Hello,
Via Mike Godwin:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/science/giving-women-the-access-code.html…
<snip>
“Most of the female students were unwilling to go on in computer science
because of the stereotypes they had grown up with,” said Zachary Dodds,
a computer scientist at Mudd. “We realized we were helping perpetuate
that by teaching such a standard course.”
To reduce the intimidation factor, the course was divided into two
sections — “gold,” for those with no prior experience, and “black” for
everyone else. Java, a notoriously opaque programming language, was
replaced by a more accessible language called Python. And the focus of
the course changed to computational approaches to solving problems
across science.
“We realized that we needed to show students computer science is not all
about programming,” said Ran Libeskind-Hadas, chairman of the
department. “It has intellectual depth and connections to other
disciplines.”
</snip>
Most of the article is about Dr Maria Klawe, who seems to be a very inspiring person.
Best wishes,
Lennart
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Hi everyone,
This study was shared with me this morning and discusses how "informal
rewards" (barnstars) do make a significant impact on the contributions
and productivity of editors.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0034358
It's a quick read, and helps to solidify the research and theories that
a number of us have theorized about.
Give a little wikilove today to a new experienced editor, it really does
make a difference :)
-Sarah
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The Wikipedia Academy 2012 is organized by Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
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* Diversity among users of and contributors to Wikipedia (e.g. gender gap)
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Hi everyone,
Another event that has came across my radar this morning is Wikipedia
Academy: Research and Free Knowledge. It will take play June 29 - July 1
in...Berlin!
" The "Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge" provides a
platform for the research community and the Wikipedia community to
connect, present, discuss and advance research on Wikipedia in
particular and on free knowledge in general."
The call for papers has been extended until April 15.
Learn more here: http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page
And as always, encourage and inspire others to participate, and
participate yourself!
-Sarah
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Hi everyone,
Hackathon Berlin is June 1-3 in...you guessed it, Berlin, Germany.
As always, it'd be great to have anyone, of any gender, interested in
MediaWiki, bots, templates, data geeks, etc, involved in participating.
There will also be some focus on the Wikidata project as developed by
Wikimedia Germany. But, with any hack event I encourage you to share
this and encourage women hackers to participate!
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Berlin_Hackathon_2012
Any questions or if your interest goes beyond attending (participating
in another manner) please email Sumana, whom I have copied here.
Sarah
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