Dear all,
During Wikimania, representatives from the "Wikipedia & Education User
Group" organizing team have met with AffCom. AffCom members made some
suggestions regarding the formation of our group, and though we haven't
heard from them officially yet, we believe their suggestions requires a
wider discussion with all interested parties and potential members of the
group.
The meeting agenda will focus on* next steps, governance, membership and
the group's name* and will *last 1.5 hours.*
I have set up a doodle to schedule this meeting
<https://doodle.com/poll/kyassesr9w3dqwrd>. Please fill it out *by next
Tuesday, August 29th.* By Wed the 30th I'll announce the final date and
will send out a google hangout invite.
Best,
Shani (on behalf of the organizing team).
PS - this message will be posted on our talk page on Meta, as well as the
Wikipedia & Education FB group to ensure maximum participation.
(Note from LiAnna: Apologies for the cross-post if you've received this on
another open ed list already! Note that we at Wiki Education Foundation see
our work as OEP, open educational practice, in which students create open
educational content on the Wikimedia projects. I encourage our global
education collaborators to join the CC project as described in the letter
below!)
Greetings Open Education Colleagues:
In early 2017, the Creative Commons Global Network (CCGN) completed a
consultation process of renewing and reorganizing itself to support a
strong and growing global movement. The year-long process resulted in the
CCGN Global Network Strategy
<https://creativecommons.org/about/global-affiliate-network/network-strategy/>.
Part of the new strategy is to establish defined areas of focus, or
“platforms,” which will drive CC’s global activities. Platforms
<https://creativecommons.org/about/global-affiliate-network/network-platform…>
are how we organize areas of work for the CC community, where individuals
and institutions organize and coordinate themselves across the CC Global
Network.
In the spirit of openness and to effectively strategize, these platforms
are open to all interested parties working in the platform area and
adjacent spaces. That’s why Creative Commons invites you to join the CC
Global Network Open Education Platform!
WHY join?
-
Stay connected to global actions in open education resources, practice,
and policy.
-
Identify, plan and coordinate multi-national open education, practices
and policy projects to collaboratively solve education challenges with an
amazing group of open education leaders from around the world.
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Secure funding (from Creative Commons and other funding sources) for the
open education projects we collectively select.
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Contribute to global perspectives on open education to strengthen
advocacy worldwide.
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Connect your country / region to global open education initiatives.
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Be on the forefront in implementing Creative Commons' global network
strategy.
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Meet annually, in-person, at the Creative Commons Summit with members of
the CC Open Education Platform to celebrate successes, share best
practices, and plan for the next year.
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Explore, practice, and share innovative methods for inclusive and open
engagement with educators, learners and governments around the world..
WHO should join?
-
Open education advocates working in the areas of open educational
resources, open educational practices, and/or open education policy.
WHAT are we working on right now?
-
Reaching the right people (you!) to build a strong open education
platform.
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Developing decision making and engagement structures.
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Defining the goals and projects the CC Open Education Platform will
pursue.
Joining the CC Open Education Platform is easy and free:
1.
Sign up for the email list:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cc-openedu
2.
Sign up for IM (Slack or IRC):
-
Slack: sign up <https://slack-signup.creativecommons.org>: (it will
send an invitation email), then sign up to the #cc-openedu channel
<https://creativecommons.slack.com/messages/C2S2MFAJW>
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IRC: to join the #creativecommons-openedu IRC channel, connect via
Freenode.
3.
Review and contribute to the platform draft working doc.
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-HPog_7pPUXrECzne1t6X7eKwo8TzpYBZ8iC8Ff…>
4.
Attend and participate in the monthly meetings.
-
The next meeting is October 18: 8:00pm / October 19: 9:00am (PDT, UTC
-7).
-
Note: every meeting has two different times - so everyone can attend
one of the meetings during local daylight hours.
Please join the e-mail list and IM channel, introduce yourself and we’ll
see you at the next meeting!
With gratitude,
LiAnna Davis
CC Open Education Platform Member
Hello, education community!
I'm happy to announce that the new issue of This Month in Education
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News> is out. It's a rather
short issue this month, but there are still some great articles!
Like an article? Have a question?* Please contribute your thoughts* on the
article's talk page!
Finally, we want your stories! *Don't forget to submit your stories for the
next issue by 20 September! *You can submit by heading to the newsroom
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom>and
using the input box.
best,
--
*Nichole Saad*
WMF | Education Program Manager
nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
user: NSaad (WMF)
*Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?*
Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1
Hi Vira,
Thank you very much! You can find the spreadsheet attached. Let me know if
you have any questions.
Best,
Nichole
On Aug 26, 2017 5:51 AM, "Vira Motorko" <vira.motorko(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Regarding translation into Ukrainian I am all yours :)
*--*
*Vira Motorko // Віра Моторко*
Wikimedia Ukraine <https://ua.wikimedia.org/> nonprofit organisation // ГО
«Вікімедіа Україна»
mobile: +380667740499 | facebook: vira.motorko
<https://www.facebook.com/vira.motorko> | wikipedia: Ата
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ата>
If this email is about your daily job and it reaches you outside of the
working hours, please, feel free to answer when it's appropriate! // Якщо
це робочий лист і Ви отримали його не в робочий час, будь ласка,
відповідайте, коли вважаєте за потрібне!
Якщо маєте електронну скриньку на зразок _(a)_.ru, задумайтесь, будь ласка,
над її зміною. Дякую!
2017-08-24 1:11 GMT+03:00 Nichole Saad <nsaad(a)wikimedia.org>:
> Dear [Affiliates, WMF Staff, Translators],
>
> The Education Team at the Wikimedia Foundation will be running a survey in
> mid-September about the perception of the Wikipedia Education Program in
> order to better focus our communications and support materials to the
needs
> of our various audiences. In order for it to be easily accessible to as
> many people as possible, we need help to translate the survey into as many
> languages as we can.
>
> Ideally, we would like the survey translated into at least these 5
> languages: Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian, and Mandarin Chinese.
> Translations in additional languages are also welcome, as long as the
> survey can be fully translated in those languages.
>
> We will be using a Google spreadsheet to perform the translations. This is
> a logistical decision, as moving translations from Meta-wiki to Qualtrics
> (the platform of choice to hold the survey) is very complicated.
>
> If you are interested in helping and have some free time over the next two
> weeks, please respond to me directly to let me know which language you can
> help translate and I will follow up with more information. Our deadline
> for the translations to be completed is September 12.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you!
>
> best,
>
> --
> *Nichole Saad*
> WMF | Education Program Manager
> nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
> user: NSaad (WMF)
>
> *Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?*
> Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1
> _______________________________________________
> 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
Dear [Affiliates, WMF Staff, Translators],
The Education Team at the Wikimedia Foundation will be running a survey in
mid-September about the perception of the Wikipedia Education Program in
order to better focus our communications and support materials to the needs
of our various audiences. In order for it to be easily accessible to as
many people as possible, we need help to translate the survey into as many
languages as we can.
Ideally, we would like the survey translated into at least these 5
languages: Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian, and Mandarin Chinese.
Translations in additional languages are also welcome, as long as the
survey can be fully translated in those languages.
We will be using a Google spreadsheet to perform the translations. This is
a logistical decision, as moving translations from Meta-wiki to Qualtrics
(the platform of choice to hold the survey) is very complicated.
If you are interested in helping and have some free time over the next two
weeks, please respond to me directly to let me know which language you can
help translate and I will follow up with more information. Our deadline
for the translations to be completed is September 12.
I look forward to hearing from you!
best,
--
*Nichole Saad*
WMF | Education Program Manager
nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
user: NSaad (WMF)
*Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?*
Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1
Le 23 août 2017 6:38 PM, "Gabriel Thullen" <gthullen(a)gmail.com> a écrit :
> Hi,
> I can help translate into French.
>
> Gabe
>
> Le 23 août 2017 6:11 PM, "Nichole Saad" <nsaad(a)wikimedia.org> a écrit :
>
>> Dear [Affiliates, WMF Staff, Translators],
>>
>> The Education Team at the Wikimedia Foundation will be running a survey in
>> mid-September about the perception of the Wikipedia Education Program in
>> order to better focus our communications and support materials to the
>> needs
>> of our various audiences. In order for it to be easily accessible to as
>> many people as possible, we need help to translate the survey into as many
>> languages as we can.
>>
>> Ideally, we would like the survey translated into at least these 5
>> languages: Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian, and Mandarin Chinese.
>> Translations in additional languages are also welcome, as long as the
>> survey can be fully translated in those languages.
>>
>> We will be using a Google spreadsheet to perform the translations. This is
>> a logistical decision, as moving translations from Meta-wiki to Qualtrics
>> (the platform of choice to hold the survey) is very complicated.
>>
>> If you are interested in helping and have some free time over the next two
>> weeks, please respond to me directly to let me know which language you can
>> help translate and I will follow up with more information. Our deadline
>> for the translations to be completed is September 12.
>>
>> I look forward to hearing from you!
>>
>> best,
>>
>> --
>> *Nichole Saad*
>> WMF | Education Program Manager
>> nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
>> user: NSaad (WMF)
>>
>> *Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?*
>> Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1
>> _______________________________________________
>> Education mailing list
>> Education(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
>>
>
Hello Education Folks,
I wanted to call your attention to a discussion page that has been set up
for the draft strategic direction, as part of the movement strategy process:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Direction/…
Many of you may have participated in the strategy process so far, be it in
person or on wiki. The discussion page on wiki has several prompts that you
can respond to, or leave other comments as well.
Thanks in advance for your input!
Tighe
--
Tighe Flanagan
Senior Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
Wikimedia Foundation
tflanagan(a)wikimedia.org
education.wikimedia.org
Greetings brilliant education community!
We're a bit short on stories for the newsletter this month, so I'm
extending the deadline to the end of the week, that's August 25, 2017.
Do you have something to contribute? For those who attended Wikimania
perhaps you can write about what you learned that could benefit our
education community? There are so many possibilities :)
Head over to the newsroom
<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom> to
submit your story!
--
*Nichole Saad*
WMF | Education Program Manager
nsaad(a)wikimedia.org
user: NSaad (WMF)
*Want to talk about the Wikipedia Education Program?*
Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/nsaad-1
Hello Education enthusiasts!
For those at Wikimania that are interested in the launch of the UG, you're
welcome to join us Sunday at the Hémon room, on level A (-1) at 12:30 to
further the conversation we had today about the value of having this User
Group, and how it could best work within the ecosystem of the Affiliates
(among other topics).
Best Regards,
Vahid.
--
Vahid Masrour
Community Capacity Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
vmasrour(a)wikimedia.org
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education