*Dear Colleagues,Thanks to Nichole for sharing this great news! At WMUK, we have recently carried out at a research exploring the potentials of Wikimedia projects in digital and information literacy development. We propose a framework of skills and education modules based on the framework in the WM context, that are relevant for SDG4.*
*Although the document has a focus on the UK, other chapters and user groups might benefit from our work, and use its findings to develop a similar approach to integrate WM, OER, and digital skill education, taking into account, of course, local environmental factors. Please find the document attached.*
Wishing you a nice day,
WMUK team
On 15 May 2018 at 10:45, Nichole Saad nsaad@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Mina,
I can't promise that we'll have time to read them, but please do send the links! Thanks for already putting so much thought into this important topic.
best,
Nichole
On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 5:18 AM, Mina Theofilatou saintfevrier@gmail.com wrote:
Nichole this is very interesting and promising! Unfortunately I do not
have
the time to go through the jargon and add comments... I do however have three things to offer that may help (if you - or someone else - would be willing to investigate where they could fit in!) I have co-authored two conference papers - one in Greek and one in English - on the use of Wikipedia as an OER (Greek) and teaching cultural heritage with the Wikimedia projects (English). The third is a vision paper on Open
Education
in Europe 2030 (this has been published on their website). If you think these would help I would be happy to send links :)
BW Mina (User:Saintfevrier)
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 6:16 PM, Nichole Saad nsaad@wikimedia.org
wrote:
*Dear colleagues,As you may have heard, in March I spent a couple of
weeks
at UNESCO for Mobile Learning Week and to network with folks there
about
global goals for education and Wikimedia in education. A few really
great
opportunities came up, but one of them is quite pressing. The UNESCO Communications and Information Sector http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/ (CI) is leading the initiative for the General Conference https://en.unesco.org/generalconference to adopt a recommendation
about
the use of OERs to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4). Some background information on recommendations can be found here http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=23772&URL_DO=DO_ TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html. A quick summary is that a recommendation, though not an enforceable
policy
mechanism, requires that member states who apply to it adopt national policies that align with the recommendation and report on their
compliance.
Essentially, we have the opportunity to be a part of influencing policy around the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in education. UNESCO adopting this policy will mean that governments around the world will
be
strongly compelled to support the use of OER in education. For us, this means that Wikimedia projects will have a stronger reputation in
education
globally. Wikimedia projects are OERs that not only allow students to consume information, but that support the critical consumption of information as well as empower students and educators to be content creators. Contributing to this policy recommendation will give us the opportunity to advocate for that message, and support the work of
community
members around the world who are doing education programs.We have been formally invited to participate in the open invitation for comments on
this
recommendation, and the deadline is set for June 1. I’m asking for your input, so that we can make this comment as a collective. Here is how
you
can participate: *Read the Recommendation.(There are both English https://www.oercongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ Draft-OER-Recommendation-Version-Draft-18-April-2018- text-for-online-consultation-ENG.pdf and French https://www.oercongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ Draft-OER-Recommendation-Version-Draft-18-April-2018- text-for-online-consultation-FR.pdf Versions)*Provide your input in this google form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHGzJZQqs3kbWclQeN5xI7 P9e2OY-mlXDP35PYrXtfNWYB7A/viewform?usp=sf_link by May 18. Please note that the document itself is full of UN and
policy
jargon, and may be difficult to analyze. I’ve included some guiding questions in the google form that will hopefully help you to provide
input.
This invitation is a good first step in developing a closer
relationship
with UNESCO for Wikimedia projects in Education, and I hope to be
sharing
more opportunities with you in the future. best regards,Nichole*
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