Google just released their participation data regarding the upcoming
Google Summer of Code (or winter of you are on the other side of the
world :) )
"
The program set another record this year: the highest percentage yet
of women accepted. 8.3% of our accepted students identified
themselves as female, versus 7.1% percent last year. Overall the
percentage of women accepted has slowly but surely increased every
year since 2006."
Great news!! I'm curious how a more collaborative and mentor-based
short-term project like Summer of Code could perhaps encourage
higher participation in Wikipedia. One could say, "Oh, we have that
with the Global Education program," but, perhaps there is more to
learn from Google's summer projects and the opportunity for intimate
learning relationships from experienced coders.
(Summer of Wiki!? :D )
-Sarah
p.s. thank you Donna Benjamin from kattekrab.net for sharing the
link.
-- Sarah Stierch Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow
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