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Re: [Wikimedia Education] [Wiki-research-l] List of student research assignment
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 11 Nov '14

11 Nov '14

John Andersson, 10/11/2014 20:48: > we have recently started providing them with research assignment for > students' thesis work (to work on for either during 10 weeks (Bachelor) > or 20 weeks (Master)). As a small pilot I gave a presentation about this > a couple of weeks ago and we have seen a great interest in this > opportunity from staff and student Interesting! But, sorry for the stupid questions, how can this work? Are you talking of thesis as in final work for the degree? Does it mean the student can decide the thesis on their own? What does the staff have to do with it? How are external entities allowed to propose theses? https://studyinsweden.se/study-information/degree-programmes/masters-studie… and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis#Sweden are not particularly useful to explain. In Italy the bachelor/master thesis is in practice proposed by the prof./teacher and the university staff has no say whatsoever in it. (Let alone the state; that would even be against the constitution, probably.) Nemo

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Senior Citizens Write Wikipedia midpoint report
by Vojtěch Dostál 05 Nov '14

05 Nov '14

Hi all Senior Citizens Write Wikipedia <https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie:Senio%C5%99i_p%C3%AD%C5%A1%C3%AD_Wi…>, a Czech program funded by an IEG grant and supported by Wikimedia Czech Republic, has released a midpoint report. A bit too early to discuss the impact of our program (we have just started the courses a month ago) but have fun reading it. We already have about 30 course participants and the number is rising. Available here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Senior_Citizens_Write_Wikipedia/… cheers Vojtěch Dostál vice-chairman of the board Wikimedia Česká republika Konopišťská 790/3, Praha 10 http://www.wikimedia.cz

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Call for Papers: Switzerland - International Conference on Semantic Web Business and Innovation (SWBI2015)
by Conference Updates 03 Nov '14

03 Nov '14

The International Conference on Semantic Web Business and Innovation (SWBI2015) The University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO Valais-Wallis) October 7-9, 2015 http://sdiwc.net/conferences/swbi2015/ All registered papers will be included in SDIWC Digital Library ================================================================ The proposed conference on the above theme will be held at he University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO Valais-Wallis) on October 7-9, 2015 which aims to enable researchers build connections between different digital applications. The conference welcomes papers on the following (but not limited to) research topics: *Semantic Web and Linked Data - Database, IR, NLP and AI technologies for the Semantic Web - Geospatial Semantic Web - Information Extraction from unstructured data - Information visualization of Semantic Web data and Linked Data - Internet of things - Languages, tools, and methodologies for representing and managing Semantic Web data - Linked open data - Management of Semantic Web data and Linked Data - Ontology engineering and ontology patterns for the Semantic Web - Ontology modularity, mapping, merging, and alignment - Ontology-based data access - Privacy and Security - Query and inference over data streams - Search, query, integration, and analysis on the Semantic Web - Semantic business process management - Semantic Sensor networks - Semantic technologies for mobile platforms - Semantic Web and Linked Data for Cloud Environments - Semantic Web, Ontologies - Social networks and processes on the Semantic Web - Supporting multi-linguality in the Semantic Web - User Interfaces and interacting with Semantic Web data and Linked Data *Business and Innovation in Semantic Web - Business Model Innovation - Business Models and E-Commerce - Business Technology Intelligence - Challenges for change in semantic services - Collaborative improvement and innovation - E-Business Applications and Software - E-commerce Technology Adoption - E-commerce, E-Business Strategies - E-tailing and Multi-Channel selling - Evolution of Business model for Semantic Web Applications - High-tech marketing - Implementation strategies for responsible innovation - Innovation for E-Business - Innovative methods and tools for products and services - Practices and Cases in E-Commerce - Production of Knowledge Economy - Technology and Business Transformation - Technology strategies - The Latest Trends in Linked Data - Web Advertising and Web Publishing - Web and Mobile Applications Researchers are encouraged to submit their work electronically. All papers will be fully refereed by a minimum of two specialized referees. Before final acceptance, all referees comments must be considered. Important Dates ============== The Submission is open Notification of Acceptance: 6 weeks from the submission date Camera Ready Submission: September 14, 2015 Registration Deadline: September 14, 2015 Conference Dates: October 7-9, 2015

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] "Wikipedia Is Emerging as Trusted Internet Source for Information on Ebola"
by Pine W 27 Oct '14

27 Oct '14

Forwarding an article from Wikimedia-l about readership and authorship of English Wikipedia's information about Ebola, and the quality and authorship of English Wikipedia's medical content in general. Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: MZMcBride <z(a)mzmcbride.com> Date: Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 10:27 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] "Wikipedia Is Emerging as Trusted Internet Source for Information on Ebola" To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> http://nyti.ms/1rHy4fK Wikipedia Is Emerging as Trusted Internet Source for Information on Ebola Noam Cohen October 26, 2014 The New York Times Neat! (And a bit terrifying.) MZMcBride _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Introducing Learning Quarterly, the newsletter from Learning and Evaluation team
by Maria Cruz 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

Hi all, A few months ago, the Learning and Evaluation team started a new communication outlet to reach out to the Wikimedia community: Learning Quarterly, a newsletter that has recently launched its second issue. Find it on Meta at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Newsletter/2014/1/2 Through this means we seek to share the learning about programs and practices taking place in the movement, including information around new learning resources, blog posts written by the team, learning patterns, and recent initiatives in IdeaLab that need community support. Learning is a key aspect of community and program development[1], and we strive to socialize this knowledge to the community at large. Help us by spreading the word! [2] If you want to find out what were the hot topics from the past quarter, read further on metrics, or learn what other community members are doing in different parts of the world, subscribe to the Global Message delivery list [3] and have it sent to your wiki of preference. You can also read the latest issue on the Evaluation portal on Meta [4] or subscribe to our bi-weekly announcements *[5]*. If you are coordinating a Wikimedia program or project, and would like to be featured in the newsletter, please leave a comment on the Second issue Discussion page or email eval(a)wikimedia.org Cheers! *María Cruz * \\ Community Coordinator, PE&D Team \\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | : @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_> [1] More on Participatory Grantmaking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_grantmaking [2] Use our Twitter handle @WikiEval https://twitter.com/WikiEval [3] Subscribe to the newsletter: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/Learning_Qu… [4] Learning Quarterly on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Newsletter [5] Announcement list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-ped

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Editor interaction data sets and visualizations
by Pine W 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

Dear colleagues, As you may have heard, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Editor_Interaction_Data_Extracti… is an individual engagement grant proposal. I am working on this proposal with volunteer assistance and advice from Aaron Halfaker (WMF), Haitham Shammaa (WMF), and Fabian Flöck (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsruhe_Institute_of_Technology>). We are still developing this proposal, and plan to have it finalized in the next few days. We would greatly appreciate your comments on whether you support or oppose the general concept of this project, and any suggestions about how to refine the proposal. Additionally, we would like to hear from you about which sets of editor interaction data, and what visualizations of editor interaction data, would be most relevant to your interests. We intend to prioritize our outputs with your comments in mind. Please comment on the proposal talk page. Questions and feedback, both positive and critical, are helpful to us as the proposers, and also help the Individual Engagement Grants Committee [1] to assess the proposal. Regards, Pine [1] I am a member of the Individual Engagement Grants Committee. I am recusing from reviewing proposals in this funding round.

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Question on editing course pages: page title and term
by yurkobb＠gmail.com 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Hi! A small technical question on the EduProgram extension. A teacher has created a course page with a typo in the name and I've noticed I can't change it. When I click Edit on a course page, I'm only allowed to edit the description text field, start and end dates and the enroll token. There's no fields for the corse name and term. This is the same with other course pages including those I created myself. I have the ep-coordinator user right. How does it work?

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[Call for Submissions] Stories needed for the October issue of the education newsletter
by Anna Koval 11 Oct '14

11 Oct '14

Hey everyone, School's started. What's going on where you are? Tell the world about it in the education newsletter! Head to the newsroom on Outreach wiki and give us an update. We'll format, proofread and copyedit it for you. https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom The deadline for submissions is next Wednesday 15 October by midnight UTC. Thanks! Anna Koval & Leigh Thelmadatter This Month In Education -- Anna Koval, M.Ed. Manager, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 x6729 akoval(a)wikimedia.org education.wikimedia.org

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Re: [Wikimedia Education] [Wiki Loves Monuments] Be part of the most epic data collection and analysis of Wikimedia programs!
by Maria Cruz 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

Hi all, this is a short announcement to say we are hosting Office Hours for consultation on program reporting. If you want to contribute to Round II of Data Collection *[1]* and are struggling with the report form, or have questions about the process, we are here to help. Join us next Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, on IRC ‪#‎wikimedia‬-ped: Oct 13, from 1500 - 1700 UTC (8 to 10 am PDT) Oct 16, from 00 - 0200 UTC (October 15, 5 to 7pm PDT) Oct 16, from 1400 - 1600 UTC (7 to 9am PDT) Thanks for your time and attention! Cheers, *María Cruz * \\ Community Coordinator, PE&D Team \\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | : @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_> *[1] * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News/Round_II_Announcement On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Anasuya Sengupta <asengupta(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear Wikimedian friends and colleagues, > > > tl;dr We have just launched our second round of voluntary reporting. This > is the most epic data collection and analysis of Wikimedia programs we've > done so far as a movement, and all program leaders are invited to take > part. :-) You can do so here: > https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0B3azKpdZ7ggCtD (or get in > touch with the L&E team for support). > > As we did in the Fall of 2013, we invite community members leading and > evaluating Wikimedia programs to share their data with the rest of the > movement (i.e., Edit-a-thons, Editing Workshops, On-wiki Writing > Contests, Photo Events, etc.). Last year’s data was collected and > analysed in a series of reports that was the beginning of telling the > Wikimedia story of impact: the incredible work of over 60 program leaders > implementing 119 programs or projects in 30 countries across the world. > This helped us start building a set of good and best practices for > effective programs across our movement.[1] This year’s data drive will be > critical to help us continue to do and learn better from each other. > > To best prepare, program leaders can review the reporting items [1] and > start gathering that data you have filed away about your programs since the > last reporting round. We are looking for data on programs completed any > time from September 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014. You can ask > questions directly on the reporting form preview [2] or on our portal talk > page [3]. If you are planning to report and may need support from us, do > let us know so that we can help in any way needed. > > When ready, you will find the reporting collector at: > > https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0B3azKpdZ7ggCtD > > We also welcome your data in different formats. For example, if you have > already reported data elsewhere, we are happy to work with you to make the > process as easy as possible. Message eval(a)wikimedia.org and we can work > out the easiest way to include your data. > > We are expanding the number of programs covered in the reporting this > year, and extend the reporting window longer for some new programs, GLAM, > and Wiki Loves Monuments. See the schedule below for timelines for > reporting for each program type. > > Data submission deadlines by program: > > Due by October 20th > > - > > Edit-a-thons/editing parties > - > > Editing Workshops > > > Due by November 3rd > > - > > On-wiki Writing Contests > > > - > > Photo Events (Wiki Loves Earth, WikiExpeditions, WikiTakes, etc.) > - > > Wikipedia Education Program > > > Due by November 17th > > - > > Conferences > - > > GLAM Content Donation > - > > Hackathons > - > > Wiki Loves Monuments (2013 and 2014) > - > > Wikimedian in Residence > > > Remember, reporting is voluntary but the more people do it, the better > representation of programs we can make. This voluntary reporting allows us > to come together and generate a bird’s eye view of programs [4]. We want to > understand the impact of programs across different contexts, to examine > both more broadly, and more deeply, what works best to meet our shared > goals for Wikimedia and to, together, grow the awesome [5] in Wikimedia > programs! > > On behalf of the Learning and Evaluation team, thank you for your time and > support in this initiative. > > Warmly, > > Anasuya > > Resource links: > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Evaluation_reports/2013 > > [2] > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CG-K8I1d9JPqyRRyHTIQ5x7fASQXcHZsEMKutdA… > > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Evaluation > > [4] > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evaluation_Report_(beta)_Poster_Wik… > [5] http://www.nbp.org/nbp/images/book_photos/MAG-AWESOME.jpg > > > > -- > > > *Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation* > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > Support Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > WikiLovesMonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >

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A question about Education program extension
by yurkobb＠gmail.com 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

Dear edu community, After the Education Program extension was recently enabled on Ukrainian Wikipedia, the next step for us is to learn how to use it:) And while there's plenty of useful information about it on English Wikipedia as well as on Glamwiki, I wasn't lucky enought to find out one thing: are the course pages (in the Education program: namespace) supposed to be reused when fresh group of students comes in on the following year? I.e., do the teachers usually just edit the old course page, remove all the students and start again with the same page or copy the course plan into a new page? Thanks, Yury Bulka

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