Hi Martin,
Thanks for this info. I would like to suggest that you reach out to WMDC,
WMNY, and New England Wikimedians. They may be able to connect you with
other chemists who teach with Wikipedia, and/or Wikipedians who could
instruct chemists in Wikipedia mechanics and community norms.
I look foward to hearing how this event goes.
Cheers,
Pine
On Mar 22, 2015 8:58 PM, "Martin Walker" <walkerma(a)potsdam.edu> wrote:
We're holding a symposium at the national American
Chemical Society (ACS)
meeting (in Boston, USA, August 16-20) concerning Wikipedia and Chemistry,
with a special emphasis on education projects. For example, Ye Li
(co-organizer) from the University of Michigan will be presenting on use of
Wikipedia editing in chemistry courses on her campus.
The description is as follows:
Wikipedia and Chemistry: Collaborations in Science and Education
Chemistry information on Wikipedia has an enormous reach and impact. In
this symposium, the connections between Wikipedia editors and the wider
chemistry community will be explored. In particular, collaborations
between educators, students and regular editors (Wikipedians) will be
examined to understand how Wikipedia editing can be set up as a successful
class project. Educators will demonstrate how Wikipedia projects can help
students with understanding subject matters and improving information
literacy skills. Meanwhile, we will explore how educators and the Wikipedia
community can work together through the Wikipedia Education Program to
ensure students' contributions to Wikipedia are valid and effective.
Finally, we will exchange ideas on how to involve more chemists in
contributing to Wikipedia, and how to use the site wisely.
We are also planning an Edit-a-thon to get chemists engaged in editing and
contributing.
If you have experience of using Wikipedia (or indeed, another Wikimedia
platform if relevant) in chemical education, and would like to present,
please contact me, or submit an abstract via the ACS website. Abstracts
are due by Sunday, March 29th. If you just live in the area and would like
to help out with promoting Wikipedia in education among the chemistry
community, let me know.
Thanks!
Martin
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Department of Chemistry
State University of New York at Potsdam
+1 (315) 267-2271
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