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Request for interviews from education program leaders
by Pine W 14 Jun '14

14 Jun '14

Hi all, In consultation with The_Ed17, I'm starting work on a series of Signpost reports regarding meta issues. One of the subjects I have in the queue is the education program. I'd like to interview the following people: 1. A leader of the Wikipedia Education program in Serbia 2. A leader of the Wikipedia Education program in Israel 3. A leader of the Wikipedia Education program in Mexico 4. A leader of the Wikipedia Education program in the US or Canada, preferably a regional ambassador or professor 5. Someone involved in the Global Education program at WMF 6. Someone at the Wiki Ed Foundation If you're in one of these groups, you speak English at at least the EN-2 level, and you're willing to be interviewed or know who a good person to interview would be, please email me off-list. Interviews will probably take place in late June or sometime in July, and hopefully be no more than half an hour each. The goal is to get a broad survey of Wikipedia's use in education in this Signpost article. The article will probably be published in mid to late July. Thanks! Pine

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Fwd: [Wmfcc-l] [PRESS] Public schools to integrate Wikipedia into curriculum
by Charles Andrès 13 Jun '14

13 Jun '14

I haven’t been able to send this message to both mailing list, because of the security settings of WMF server Charles > > I think this is a top priority and we should really focus on having a central document with ALL this type of initiative, including University or school level only. > > What I see in Switzerland is that the argument « look they have done that » is not an efficient incentive, because people answered you « yes but we are different ». > > Whereas if we are able to show all the type of « wikipedia integration into curriculum » it will be more easy to convince people. > > In the meantime, having case studies to illustrate is not enough if we do not have the documentation ready to support the actual integration of wikipedia, we cannot move forward. > > In this sense the WMF has done a great job with several brochures, but obviously they are in English and we do not have an efficient way to translate and localized them. > > Due to the volunteer nature of our movement, we are always struggling between waiting the community to translate or pushing the staff to do it. > > The fully centralize model wouldn’t be good because we would lack the « localization » part, but a fully decentralize model is not good too, it means repeating the same effort in different place, so a waste of money and/or time. > > I do not have a magical answer, but I deeply believe the availability of the documentation in as much as language possible is a main challenge, and we need to adress it. > > > Charles > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > I use this email for mailing list only. > > Charles ANDRES, Chief Science Officer > "Wikimedia CH" – Association for the advancement of free knowledge – > www.wikimedia.ch > Skype: charles.andres.wmch > IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch > > Le 10 juin 2014 à 20:46, Victor Grigas <vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org> a écrit : > >> Does anyone know of any other nation-level or regional-level efforts like this anywhere? I think it's worth documenting to inspire other education systems to do the same. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Bishakha Datta <bdatta(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: >> Really exciting development with huge potential. You guys are always breaking new ground, Itzik. >> >> And bravo, Jan-Bart! >> >> Best >> Bishakha >> >> On Jun 10, 2014 11:52 PM, "Lila Tretikov" <lila(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: >> This is wonderful -- I wonder if this is something we can knowledge-share with across chapters. >> >> Is there a way that this program will be measured/analyzed? >> >> Thanks for sharing, >> Lila >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Stevie Benton <stevie.benton(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: >> I saw this earlier and didn't get around to sharing with this list. What I did want to say is that this is a fantastic piece of work and well done to everyone. In my mind, at least, this is something of a gold standard ambition for our movement. It shows the content on the projects is of an educational quality, that it is taken seriously and that the value of the projects as serious educational tools is being recognised. >> >> Many congrats to everyone, especially to WMIL and to Jan-Bart! >> >> Stevie >> >> >> On 10 June 2014 18:45, Itzik Edri <itzik(a)infra.co.il> wrote: >> Following Jan-Bart's visit in Israel. Published today on the print & online version and here is the English version: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=18059 >> >> We'll later publish a blog post about it (we are waiting to the social-media team response). >> >> Public schools to integrate Wikipedia into curriculum >> >> Education Minister Shay Piron meets with Wikimedia Foundation Chairman Jan-Bart de Vreede, announces that the state's public schools will instruct teachers on how to teach students to write content for Wikipedia in Hebrew and other languages. >> >> Yael Branovsky and Israel Hayom Staff >> >> Online encyclopedia project Wikipedia is a known research shortcut for students seeking online information and sources for their written assignments. But now, a new initiative promoted by the Education Ministry is seeking to have Israeli students produce Wikiepdia entries themselves. >> >> The program was suggested last week during a meeting between Education Minister Shay Piron and Wikimedia Foundation Chairman Jan-Bart de Vreede, with the Education Ministry expressing interest in integrating Wikipedia into its "meaningful learning" initiative. >> >> A statement posted on the Education Ministry's website read, "Meaningful language learning is characterized by its being active, constructive, authentic and cooperative. Learners are motivated when they have the opportunity to engage in activities that they feel are useful in their lives." >> >> To integrate Wikipedia, history, geography or science teachers would undergo a professional training program that would instruct them on how to help students complete Wikipedia entries. >> >> In addition, the ministry is weighing whether to allow students who speak foreign languages or whose mother tongue is not Hebrew to write entries on Wikipedia sites in other languages, the goal of which is also to help improve Israel's image abroad. >> >> The Education Ministry stressed that the initiative is a win-win situation for all sides. On the one hand, students will help broaden the breadth of Hebrew Wikipedia's entries, and on the other hand students will be able to develop the ability to research, write and edit informative articles, helping to both filter out wrong information and verify what has already been written. >> >> Worldwide, the program marks the largest joint initiative between public education and the Wikipedia movement. >> >> "It is important that the education system in Israel leads in innovation, and this joint effort with Wikipedia is a wonderful opportunity to think outside the box, which lets students in Israel do impactful things that others can enjoy," Piron said. >> >> De Vreede praised Israel for championing the integration of Wikipedia into the education system and academia. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wmfcc-l mailing list >> Wmfcc-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfcc-l >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Stevie Benton >> Head of External Relations >> Wikimedia UK >> +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173 >> @StevieBenton >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). >> Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wmfcc-l mailing list >> Wmfcc-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfcc-l >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wmfcc-l mailing list >> Wmfcc-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfcc-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wmfcc-l mailing list >> Wmfcc-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfcc-l >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Victor Grigas >> Storyteller >> Wikimedia Foundation >> vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org >> >> https://donate.wikimedia.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wmfcc-l mailing list >> Wmfcc-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfcc-l >

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Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Israel’s Ministry of Education & Wikimedia Israel Agree On New, Unique Initiative
by Pine W 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

I'm forwarding this good news from WikimediaAnnounce-l that mysteriously wasn't received by Wikimedia-l. I'm sending this to Wikimedia-l and Education-l. Pine ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <itzik(a)wikimedia.org.il> Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 8:58 PM Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Israel’s Ministry of Education & Wikimedia Israel Agree On New, Unique Initiative To: wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org (Posted also on the Wikimedia Blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/israels-ministry-of-education-wikimed… ) An agreement was met in a meeting between Rabbi Shai Piron, Israel’s Education Minister, Jan-Bart de Vreede, Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, Itzik Edri, Chair of the Wikimedia Israel Board and Michal Lester, Executive Director of Wikimedia Israel, regarding a shared cooperation with Wikimedia Israel in the framework of the ministry’s school curricula in the coming years. Through the planned cooperation, history, geography and science teachers will receive special professional training to instruct students on how to contribute to new or incomplete Wikipedia articles for which information is lacking or inadequate. The Education Ministry will also examine the possibility of integrating Wikipedia writing assignments in the teaching of research and community involvement. They will also consider having students who speak additional languages (primarily English and Russian) write Wikipedia articles about Israel in those particular languages. Education Minister Rabbi Shai Piron said, “It is important to us that the education system in Israel leads in innovation and cooperating with Wikipedia is a wonderful opportunity to think outside the box and enable students in Israel to do things that make a difference from which others can also benefit.” Jan-Bart de Vreede, Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees said, “Israel is today among the leading countries in the integration of Wikipedia in the education system and academia. I hope our joint work model will also serve as an example to other education systems around the world.” In the framework of cooperation that is already in place between Wikimedia Israel and the Ministry of education, several pilot projects are being conducted. The projects involve teacher training in good Wikipedia usage, article composition, Wikipedia article writing by gifted high school students and the teaching of proper Wikipedia usage to elementary schoolchildren. It is worth mentioning that through cooperation with academics in a variety of universities and colleges throughout Israel, hundreds of articles are written each year by students in courses. Thus students write Wikipedia articles as part of their degrees, sometimes even in lieu of exams or final papers. The Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University recently conducted a special 2-credit course on the subject of Wikipedia and medicine. Survey results published last week as part of Wikipedia Academy 2014 Israel revealed that 84% of the Israeli public relies heavily on Wikipedia and 74% say that it provides all the information they need. Over one third of the population expressed interest in learning to write for Wikipedia. *Regards,Itzik Edri* Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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June 15th newsletter coming along nicely!
by The 'This Month In Education' Team 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

*The This Month In Education Team* https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter <http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter> The June 15th is coming along quite nicely. We have a very good submission from an project in Uruguay, a first for us! and some really big news from Israel! There is still time to add your story! https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom

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Integration Wikipedia into primary and secondary schools in Serbia
by Mile Kiš 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

Hello everyone! I am honored to inform you that several months of integrating Wikipedia into primary and secondary schools in Serbia has finally paid off! After the Ministry has prescribed that from September 2014 all students of the second year of secondary school curriculum *must study wiki tools*, Institute for the Improvement of knowledge and education has included a course on Wikipedia in its catalog of programs of continuous professional development of teachers, professors and other school personnel. We got accreditation for two years. Not a lot applicants got accreditation. This course will start in December. first challenge we successfully crossed :) next will come. I started writing blog post about this and hope it will be ready on 20 June. If you have some questions I will be happy to answer you :) Mile Kiš Vikimedija Srbije - rs.wikimedia.org - 00381 (0)60 7 454 772 „Zamislite svet u kome svaka osoba ima slobodan pristup celokupnom ljudskom znanju. To je ono na čemu mi radimo.“

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Free open knowledge MOOC, accuracy review, strategy survey
by James Salsman 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

Please forgive the crossposting. If you or someone you know who doesn't understand enough about OERs have a handful of hours per week this fall, please consider: https://class.stanford.edu/courses/Education/OpenKnowledge/Fall2014/about Stanford is trying to flip undergraduate instruction. My standard by which I judge MOOCs are whether they tell students to refrain from communicating with the instructors. Lila Tretikov wrote: >... > Let's think big. Okay, I would like to change my opinion about http:// strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Develop_systems_for_accuracy_review While I still would love to work on it if I had the spare time, I would also like to ask the Foundation to try to do it first. I feel the same way about a strategic objective survey for increasing participation by nurturing social change likely to increase potential volunteer editor spare time, and I feel both are about equally important for the future of the projects. Best regards, James Salsman

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June 15 newsletter!
by The 'This Month In Education' Team 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

*The This Month In Education Team* https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter <http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter> Its that time again! Please visit us at the Newsroom https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/Newsroom to share with us your news for May/June! We added a new feature in case anyone does not feel comfortable writing an entire article in English, Please take a look and suggestions welcome! The deadline is June 14 and remember we request not only new stories but also links to stories in other media outlets about Wikipedia and education!

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Future of Education Workshop (21+22 June) WIKIMANIA Fringe
by Toni Sant 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

*FINAL CALL FOR FREE REGISTRATION...* This is a final call for free registration to attend the Future of Education Workshop, which is taking place in London on 21 and 22 June as part of the Wikimania 2014 Fringe. Further details can be found here: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Future_of_Education_Workshop Register now here: https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk/extern/url.php?u=2314&qid=459139 There are presently only 10 places left, and we'll be taking a waiting list from Friday if these places are filled up. Feel free to direct any questions about this event to education(a)wikimedia.org.uk Best wishes, Toni --- Dr Toni Sant - Education Organiser, Wikimedia UK toni.sant(a)wikimedia.org.uk +44 (0)7885 980 536 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*

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Teaching Critical Reading through Wikipedia
by Asaf Bartov 31 May '14

31 May '14

Hi. Does anyone know of specific materials developed for teaching critical reading skills (either in K-12 or higher education) *through* reading Wikipedia? I vaguely remember coming across some, but don't remember the details. I'm thinking about things like "how to identify bias", "how to distill the argument from a paragraph", "what are weasel words", logical fallacies, etc. Thanks, A. -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org

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New Wiki Education Foundation staff
by LiAnna Davis 30 May '14

30 May '14

I’m excited to point you all to a new Wiki Education Foundation blog post announcing the hires for three positions. Sage Ross joins us June 2 as Product Manager, Digital Services; Jessica Craft joins us June 3 as Executive Assistant to the ED; and Sara Crouse joins us June 16 as Deputy Director & Senior Director of Fundraising and Partnerships. You can read more about their backgrounds and roles on our blog: http://wikiedfoundation.org/blog/2014/05/29/welcome-sage-jessica-and-sara/ LiAnna -- LiAnna Davis Head of Communications and External Relations Wiki Education Foundation http://wikiedfoundation.org/

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