Dear colleagues
let me draw your attention to my blog post about our progress in the senior citizen education program!
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/
cheers
Vojtěch Dostál
místopředseda / vice-chairman Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
Bravo, Vojtěch! :)
Thank you for sharing your experiences and your learnings on the Wikimedia blog.
It's exciting to see these successes with seniors in the Czech Republic.
Looking forward to seeing how the program develops, grows, and hopefully inspires others!
Anna :)
--
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On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Vojtěch Dostál <vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz
wrote:
Dear colleagues
let me draw your attention to my blog post about our progress in the senior citizen education program!
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/
cheers
Vojtěch Dostál
místopředseda / vice-chairman Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
Very interesting report, Vojtěch! Thanks for sharing it.
A.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Anna Koval akoval@wikimedia.org wrote:
Bravo, Vojtěch! :)
Thank you for sharing your experiences and your learnings on the Wikimedia blog.
It's exciting to see these successes with seniors in the Czech Republic.
Looking forward to seeing how the program develops, grows, and hopefully inspires others!
Anna :)
--
Anna Koval, M.Ed. Manager, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 x6729 akoval@wikimedia.org education.wikimedia.org
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Vojtěch Dostál < vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz> wrote:
Dear colleagues
let me draw your attention to my blog post about our progress in the senior citizen education program!
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/
cheers
Vojtěch Dostál
místopředseda / vice-chairman Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
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+1 thanks, Vojtěch, for sharing these interesting insights and congrats on your success with this!
Best Tim
Am 13.01.15 um 03:18 schrieb Asaf Bartov:
Very interesting report, Vojtěch! Thanks for sharing it.
A.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Anna Koval <akoval@wikimedia.org mailto:akoval@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Bravo, Vojtěch! :) Thank you for sharing your experiences and your learnings on the Wikimedia blog. It's exciting to see these successes with seniors in the Czech Republic. Looking forward to seeing how the program develops, grows, and hopefully inspires others! Anna :) -- Anna Koval, M.Ed. Manager, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 x6729 <tel:%2B1.415.839.6885%20x6729> akoval@wikimedia.org <mailto:akoval@wikimedia.org> education.wikimedia.org <http://education.wikimedia.org> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Vojtěch Dostál <vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz <mailto:vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz>> wrote: Dear colleagues let me draw your attention to my blog post about our progress in the senior citizen education program! http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/ cheers Vojtěch Dostál místopředseda / vice-chairman Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR> | Newsletter <http://eepurl.com/FsHJr> _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Education@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Education@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation http://www.wikimediafoundation.org
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Thank you for this helpful post, Vojtěch!
I like how you thought out of the box in terms of advertising and the idea of the project in general. Your post taught me a lot :D
Samir
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Tim Moritz Hector < timmoritzhector@t-online.de> wrote:
+1 thanks, Vojtěch, for sharing these interesting insights and congrats on your success with this!
Best Tim
Am 13.01.15 um 03:18 schrieb Asaf Bartov:
Very interesting report, Vojtěch! Thanks for sharing it.
A.On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Anna Koval akoval@wikimedia.org wrote:
Bravo, Vojtěch! :)
Thank you for sharing your experiences and your learnings on the Wikimedia blog.
It's exciting to see these successes with seniors in the Czech Republic.
Looking forward to seeing how the program develops, grows, and hopefully inspires others!
Anna :)
--
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On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Vojtěch Dostál < vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz> wrote:
Dear colleagues
let me draw your attention to my blog post about our progress in the senior citizen education program!
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/
cheers
Vojtěch Dostálmístopředseda / vice-chairman Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
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Dear Vojtech,
Thank you for sharing your experiences; often people don't because writing a report is a lot of work.
If I understand it right, the key for learner's retention is: enough time and good teaching aids. I remember that WMDE in its 2011-2013 education programme did not provide teaching aids, and it did not want to invest more than three afternoons in senior citizens.
Please correct me if I got something wrong.
Kind regards Ziko
Am Donnerstag, 15. Januar 2015 schrieb Samir Elsharbaty :
Thank you for this helpful post, Vojtěch!
I like how you thought out of the box in terms of advertising and the idea of the project in general. Your post taught me a lot :D
Samir
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Tim Moritz Hector < timmoritzhector@t-online.de javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','timmoritzhector@t-online.de');> wrote:
+1 thanks, Vojtěch, for sharing these interesting insights and congrats on your success with this!
Best Tim
Am 13.01.15 um 03:18 schrieb Asaf Bartov:
Very interesting report, Vojtěch! Thanks for sharing it.
A.On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Anna Koval <akoval@wikimedia.org javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','akoval@wikimedia.org');> wrote:
Bravo, Vojtěch! :)
Thank you for sharing your experiences and your learnings on the Wikimedia blog.
It's exciting to see these successes with seniors in the Czech Republic.
Looking forward to seeing how the program develops, grows, and hopefully inspires others!
Anna :)
--
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On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Vojtěch Dostál < vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz');> wrote:
Dear colleagues
let me draw your attention to my blog post about our progress in the senior citizen education program!
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/
cheers
Vojtěch Dostálmístopředseda / vice-chairman Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
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Dear Ziko
there are several keys to the success that my colleague Vojtech Vesely is having with senior citizens. First, he carefully looks for motivated and talented senior citizens - we only accept those who have good knowledge of PC and Internet. We do not try to replace standard PC courses. Secondly, we have to devote enough time to them - we make sure that there is an elementary and an advanced course open to everyone. One person organizes the program, runs three courses a week and answers e-mails, which is almost a full-time job.
best regards
Vojtěch Dostál
předseda rady / chairman of the board Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
2015-01-16 12:31 GMT+01:00 Ziko van Dijk zvandijk@gmail.com:
Dear Vojtech,
Thank you for sharing your experiences; often people don't because writing a report is a lot of work.
If I understand it right, the key for learner's retention is: enough time and good teaching aids. I remember that WMDE in its 2011-2013 education programme did not provide teaching aids, and it did not want to invest more than three afternoons in senior citizens.
Please correct me if I got something wrong.
Kind regards Ziko
Am Donnerstag, 15. Januar 2015 schrieb Samir Elsharbaty :
Thank you for this helpful post, Vojtěch!
I like how you thought out of the box in terms of advertising and the idea of the project in general. Your post taught me a lot :D
Samir
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Tim Moritz Hector < timmoritzhector@t-online.de> wrote:
+1 thanks, Vojtěch, for sharing these interesting insights and congrats on your success with this!
Best Tim
Am 13.01.15 um 03:18 schrieb Asaf Bartov:
Very interesting report, Vojtěch! Thanks for sharing it.
A.On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Anna Koval akoval@wikimedia.org wrote:
Bravo, Vojtěch! :)
Thank you for sharing your experiences and your learnings on the Wikimedia blog.
It's exciting to see these successes with seniors in the Czech Republic.
Looking forward to seeing how the program develops, grows, and hopefully inspires others!
Anna :)
--
Anna Koval, M.Ed. Manager, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 x6729 <%2B1.415.839.6885%20x6729> akoval@wikimedia.org education.wikimedia.org
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Vojtěch Dostál < vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz> wrote:
Dear colleagues
let me draw your attention to my blog post about our progress in the senior citizen education program!
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/
cheers
Vojtěch Dostálmístopředseda / vice-chairman Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
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Vojtěch Dostál, 23/05/2015 11:43:
there are several keys to the success that my colleague Vojtech Vesely is having with senior citizens. First, he carefully looks for motivated and talented senior citizens - we only accept those who have good knowledge of PC and Internet.
How do you ensure this? Do you just clarify that such knowledg is required, and people self-discipline themselves well enough? How do you describe them what is "good knowledge"? Do you test it?
We do not try to replace standard PC courses. Secondly, we have to devote enough time to them - we make sure that there is an elementary and an advanced course open to everyone. One person organizes the program, runs three courses a week and answers e-mails, which is almost a full-time job.
Was synchronous communication tested and was/would it be valuable?
Nemo
How do you ensure this? Do you just clarify that such knowledg is
required, and people self-discipline themselves well enough? How do you describe them what is "good knowledge"? Do you test it?
We just state the requirements and the potential participants are disciplined enough not to attend our courses when they don't know how to switch the Internet on. We just need the basics of using Windows and the Internet browser. Of course there is diversity in their PC skills but none of the participants are beginners.
Was synchronous communication tested and was/would it be valuable?
What do you mean? I consider our Wikipedia classes to be a means of synchronous communication.
thanks for your interest!
Vojtěch Dostál
předseda rady / chairman of the board Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
2015-10-04 18:40 GMT+02:00 Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com:
Vojtěch Dostál, 23/05/2015 11:43:
there are several keys to the success that my colleague Vojtech Vesely is having with senior citizens. First, he carefully looks for motivated and talented senior citizens - we only accept those who have good knowledge of PC and Internet.
How do you ensure this? Do you just clarify that such knowledg is required, and people self-discipline themselves well enough? How do you describe them what is "good knowledge"? Do you test it?
We do not try to replace standard PC
courses. Secondly, we have to devote enough time to them - we make sure that there is an elementary and an advanced course open to everyone. One person organizes the program, runs three courses a week and answers e-mails, which is almost a full-time job.
Was synchronous communication tested and was/would it be valuable?
Nemo
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This quite brilliant! I ran an editathon at the WWI musuem in Kansas City that involved mostly senior citizens. They were really recpetive, and as the primary volunteer group for the museum, had a significant investment in researching the war. They are very interested in continuing to support that group in developing the skills and definitely need the regularity that a multiweek course provides. Could you provide the lesson plans and a how-to somewhere on-wiki (meta or outreach maybe?)? We could definitely dessiminate this case study through the Wikipedia Library and I think other GLAMs could capitalize on the model.
Alex Stinson On Jan 12, 2015 4:21 PM, "Vojtěch Dostál" vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz wrote:
Dear colleagues
let me draw your attention to my blog post about our progress in the senior citizen education program!
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/
cheers
Vojtěch Dostál
místopředseda / vice-chairman Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
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Hi Alex, thanks for the interest, more to read on
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Training_senior_cit... https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Senior_Citizens_Write_Wikipedia/M...
we will also be preparing a brochure with the complete lesson plan (in Czech, but maybe we can get someone to translate it, but this won't be very soon)
thanks again
Vojtěch Dostál
místopředseda / vice-chairman Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
2015-01-15 16:59 GMT+01:00 Alex Stinson sadads@gmail.com:
This quite brilliant! I ran an editathon at the WWI musuem in Kansas City that involved mostly senior citizens. They were really recpetive, and as the primary volunteer group for the museum, had a significant investment in researching the war. They are very interested in continuing to support that group in developing the skills and definitely need the regularity that a multiweek course provides. Could you provide the lesson plans and a how-to somewhere on-wiki (meta or outreach maybe?)? We could definitely dessiminate this case study through the Wikipedia Library and I think other GLAMs could capitalize on the model.
Alex Stinson On Jan 12, 2015 4:21 PM, "Vojtěch Dostál" vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz wrote:
Dear colleagues
let me draw your attention to my blog post about our progress in the senior citizen education program!
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/
cheers
Vojtěch Dostál
místopředseda / vice-chairman Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
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Thanks for sharing your experience, Alex. :)
And thanks for sharing your learning pattern, Vojtěch. You beat me to it! :)
I'm really glad that you captured this there. The Learning Pattern Library https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns on Meta is a wealth of experience (both good and bad!) and it's great way to be share what we've done and discovered with the movement, as well as avoid making mistakes others have already made!
CC'ed here are three of my colleagues from the Grantmaking group at the Wikimedia Foundation:
Brett Gibbs https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Bgibbs_(WMF), whom you all may know as User:Pine. :) He mentioned that he was considering something like this for Cascadia's project list this year, since one of their interests is contributor diversity.
Winifred Olliff https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Wolliff, who has a wealth of knowledge from working with seniors to bridge the digital divide.
Kacie Harold https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/November_2014/Welcoming_new_WMF_staff_supporting_education, who is currently writing a set of patterns specifically about education. Working with seniors overlaps with GLAM work and other outreach, but it's education, too, at least in my mind. :)
Winifred, I hope you'll consider adding to this learning pattern or its talk page.
Brett and Alex, I hope you'll consider endorsing it or noting your interest in doing this work too on the talk page.
Here's that learning pattern link once again: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Training_senior_cit...
Anna :)
--
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Vojtěch Dostál <vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz
wrote:
Hi Alex, thanks for the interest, more to read on
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Training_senior_cit...
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Senior_Citizens_Write_Wikipedia/M...
we will also be preparing a brochure with the complete lesson plan (in Czech, but maybe we can get someone to translate it, but this won't be very soon)
thanks again
Vojtěch Dostál
místopředseda / vice-chairman Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
2015-01-15 16:59 GMT+01:00 Alex Stinson sadads@gmail.com:
This quite brilliant! I ran an editathon at the WWI musuem in Kansas City that involved mostly senior citizens. They were really recpetive, and as the primary volunteer group for the museum, had a significant investment in researching the war. They are very interested in continuing to support that group in developing the skills and definitely need the regularity that a multiweek course provides. Could you provide the lesson plans and a how-to somewhere on-wiki (meta or outreach maybe?)? We could definitely dessiminate this case study through the Wikipedia Library and I think other GLAMs could capitalize on the model.
Alex Stinson On Jan 12, 2015 4:21 PM, "Vojtěch Dostál" vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz wrote:
Dear colleagues
let me draw your attention to my blog post about our progress in the senior citizen education program!
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/
cheers
Vojtěch Dostál
místopředseda / vice-chairman Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
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Anna,
Brilliant! I added my endorsement! I am hoping to set up a more long-term relationship with the WWI museum, and think there are probably a number of other "volunteer docent" supported organizations that could use the kinds of broader-public mission-driven activities for their volunteers to feel invested in the organization's public activities. Alex Stinson
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Anna Koval akoval@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks for sharing your experience, Alex. :)
And thanks for sharing your learning pattern, Vojtěch. You beat me to it! :)
I'm really glad that you captured this there. The Learning Pattern Library https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns on Meta is a wealth of experience (both good and bad!) and it's great way to be share what we've done and discovered with the movement, as well as avoid making mistakes others have already made!
CC'ed here are three of my colleagues from the Grantmaking group at the Wikimedia Foundation:
Brett Gibbs https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Bgibbs_(WMF), whom you all may know as User:Pine. :) He mentioned that he was considering something like this for Cascadia's project list this year, since one of their interests is contributor diversity.
Winifred Olliff https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Wolliff, who has a wealth of knowledge from working with seniors to bridge the digital divide.
Kacie Harold https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/November_2014/Welcoming_new_WMF_staff_supporting_education, who is currently writing a set of patterns specifically about education. Working with seniors overlaps with GLAM work and other outreach, but it's education, too, at least in my mind. :)
Winifred, I hope you'll consider adding to this learning pattern or its talk page.
Brett and Alex, I hope you'll consider endorsing it or noting your interest in doing this work too on the talk page.
Here's that learning pattern link once again:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Training_senior_cit...
Anna :)
--
Anna Koval, M.Ed. Manager, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 x6729 akoval@wikimedia.org education.wikimedia.org
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Vojtěch Dostál < vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz> wrote:
Hi Alex, thanks for the interest, more to read on
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Training_senior_cit...
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Senior_Citizens_Write_Wikipedia/M...
we will also be preparing a brochure with the complete lesson plan (in Czech, but maybe we can get someone to translate it, but this won't be very soon)
thanks again
Vojtěch Dostál
místopředseda / vice-chairman Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
2015-01-15 16:59 GMT+01:00 Alex Stinson sadads@gmail.com:
This quite brilliant! I ran an editathon at the WWI musuem in Kansas City that involved mostly senior citizens. They were really recpetive, and as the primary volunteer group for the museum, had a significant investment in researching the war. They are very interested in continuing to support that group in developing the skills and definitely need the regularity that a multiweek course provides. Could you provide the lesson plans and a how-to somewhere on-wiki (meta or outreach maybe?)? We could definitely dessiminate this case study through the Wikipedia Library and I think other GLAMs could capitalize on the model.
Alex Stinson On Jan 12, 2015 4:21 PM, "Vojtěch Dostál" vojtech.dostal@wikimedia.cz wrote:
Dear colleagues
let me draw your attention to my blog post about our progress in the senior citizen education program!
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/
cheers
Vojtěch Dostál
místopředseda / vice-chairman Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic http://www.wikimedia.cz Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR | Twitter https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR | Newsletter http://eepurl.com/FsHJr
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