 minutes to complete
with a targeted (and hopefully fun) daily practice opportunity to apply
learning. The course team and others that have already signed up look
forward to your participation.
*There is no cost to participate in the course.* The full set of course
modules will be made available on the course front page June 1 for anyone
to download, save, and adapt as they desire if they prefer to take the
course in a self-directed way.
Questions? Please contact the Course Lead, Jenni Hayman via email:
jlhayman(a)asu.edu
Registration is open at the Following Link: https://bit.ly/2EV3FHV
*On Behalf of Jenni Hayman,*
*Mohammed Galib Hasan*
*Volunteer (Wikipedia Education Program)*
Email: mdabir158(a)gmail.com
Hello from ESEAP in Bali!
In November and December 2017, I had the great opportunity to extend some
planned travel in Asia to include site visits to Nepal, India and Taiwan.
During that time, I worked closely with local Wikimedians who were running
education programs in their communities. It was an amazing learning
experience, and will help to shape some of the support the Education Team
will provide to program leaders in the future.
I'm happy to share that today we are publishing a report
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Asia_report_summary> on the
activities and outcomes of the site visits, and a companion blog
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/05/03/wikimedia-education-asia/> post.
I hope you will take a look! The work that these Wikimedians are doing for
education in the movement is having an impact not only on the Wikimedia
projects, but also in their local communities. The Education Team will use
what we've learned from these site visits and from our research
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/01/23/education-survey-report/> on the
perception of education in the movement to shape our future work.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
best regards,
Nichole
--
*Nichole Saad*
WMF | Education Program Manager
nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
user: NSaad (WMF)
Hello,
Vikidia, the children encyclopedia, is glad to announce the opening of its
version in Greek with a team of Wikipedia contributors, lead by Kostas20142.
As most of you already know, Vikidia is a 10-years old mediawiki-based
encyclopedia, working like Wikipedia, under CC-BY-SA, and with a few rules
specific to children. Children AND adults are welcome in contributing in a
fun and sometimes schoolyard ambiance :D. Some teachers also write some
articles in class.
Vikidia is open in 10 languages now, as you can see here:
https://www.vikidia.org/
Older, most of the children contributors become contributors of Wikipedia.
If you speak Greek and want to write an article for 8 to 13 years-old
children, now you can choose whatever article you like to start!
https://el.vikidia.org
Best regards,
Plyd
PS: forward this email to your Greek-speaking friends!
Dear Wikimedia+Education enthusiasts,
Your April Education Newsletter is available at:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News
This month's contributions include participation in 2 conferences:
- The OER Conference, in Bristol with a very detailed article on a
variety of participations in the conference.
- The Open Education Global Conference, in Delft
You will also learn from experiences in:
- Armenia, the Basque Country, Israel, Macedonia, Norway, and Taiwan
And work in projects (besides Wikipedia):
- Wiktionary
- Txikipedia (Vikidia, now integrated into eu.wikipedia)
May is probably the perfect month for you to make your contribution to the
Education Newsletter: What are you learning, which experiences will you be
sharing with other Wikipedia+Education enthusiasts? Start your draft here:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom
Best Regards,
Vahid.
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Vahid Masrour
Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education
Dear all,
*Deadline extension*
The program committee is looking to create a diverse GLAM conference that
truly serves the global community. To achieve this goal, we would like to
accept submissions not only from established GLAM projects and communities,
but also from emerging communities / developing countries / groups just
starting out their GLAM endeavors.
Looking at the submissions so far
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GLAM_TLV_2018_open_submissions>,
we have decided to extend the content submission
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAMTLV2018/Program> deadline *till next
Monday, May 7th, at midnight *(wherever you are in the world). We are
hoping this extension will encourage more submission from developing
countries, emerging community and allow for a more diverse program.
*Tips*
In the past week I've been asked repeatedly if I have tips for good
submissions. The best tip I can offer is -- no matter if your GLAM
partnership / project is well established or you are just starting out,
make sure your submissions offers an added value beyond "this is what we
did in our project", i.e. focus on what you leaned and how it could be of
use by others in the GLAM community.
GLAM on,
Shani.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 4:33 PM, Shani Evenstein <shani.even(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> [[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).
>
Dear Wikimedia Education community,
After nearly 5 years at the Wikimedia Foundation, I’ll be leaving my role
on the education team this month to pursue a personal creative endeavor. My
last day will be April 13. I’ve treasured my time here with great
colleagues around the movement. I’ve been inspired on a daily basis by what
people are doing with Wikimedia and education around the world. I’ve
learned so much having a diverse set of intelligent and passionate
collaborators over the years. Thank you!
In my absence, please direct any education-related questions to my
colleagues. I had been the regional focal point for Africa and the Middle
East, and going forward community members from those regions can reach the
full education team by emailing education(a)wikimedia.org or you can reach
out directly to Nichole Saad (nsaad(a)wikimedia.org) or Vahid Masrour (
vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org). If you have any other questions, you can direct
them to Ben Vershbow (bvershbow(a)wikimedia.org) who leads the Community
Programs team.
I’m excited to see what this community is able to accomplish going forward.
And if you’re curious about my creative endeavors, you can follow along on
Instagram (@tigheflanagan). And you might find me on the wikis editing
about textile arts and geometric design as user:Tighef in the future (my
dormant, non-work account).
Best wishes,
Tighe
--
Tighe Flanagan
Senior Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
Wikimedia Foundation
tflanagan(a)wikimedia.org
education.wikimedia.org
[[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).