Hi all,
The Wikipedia & Education User Group is pleased to announce the second
round of our Education Program Mentorship Program. If you're an experienced
or aspiring program leader, we encourage you to sign up to be a mentor, a
mentee, or both, by June 19:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_ihp9DM35T9P557QQykOKpXoKmJksR4R…
A bit more details: A year ago, we launched the first edition of the
program as a pilot. Based on interest, we created eight mentorship groups
and introduced the people to each other. We evaluated the program with a
survey at the end of the year. Results showed people were very enthusiastic
about the project, but they were looking for us to provide a bit more
structure. In response to that, we've put together a mentorship guide which
we'll be distributing to mentors, and we'll be checking in more regularly
with the mentorship groups throughout the year.
One mentorship pair from last year, Nebojša Ratković from Wikimedia Serbia
and Anthony B. Diaz from Wiki Advocates Philippines, shared their
experiences at our last Open Meeting. If you missed it, you can watch the
recording on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT76_cj-SGY
If you're interested in participating in the mentorship program this year,
please fill out this interest form. The deadline is June 19:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_ihp9DM35T9P557QQykOKpXoKmJksR4R…
Thank you for your interest!
-The Wikipedia & Education User Group Board: LiAnna, Susanna, João, Filip,
and Ziko
The Wikipedia & Education User Group invites you to attend our next Open
Meeting via Zoom on Wednesday, June 15, from 16:00 - 17:30 UTC (see your
time here: https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1655308815).
The focus of the meeting will be, as always, our two guest speakers,
Jackeline Bucio from Wikimedia México and Klara Sielicka-Baryłka from
Wikimedia Poland. We'll also share some updates from the Wikipedia &
Education User Group Board, including updates about our re-launched
mentorship program and our planned EduWiki Conference in 2023.
Our speakers' biographies:
* Jackeline Bucio holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics and has been involved in
online learning activities since 2007. Currently, she is the Deputy
Director in the Online high school & MOOC area at the Open University,
Educational Innovation and Distance Education Office (CUAIEED), Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). She designs online professional
development courses for teachers at UNAM and, since 2014, has been working
in MOOC environments. She works actively in using Wikipedia in educational
contexts and is part of the board of Wikimedia Mexico (WMMX).
* Klara Sielicka-Baryłka is Wikipedian & Education Specialist at Wikimedia
Poland. She graduated in Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the
University of Warsaw. She worked at the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw
(on educational projects). For over 8 years she worked as a museum worker &
GLAM-wiki coordinator developing #EtnoWiki idea. She is currently
implementing a new edu-wiki strategy in our organization, which will
include an original pilot project for schools throughout Poland. She also
coordinates the Wikipedia part of the educational project with the National
Heritage Institute of Poland.
We hope you can join us!
The meeting will be hosted via this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81389679207?pwd=cBYSv53q5eE7kko-tqEEnW7raD2fVg.1
Meeting ID: 813 8967 9207
Passcode: 357408
If you'd like to be added to the Google Calendar invite, please email me
offlist (lianna(a)wikiedu.org).