Hello, everyone.
I'm hoping this email finds you & your families well during this continued turbulent time.
Piotr and I are doing a final round of collecting responses for our *research on **wiki assignments in all educational settings *- k-12 / higher education; formal / informal education; Wikipedia / Wikidata / other wiki projects.
*We wanted this research to be international,* as we know there are EDUWiki activities in many places in the world. So far, we have lots of responses from the US & Canada, but comparatively, very few from other places in the world.
So -- if you have been involved in EDUWiki assignments, or know others who have been involved in that, *please please make an effort to spread the word about this in your local communities. * This will be a final chance to participate in this important research. Here is a link to the survey - https://tinyurl.com/yd6dfata https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fyd6dfata%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR12dwPgKFf5XrPMoURJpbZnIkcKiapN_Iu8sBkhNAnA4AR9vViptbzr7-A&h=AT2cDcem0_zPMEx9gv3dF3TMTeWXicKankU2oma31sG7hRXtkM36tHXnR6yJi5oqzpwJATUiV582r7QWfSICEkX23K3jLpeudD1PoKgp6PRstJ_e1NJCF2i-6sxik5y-seUvIPrZgWQDZwDOEcxLkw
We do hope to have a better representation from other places in the world, so the results are not so US-centric.
As always, I'm here if you have any questions.
Thank you all for your efforts, and stay safe! Shani.
----------------------------------------------- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov*
* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University. * Azrieli Foundation Research Fellow. * OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495 on Technology, Internationalization and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495.
* Member of the Board of Trustees https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/, Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/. * Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621. * Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda http://benyehuda.org.
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On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 12:35 AM Shani Evenstein shani.even@gmail.com wrote:
Dear WikiFriends, I'm hoping you & yours are all well, safe and healthy in these unprecedented times we have all found ourselves in. I'm writing you today with my 'educator & researcher' hat on, with a special request to help Piotr Konieczny & I spread the word about a new global research we are conducting. While using Wikimedia-related assignments (Wikipedia, Commons, WikiBooks, WikiSource, Wikidata, Wiktionary etc) in the classroom has been used all over the world for over a decade, very little research was conducted about what instructors who have tried it actually think about the experience. We are hoping that answering the questions in the survey will help us better understand:
- Whether this teaching approach is effective (or not)
- What are some of the challenges experienced by instructors
- How the process could be improved
The questions are meant for any instructors running a wiki assignment, whether it is in k-12 or higher education, formal or informal educational setting. We are hoping the results will allow us to globally share experiences and learn from one another, so we can make it smoother, easier and more effective for educators joining these efforts. It is important to note that this would be the first time (that we know of!) that an academic research of this type has been conducted around the world, so we really need your help in spreading the word about it in your local communities. We're hoping that any of you, supporting such initiatives around the world over the years, would forward it to your local Education contacts and ask them to participate. The more instructors participating, the better. We realize that it would have been great to have the questionnaire in a variety of languages, but in order for us to process the data properly and not via third-party translations and keep the anonymity and privacy of participants, it was decided to release the survey just in English. Here is a link to the survey - https://tinyurl.com/yd6dfata https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fyd6dfata%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR12dwPgKFf5XrPMoURJpbZnIkcKiapN_Iu8sBkhNAnA4AR9vViptbzr7-A&h=AT2cDcem0_zPMEx9gv3dF3TMTeWXicKankU2oma31sG7hRXtkM36tHXnR6yJi5oqzpwJATUiV582r7QWfSICEkX23K3jLpeudD1PoKgp6PRstJ_e1NJCF2i-6sxik5y-seUvIPrZgWQDZwDOEcxLkw . Thank you all in advance, and of course, if there are any questions, Piotr & I are here. Stay healthy & safe! Shani.
*Shani Evenstein Sigalov*
- Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
- EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler
School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
- PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
- Azrieli Foundation Research Fellow.
- OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495 on Technology, Internationalization and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495.
- Member of the Board of Trustees
https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/, Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org/.
- Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621.
- Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda http://benyehuda.org.
+972-525640648