Wikipedia & Education enthusiasts,
We're looking forward to welcoming 120 participants to the EduWiki
Conference in Belgrade next month. As of now, every slot at the
conference has been filled, so we have no additional capacity to host
any other participants, even those who are self-funding. If you're
planning to attend but you did not receive an email today, please
reach out to eduwiki(a)vikimedija.org ASAP.
We do plan to stream sessions during the conference on our YouTube
channel. If you’re interested, look for an email on this list with
information about how to watch closer to the event.
All the best,
EduWiki Conference 2023 Organizing Committee
Dear EduWikimedians,
*What’s happening in EduWiki Africa 2023*
The EduWiki Africa in partnership with the Wikipedia + Education User
Group is hosting an info Session to discuss what's happening in and around
Education in the Wikimedia movement.
We have exciting news and opportunities to share with you all.
This includes;
an overview about the Wikimedia Education and Wikipedia+Education User
Group; the role they play in advancing the goals of the Wikimedia
Foundation and how to become a member of the community;
launch of Kiwix4schools Africa Mentorship Program
update about the EduWiki Conference 2023 Serbia and lots more
Date: 14th February 2023
Time: 4:00 PM UTC
If you will like to be part of this session or have an announcement to make
/share about your Wikipedia + education project please fill out this form -
https://forms.gle/XN25QawokUuULu3J9
Thank you,
Bukola James
Special Advisor,
Wikipedia +Education UserGroup
Was the event recorded?
Do you have any how-to videos?
Due to covid in NYC, I have not been able to attend any in-person meetups.
Most of the in-person edit thons in NYC have been very basic and
introductory.
One session I attended online talked about adding commas to existing
Wikipedia articles. I personally thought this would not be a good way to
engage my community's involvement with Wikipedia. It would not interest
them to put their time into it. Maybe some 3rd graders.
I get very little advance training from local events in NYC. Most advanced
learning I get comes from attending Wikimania or the North America
conferences.
Local Wikipedia edit thons are usually just about getting people users
names, and how to do simple edits. Because of this I have had over the
years to teach myself.
I started a zoom wiki edit and study group during covid sheltering in
place. I share what I know, and my experience as a Wikipedia content
provider. The zoom group focuses mostly on adding relevant content of
interest to the African Diaspora community. We enjoy our discussions and
learning about new areas of interest by research and conversations via
zoom, texting, telephone conversations.
I need to learn more about the different tools available that I am not
using.
Due to covid and starting weekly zoom sessions my participation has grown,
and so have two other participants. It is like a club. They have gone from
going to a Wikipedia event maybe twice a year to meeting via zoom once a
week for almost 3 years. This has been a huge jump in participation and
Wikipedia involvement that they share within their circles.
It has been good for me too. I have not had to edit alone, which has
increased my Wikipedia involvement immensely also.
As a working group we have done Wikipedia articles about Africa even though
we are based in America, and are African Americans. We don't just focus on
our ethnicity. We have edited and compiled Wikipedia articles about Ghana
and Senegal. Learning about other places and communities. We have spent
lots of time studying African histories to edit and create these Wikipedia
articles.
We noticed that Senegal is very under represented, because it is French
speaking. We have researched and compiled a list of African scientists and
Inventors that have won awards. We did a few articles from this list and
wikidata entries. This effort is a work in progress.
I do want to expand and work with a couple of youth groups in my area.
African Americans are underrepresented in the Wikipedia movement, and so
are African American youth.
Please let me know of any Wikipedia youth campaign projects we can connect
with and participate.
Linda Fletcher Dabo
Please advise.
Thanks.
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023, 7:32 AM Eugene Masiku <emasiku(a)ofwafrica.org> wrote:
> For us at OFWA, we started the year with our annual impactful TOT
> workshop. We hosted all our hub leaders across the regions in Ghana to a
> two-day Train the Trainer session in Accra.
> The team was a blend of both experienced hub leads and new and potential
> hub leaders. The main objective of the workshop is to equip hub leaders
> with basic knowledge on how to manage their hubs as well as how to
> effectively deliver training to their members.
>
> The session entailed courses on Wikipedia, Wikidata tools and games,
> Wikimedia Commons, Hub Management, Movement Strategy and other courses.
> For more insights on the workshop, Kindly read the blog post on Diff here:
>
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/01/31/ofwa-hosts-train-the-trainers-session…
> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/01/31/ofwa-hosts-train-the-trainers-session…
>
> Kind regards,
> Eugene Masiku
>
>
> --
> Eugene Makafui Masiku,
> Communications Officer
> Open Foundation West Africa
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Friends of education in the Wikimedia universe,
We in the Wikipedia & Education User Group are happy to share our 2022
annual report, now available: [[meta:Wikipedia & Education User Group/2022
Annual Report
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group/2022_Ann…>
]]
Highlights include:
* Our diverse membership of 378 Wikimedians and 20 affiliates
** Not a member? Join us! [[meta:Wikipedia & Education User Group/Members
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group/Members>
]]
* Open meetings of our membership, highlighting educational activities
happening all over the world
* Our mentorship program, with 36 participants this year
* Planning for the EduWiki Conference 2023, which will be held in Belgrade,
Serbia, in May
** Remember, the deadline for application to attend, with or without a
scholarship, is Sunday! More info: [[meta:EduWiki Conference 2023
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2023>]]
* A forthcoming book chapter about the global Wikipedia Education Program
* And more!
We are happy to answer questions on the talk page.
LiAnna
Chair, Wikipedia & Education User Group
Wikipedia & Education enthusiasts,
The Wikipedia & Education User Group and our hosts Wikimedia Serbia are
thrilled to announce applications are open to attend EduWiki Conference
2023 (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2023), the
conference for those working in the Education space of Wikimedia.
Applications will be accepted until January 29, *2023*. The conference will
be held in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 26-28, 2023.
This conference is a platform for shared experience from working in the
Education space of Wikimedia. The conference welcomes education leaders in
Wikimedia and mission aligned organizations. The program will be built
collaboratively under the coordination of the Program Committee.
Before you rush off to apply, please carefully read these important
details!
-
In order to facilitate meaningful participation from a diverse set of
Wikimedia and education leaders worldwide, all interested prospective
attendees will be required to apply for a spot for attendance. There is
no later opportunity to register; if you want to attend EduWiki 2023, you
must apply by January 29.
-
We are offering a limited number of full and partial scholarships,
thanks to funding from the Wikimedia Foundation. Scholarships are available
to ensure participant diversity and enable us to have those most connected
to Wikipedia and education work attend. Applications for attendance will
also be assessed by the Scholarship Committee.
-
We expect significant interest in this conference. This means we
encourage you to spend time carefully reviewing your answers to the
application questions before submitting.
-
This is a large application form and to avoid losing your answers we
recommend that you write down the responses in a word editor and copy them
to the application form once you’re ready to submit. For your
convenience you can find all the questions here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2023/Application_text
(but
remember, put your answers into the form, not on Meta).
To apply, fill out this form (https://forms.gle/q3xNxNpLt3HRbmgy6) prior to
end of day on Sunday, January 29, 2023, AoE (see in your time zone:
https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1675080032). As noted, we expect
significant interest, so we do not expect to extend this deadline. Late
applications will not be accepted.
Hello.
This is a call for program and scholarship Committee Members! Who will
speak at our EduWiki Conference? Who will receive a scholarship? We need
volunteers who want to answer these questions.
We are going to form two committees that will help put together the program
and schedule and the participants' list for the EduWiki Conference. In May
2023, the Serbian capital of Belgrade will host the next EduWiki
conference. It is organized by the Wikipedia & Education User Group, with
support by Wikimedia Serbia.
We are going to form two committees: a program committee and a scholarship
committee. The program committee will care for a program that best
represents the global and diverse community of Wikimedia related education.
The participants of the conference want a well-balanced program with high
quality contributions.
Participants can apply for a scholarship to travel to Belgrade and stay
there. The scholarship committee will evaluate the applications and decide
who receives a scholarship, in a fair and timely fashion.
Do you want to be a committee member? Please apply until December 7, 2022,
through this form https://forms.gle/wpjGUwsqBdTZRDXB6 . We will ask you
via the form which committee(s) you want to join and what your relevant
experience is.
The Wikipedia & Education User Group board members will assess the
applications to the committees and provide answers in a timely manner. We
expect to onboard committee members by mid-December.
Add https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2023 (under
construction) to your watchlist for more information!
Please, feel free to reach out to me (joalpe(a)wmnobrasil.org) or other
Wikipedia & Education User Group board members if you have any questions.
Cheers,
João Alexandre Peschanski
on behalf of the Wikipedia & Education User Group
Forwarding this to the members list at the request of our colleagues from
Wikimedia France. Please direct any question to Mélody, copied above!
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Mélody Xu YANG <melody.xu.yang(a)wikimedia.fr>
Date: Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 2:09 AM
Subject: Hello - Upcoming Lingua Libre Online Workshop-Wikimédia France
To: <eduwikiug(a)gmail.com>
Hello,
My name is Mélody Xu Yang and I’m working for Wikimedia France, on its
project Lingua Libre, a participative linguistic media library (
https://lingualibre.org/wiki/LinguaLibre:Main_Page).
I am writing to you to see if Wikipedia & Education User Group would be
interested in our upcoming Lingua Libre online workshop. From January 4th
to March 15th, every Wednesday from *5 pm to 6 pm (UTC+1)*, I will be
present online to show you how Lingua Libre works and answer your questions
(you can also contact me via e-mail if the workshop doesn’t fit your
schedule).
If you are interested, feel free to join me Wednesday at this link :
https://meet.jit.si/LinguaLibreWorkshop . Don't hesitate to check out our
website and brochure (in the attachment) first.
Do keep in mind that the workshop will be held one week in English, one
week in French, except for March 1st when the workshop will be held in
French (thus, the workshop will be in English instead on March 15th). The
calendar is as below and I will be writing to you in case there is any
change :
January 4 th : English
January 11 th : French
January 18 th : English
January 25 th : French
February 1 st : English
February 8 th : French
February 15 th : English
February 22 nd : French
*March 1st : French*
March 8 th : English
*March 15 th : English*
Best regards,
Mélody Xu Yang
--
*Mélody Xu YANG*
*Chargée de projet LinguaLibre*
*+33 1 42 36 26 24* <+33142362624>
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*WIKIMEDIA FRANCE*
Association pour le libre partage de la connaissance
*www.wikimedia.fr <http://www.wikimedia.fr/>*
*28 rue de Londres, 75009 PARIS*
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