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.
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:
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