Dear LiAnna and other Wiki-Edu enthusiasts,

I would like to brainstorm about how we can present information about COVID-19 in educational material for students at the high school and university level. Is anyone working on this at the moment? I am interested in creating the text, but I will need help in creating an interface, landing pages and graphics. Creating an educational material on COVID-19 can be tricky because the facts are being updated on a daily basis, and there are no printed textbooks where we can find a model from. But I am confident that if we have the possibility to update the content from time to time, it will turn out to be an excellent resource.

Right now, I am mostly doing content creation on English Wikipedia for COVID-19, but if there is sufficient interest, I can help with creating a project around this.

Regards

Netha

[[User: Netha Hussain]]

On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 17:03, LiAnna Davis <lianna@wikiedu.org> wrote:

A reminder, this meeting will start in 24 hours.

Thanks to a suggestion from John Cummings, I'll also paste a Google
calendar invite below so you can add it to your calendar!
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/eventedit?dates=20200402T150000Z/20200402T163000Z&text=Wikipedia+%26+Education+User+Group+Open+Meeting&location=https://zoom.us/j/759620545&details=Join+Zoom+Meeting%0Ahttps://zoom.us/j/759620545%0A%0AMeeting+ID:+759+620+545&sf=true

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 10:45 AM LiAnna Davis <lianna@wikiedu.org> wrote:

> (usual apologies for cross-posting!)
>
> The board of the Wikipedia & Education User Group invites you to attend
> our user group's next Open Meeting, one week from today, on Thursday, April
> 2, at 15:00 UTC, as always via Zoom. We'll be discussing the Wikimedia &
> Education community's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Guest speakers
> include:
> * Nichole Saad and Melissa Guadalupe Huertas from the WMF Education Team
> will talk about their strategy and how you can help. (
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/education/2020-March/002511.html)
> * User:TiagoLubiana, a graduate student in Computational Biology from the
> University of São Paulo, and a leading editor at Wikidata:WikiProject
> COVID-19, will discuss Wikidata's work around COVID-19 and how the
> Wikimedia and education community can help. (
> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_COVID-19)
>
> Per usual, the board will provide an update on user group activities, and
> we'll offer an opportunity for others to briefly share what they've been up
> to in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us!
>
> What: Wikipedia & Education User Group Open Meeting
> When: Apr 2, 2020 15:00 UTC
> Where: https://zoom.us/j/759620545
> Meeting ID: 759 620 545
>
>
>

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