*Hi everyone, I am forwarding this email on behalf of Ewan Mcandrew. Ewan's original email wasn't delivered because of mailing list filters. This seems to be an exciting opportunity, I hope you all will find time to attend the online showcase. *
Dear colleagues,
There is still time to book your place https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-skills-festival-wikimedia-in-scotland-event-tickets-334607729727 to join us Monday 30th May 1-2pm for a celebration of Wikipedia #KnowledgeActivism in the curriculum! Please share in your networks and apologies for any crossposting.
This online showcase event for the University of Edinburgh’s Digital Skills Festival discusses the efforts of students, course organisers and the Wikimedia residency at the University of Edinburgh https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikimedia; highlighting its efforts working with Wikipedia both as an ally in its mission to disseminate verifiable open knowledge and an important tool in its information literacy and digital skills strategy.
During the event there will be THREE lightning talk presentations on recent case studies of utilising Wikipedia in the Curriculum; detailing approaches taken and lessons learned over multiple iterations (pre, during and post-pandemic). This will be followed by a brief Q&A.
Line-up of speakers
Welcome: presented by Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence (read more here https://www.fulcrum.org/epubs/s4655j732?locale=en#/6/48[Ch13]!/4[bodymatter]/2/2[_16034-0039_ch013]/2/1:0 ), and Lorna Campbell, University of Edinburgh OER Service http://open.ed.ac.uk/.
1. Reproductive Biology - Dr. Agnes Stefansdottir introduces the Wikipedia group assignment where Honours students learn important digital research skills and are motivated to communicate their scholarship to improve global understanding of reproductive health topics. (Listen to podcast here https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/podcast-improving-science-wikipedia/ ) 2.
History of Art - Dr. Glaire Anderson and student Sophia Klebnikov introduce the 'Art in the Age of the Great Caliphs' Wikipedia assignment where undergraduate students evaluate and improve topic coverage of Islamic art and science on Wikipedia. (Read more https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2020/12/stars-robots-talismans-honours/) 3.
Global Health Challenges - Dr. Evelyn Balsells introduces the online group assignment where geographically distant Masters students come together to collaborate and improve topic coverage of natural and manmade disasters. (Read more https://uoe-my.sharepoint.com/personal/emcandre_ed_ac_uk/Documents/Editing%20live%20Wikipedia%20pages:%20Assessing%20students%20through%20OER%20creation ).
This is a free event, open to all.
Full details of the event can be found on Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-skills-festival-wikimedia-in-scotland-event-tickets-334607729727, where you can book a place and receive the Zoom webinar invite. More details about Wikipedia at the University of Edinburgh can be found in our Podcast series https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/tag/wikimedia-series/, Case Studies Booklet https://open.ed.ac.uk/wikimedia-in-education/ and IS Skills website https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikimedia . The student-created website and its 20+ short open-licensed ‘how to edit’ videos recently won an Open Education Global award https://awards.oeglobal.org/awards/2021/student/hannah-rothmann/ and includes how to get started, how to create a Wikipedia article, how to upload and add images, teaching with Wikipedia and more.
Hope you can join us 1pm on Monday.
Very best,
Ewan McAndrew Wikimedian in Residence
Website for the residency https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/help-consultancy/is-skills/wikimedia and Map of Accused Witches site http://witches.is.ed.ac.uk/ Email: ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk Blog: WiR blog https://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/ Tel: 07867 593450 My working hours are 9:30am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday.
Book chapter on Gender Equality work: *Changing the Way Stories Are Told* https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11778416.ch13.en Wikipedia Project Page: Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh
Media Hopper channel: Videos and video tutorials https://media.ed.ac.uk/channel/Wikimedian%2Bin%2BResidence%2BChannel/51020161
YouTube: Wikimedian in Residence channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSDRSVKM4ceUSPI-7-BFeoQ?view_as=subscriber
Wikimedia in Education: New booklet of UK Case Studies https://open.ed.ac.uk/wikimedia-in-education/
Join Wikimedia in Scotland https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland events and UoE events https://www.events.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?eventssearch=wikipedia&event=search&eventStart=0&eventProviderId=&cw_inChannelLink=1&cw_passThrough=marked .
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