http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/06/13/wikimedia-trains-older-volunteers-as-wi...
This is a great idea. Is there any information about this anywhere? It says it was started on monday, where? Is there a link or something? :\
Hi Judson,
the opening for the online course took place at Düsseldorf, Germany. There are some nice photos on Commons which give you a first impression of the atmosphere:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_in_Senioreninternetcafe...
There's some information online - currently only in German [1].
But I will keep you informed on this in my next Public outreach report and newsletter.
Best Frank
[1] http://www.forum-seniorenarbeit.de/index.phtml?sNavID=373.120&mNavID=373...
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2008/6/14 Judson Dunn cohesion@sleepyhead.org:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/06/13/wikimedia-trains-older-volunteers-as-wi...
This is a great idea. Is there any information about this anywhere? It says it was started on monday, where? Is there a link or something? :\
On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 4:39 AM, Frank Schulenburg frank.schulenburg@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Judson,
the opening for the online course took place at Düsseldorf, Germany. There are some nice photos on Commons which give you a first impression of the atmosphere:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_in_Senioreninternetcafe...
Cool, that looks really great. One of my co-workers is older and heavily involved in computer user groups. In the US, probably everywhere, they were really popular a while ago, and still serve a lot of older users. She has recently become interested in Wikipedia, and I've showed her some things. He user groups want to learn more about it also though.
Anyway, I say all that just to show that I think there would be a real interest in this in many places. I certainly look forward to the content contributions of older users also! :)
Hi all,
due to the huge interest in the online course "Wikipedia in internet cafés for older people" I've started a page on Meta:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Trainers
Please feel free to ask more questions about the project and our first experiences.
Frank Schulenburg Public outreach coordinator
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These problems sound familiar to me, but it is interesting to hear about such a meeting. My training experiences are more person-to-person. It seems that your trainees are quite computer experienced, Frank, because mine had even problems how to search things on Wikipedia. Maybe in future Wikimedia could produce teaching aids or how-to DVD films? Ziko
2008/6/18 Frank Schulenburg frank.schulenburg@gmail.com:
Hi all,
due to the huge interest in the online course "Wikipedia in internet cafés for older people" I've started a page on Meta:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Trainers
Please feel free to ask more questions about the project and our first experiences.
Frank Schulenburg Public outreach coordinator
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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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