Wikimedia & Education enthusiasts,
The Wikipedia & Education User Group Board (Filip, Susanna, João, Ziko,
Bukola, and myself) along with our co-hosts Wikimedia Serbia and
co-organizer Sailesh from the WMF education team, want to extend another
thank you to all of you who attended the EduWiki Conference, either
virtually or in person, in late May! We've been busy recovering from all
the organizing and then creating our next steps. We have a few important
updates for you:
==Future of Wikimedia & Education research==
Thanks to those of you who participated in the "Future of Wikimedia &
Education" track discussions in Belgrade, as well as those of you who did
Zoom-based interviews with Cornelius, in an effort to create a shared
definition of our corner of the Wikimedia & Education movement and identify
the needs we as program leaders have. Cornelius is putting the finishing
touches on his research report, which we'll be adding to Meta in the
coming weeks. We invite everyone to attend the next Open Meeting of the
Wikipedia & Education User Group, where he will present his findings.
When: Monday, July 24, at 16:00 UTC (see in your time here:
https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1690214426)
Where:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83136491310
Please join us!
==Videos from the EduWiki Conference==
We've uploaded videos from all sessions that agreed to be recorded on our
YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/@EduWikiUG/videos
Unfortunately, the Video2Commons tool is broken, but once it's fixed, we'll
port them all over to Commons so they're available there as well!
==Next EduWiki Conference==
Many people are eagerly awaiting our next EduWiki Conference! If your group
is serious about wanting to host a future one (Wikimedia Serbia, our
excellent hosts this year, dedicated *significant* staff time to hosting
this event, so keep that in mind), please reply to this email offlist to
let me know. We're aiming to have it in October 2024 and will need to
submit our conference grant application within the next two months. We have
a strong preference for a non-European location, since our last two events
have been in Europe, to ensure regional diversity, but we welcome interest
from other European countries for future events.
==User Group updates==
A few other quick notes:
* We had a lot of membership applications for our user group -- very
exciting! We'll be updating the Meta page soon to include all our new
members.
* We're working on a re-launch of our Mentorship Program; stay tuned for
details!
On behalf of the Wikipedia & Education User Group Board,
LiAnna