If it would help, I could incorporate these into
a blog post for my next
monthly update regarding the LearnWiki video series. However, would linking
the two cause confusion because the styles, audiences and scopes are
different? Or could those differences be explained in the blog entry?
Pinging Ed and Marti to ask how they would feel about a combined blog
post.
Pine
On Aug 15, 2016 14:05, "James Salsman" <jsalsman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Maria, these are really great! Is there a blog
post with the text of
your email below we can link to, please?
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Maria Cruz <mcruz(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hi all,
after months of hard work, we are happy to share with all a new video
series
on the Wikimedia Education Program. You can now
watch all 12 episodes
on
Commons, Youtube and Vimeo.
With this series, we hope to engage new educators in using Wikimedia
projects in the classroom, as well as promote existing resources to
support
education programs all over the world, like the
Education Program
Toolkit
and the many brochures for educators.
What is this video series about?
Chapter 1: Introduction and Why do you teach Wikipedia?
Meet Educators and Wikipedia education leaders from around the world
who
share why they use Wikipedia in classrooms not
just as a way to access
knowledge, but also a way to develop their students’ capacities,
digital
know-how and to share knowledge with the world.
Learn how the process
turns
their students from consumers into knowledge
producers, leaving behind
papers that only the teacher reads for articles that the whole world
can
access.
Chapter 2: What was your first Wikipedia article?
How did these educators and Wikipedia education leaders get started?
Starting from light copyediting, to translating, realizing information
of
interest was missing… and creating new articles!
Chapter 3: The five pillars of Wikipedia
5 things you must know before you get started on writing on the
Wikipedia.
From these 5 rules, the educators reflect on the
geopolitical
implications
of knowledge production, good online behaviour,
and even learning to
express
knowledge the best we can.
Chapter 4: Assignments
How does using Wikipedia in the classroom work in practice? Educators
and
Wikipedia education program leaders share
different experiences and
ways to
turn the open online encyclopedia into an
educational, active learning
tool.
… and the importance of explaining what
plagiarism is, as well as the
value
of using good references.
Chapter 5: Brochures and tutorials
Need a little help? Downloading a few brochures can go a long way into
learning in more detail how to use Wikipedia as an edtech tool. Follow
the
link and :
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Brochures
Chapter 6: The key to a successful education program
Starting small and then growing the educational program seems to be
the key.
If you are trying to start an education program
in your region,
experiment
with a single teacher, learn from that
experience, an then grow the
program
progressively.
Chapter 7: Social media & connectivity
Social media is an ally to connect with other education initiatives,
other
educators, and helpful volunteers that can answer
questions regarding
the
use of the internet.
Chapter 8: Work with the Wikipedia community
A fact to take in consideration: connecting with the community of
volunteer
that edit the Wikipedia in your language
increases the probability of
success of your education project!
Chapter 9: Motivating students
Motivating students to learn through editing Wikipedia is not very
hard.
Here are a few experiences that highlight the
value of using Wikipedia
as an
educational tool, as well as a few tips on
specific actions that will
fuel
their interest even more.
Chapter 10: Language and translation
Wikipedia exists currently in 283 languages, and “incubates” many more
encyclopedia in other languages. There’s a very high probability that
students can work in the language they’re fluent in. Translation can
be an
activity that will show them the ropes and
increase their language
skills,
on top of developing their knowledge of the
subject matter.
Chapter 11: When to hire an employee
How do you scale an education program that spans over many classrooms
and
even many institutions?
Chapter 12: Success and learning from failure
Success or failure? It’s all learning! This applies at the student
level,
but also to the educators’ tasks, and to
education program leaders.
How can you get involved?
We count on you to help us spread the word about this series and to
use the
videos in your outreach efforts, for training and
any other use you
can give
them! Let us know how you like them, and feel
free to translate
captions as
well.
Thank you to all program leaders who took part in this video
production,
sharing what you have learned during all this
time running your
education
program. A special thank you to Floor Koudijs,
who sparked the first
efforts
for the series to be and set the wheels in motion
for this series to
happen.
Have a great week!
Best,
María
María Cruz \\ Communications and Outreach Coordinator, PC&L Team \\
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | Twitter: @marianarra_
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