2008/6/18 Ziko van Dijk zvandijk@googlemail.com:
It seems that your trainees are quite computer experienced, Frank, because mine had even problems how to search things on Wikipedia.
Yes, indeed. All participants are experienced internet trainers already volunteering in internet cafés for older people. This is the most important aspect: I don't know how many lectures I held in my time as board member of Wikimedia Deutschland. But that doesn't scale. As we want to reach out to a broader public we need to train people as Wikipedia evangelists. People who have some teaching experience already and who are willing to stage Wikipedia workshops on their own.
Maybe in future Wikimedia could produce teaching aids or how-to DVD films?
I agree. Video tutorials make learning much easier than printed material or online help pages. We are about to produce two short how-to films, 2 to 3 minutes each (see my last report and newsletter).
Frank Schulenburg Public outreach coordinator
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