TL;DR:
* Wikimania 2015 Survey results and next steps [1]
* Outcomes of sessions at Wikimedia Conference USA 2015 [2]
* Outcomes of sessions at Wikimedia CEE Meetup 2015 [3]
* Quarterly Review Findings [4]
* The Wikimedia Surveys site has a name! [5]
Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!
Important updates from Learning and Evaluation:
== Wikimania 2015 Survey results and next steps [1] ==
We have completed the report for the quantitative data of Wikimania 2015
survey results! The case study, published on the Evaluation portal on Meta
[1], will give readers an overview of participation, favorite sessions,
satisfaction with the conference program, outcomes in terms of networking,
and learning, among other things. The report also shows those categories
for Wikimania 2015 Hackathon. We will be reaching out to a few key
conference stakeholders to process through the qualitative data and to
ensure the data’s use in guiding future planning. So stay tuned for part
two. [1]
== L&E at Wikimedia Conference USA: The Outcomes [2] ==
During Wikimedia Conference USA, the Learning and Evaluation team engaged
in two different sessions: Community Health Clinic and Creative Program
Design [2]. The first session offered a chance to share the findings of the
Community Health Learning Campaign, as well as deeper research on how
editors relate to one another through the analysis of their talk page [2].
The Creative Program Design Workshop was an opportunity for community
members to think creatively of the challenges they want to solve. Review
the presentations! [2]
== Outcomes of sessions at Wikimedia CEE Meetup 2015 [3] ==
The Learning and Evaluation team hosted a series of workshops at the CEE
Meeting, September 10 - 13, in Tartu (Estonia) [3]. There were the
workshops co-hosted with local community leaders: Wikimedia programs
toolkits, Tools rotation, Fail Fest, and The ABCDs of Storytelling. It was
the first time we piloted workshop toolkits. Find information about how
participants related to these sessions, and how useful workshops were to
them.
== Quarterly Review Findings [4] ==
September marked the end of another quarter and all the teams completed
their quarterly reviews piloting new Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The
L&E team introduced indicators related to resource use and engagement. As
you can review in the published report, we are now reporting performance in
terms of our portal resource pageviews, , editors, and pages created
(including the Learning Patterns Library), as well as the number of
community leaders engaging with our team. Seen in this quarter’s review,we
reached a tipping point in Learning Patterns. The number of patterns
created directly by community members has grown beyond the number of
patterns facilitated by our team. Thanks to all who have been sharing their
learning! [4]
== The new Wikimedia survey site has a name! [5] ==
After running a community vote on All our ideas, we have a winning Survey
name: Survey Support Desk! Stay tuned for more updates to come, and if
you'd like to get more involved, or need help with a survey, email
surveys(at)wikimedia.org <surveys(a)wikimedia.org>
As always, stay up to date with upcoming news and events by following our
events page [6]!
*María Cruz * \\ Communications and Outreach Coordinator, L&E Team \\
Wikimedia
Foundation, Inc.
mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | : @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_>
[1] Wikimania 2015 Survey Results - Part 1 (quantitative):
*
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Case_studies/Wikimania_Me…
[2] L&E Sessions at Wikimedia Conference USA: the Outcomes
* Community Health Clinic:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiConference_USA_-_Community_Heal…
* Creative Program Design Workshop:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Creative_Program_Design_Workshop.pdf
[3] L&E Sessions at Wikimedia CEE Meetup 205:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News/L%26E_Sessions_at_Wi…
[4] Successful first quarter for Learning and Evaluation team:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:WMF_Community_Engagement_…
[5] New name for site on Wikimedia surveys:
* Survey Support Desk. Get in touch through email: surveys(at)wikimedia.org
<surveys(a)wikimedia.org>
[6] Upcoming Events Section in Evaluation Portal:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News#upcoming-events
TL;DR:
* Learning and Evaluation sessions at Wikimedia Conference USA 2015 [1]
* What I Learned: Wikipedia Education Program in Argentina [2]
* Vote to name the new Wikimedia Surveys site! [3]
* New video: Virtual Panel on Edit-a-thons [4]
Greetings Program Leaders and Evaluators!
Important updates from Learning and Evaluation:
== October 9-11: L&E at Wikimedia Conference USA [1] ==
The Learning and Evaluation team will be involved in two different sessions
at Wikimedia Conference USA, to be held in Washington DC from October 9 to
October 11, 2015.
* Community Health Clinic: Researching prescription for healthy communities
(Saturday, October 10, 3:45 pm)
What are the characteristics of a healthy Wikimedia Community? What are
communities doing to promote the welcoming and retention of new editors and
contributors and support overall civility? In this session we will review
what we have learned from recent and past Wikimedia research on community
health as well as discover what other organizations are doing to support
robust online communities.
* Creative Program Design Workshop
(Sunday, October 11, 11:45 am)
In what ways might we create and improve Wikimedia outreach programs using
creative problem solving techniques? In this 75 minutes workshop you will
work with other program leaders to create and improve Wikimedia outreach
programs using a creative problem solving process. Bring back to your
community the best thinking of other program leaders for new and improved
programs, as well as a process you can use to engage your community
volunteers in creative program design.
== What I Learned: Wikipedia Education Program in Argentina [2] ==
In September, we published the first blogpost of the new blog series “What
I Learned”. In this new delivery, Wikimedia Argentina expands on a lesson
shared in the last progress report: how to build a shared foundation to
work with educators. The goal of this series is to both showcase a the work
done on a community, as well as promote reports as learning resources. We
aim at co-editing blogs with community members, and we will publish one
story a month, on the third week of every month. Read the blog, comment and
share! [2]
== Vote on the name for new wikimedia survey site! [3] ==
We are working to create a new site where you can find resources and direct
support from WMF staff for your surveys. This service will be available to
anyone and everyone in the Wikimedia movement. We would like your help to
choose a name that makes sense to you and that is most welcoming to anyone
in our movement:
You can vote and add your own idea in the link below. Vote as many times as
you like!
http://allourideas.org/wikimediasurveys
== New video: Virtual Panel on Edit-a-thons [4] ==
If you missed the virtual panel on editathons, you can now revisit the meet
up on our Youtube channel [4]. During this panel, Greta Doçi (Albanian
Wikipedia), Nikola Kalchev (Bulgaria Wikipedia), and Iván Martínez (Spanish
Wikipedia) shared their experience running editathons. In this rich and
diverse encounter, community members that joined the conversation, were
able to ask questions first hand to program leaders. All the session was
documented on an etherpad [4], and the slides are also available now online
[4].
As always, stay up to date with upcoming news and events by following our
events page [5]!
*María Cruz * \\ Communications and Outreach Coordinator, L&E Team \\
Wikimedia
Foundation, Inc.
mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | : @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_>
[1] L&E Sessions at Wikimedia Conference USA:
* Community Health Clinic:
http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/Submissions:2015/Community_Health_Clinic:…
* Creative Program Design Workshop:
http://wikiconferenceusa.org/wiki/Submissions:2015/Creative_Program_Design_…
[2] What I Learned: Wikipedia Education Program in Argentina
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/29/wikipedia-education-argentina/
[3] Vote to help chose a site name for Wikimedia surveys:
http://allourideas.org/wikimediasurveys
[4] New video: Virtual Panel on Edit-a-thons:
* Virtual panel video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UXsSnF2sWw
* Etherpad of the session:
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Editathons_and_Workshops
* Slides shared:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Learning_Circle_on_Editathons_-_Sli…
* Evaluation Report Snapshot short video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ER0YCdRDyk
[5] Upcoming Events Section in Evaluation Portal:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/News#upcoming-events