On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Sophie Osterberg <sosterberg@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Thanks for sharing Laura! 

How would you think that successful outreach would look? Target a few lecturers/teachers and speak about this in person/skype? What are your general suggestions on how outreach may be conducted? 


Sorry for taking so long.  Having never done outreach of this type before and with other English Wikinews participants being in a similar position, I do not quite have a clear idea of the best method to try.  I-d be happy to create materials that could explain why Wikinews would be beneficial for instructors to have students use. (We have https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/File:Wikinews_LgbT.pdf and a few things at https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Category:Wikinews_training_materials which are more general.)  I'd be happy to speak via skype to anyone interested.  We have people who would be happy to assist in reviewing specifically for courses, with the idea that reviews should be focused on publishing AND learning outcomes at the same time.  The user base is just geographically spread out so getting people in person is generally not feasible.  If there were any UK, Spain, Portugal, France, Mexico, Australia events where some one could speak, we could probably arrange for some one to be there. 

Sincerely,
Laura Hale


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