---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative Update ldavis@wikimedia.org Date: Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 10:57 AM Subject: New Teaching Fellowship, "What's Hot" section - a weekly newsletter from Wikipedia To: Carolina Rossini carolina.rossini@gmail.com

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Welcome to the Public Policy Initiative Update -- a weekly newsletter from the Wikimedia Foundation. Someone from our staff has talked with you about our Public Policy Initiativehttps://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=176&qid=878to bring Wikipedia into higher education classrooms, and we wanted to keep you in the loop on all of our exciting activities. If you would prefer not to receive these messages, simply reply to the email and ask for your address to be removed.

Wikipedia Teaching Fellowship to debut in springhttps://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=178&qid=878 One of the main learning points from the Public Policy Initiative from the fall was that a one-size-fits-all approach to working with professors didn't work: Some professors were eager to incorporate Wikipedia throughout the semester, as we'd envisioned, while others wanted to do a lighter assignment lasting only a few weeks. As we prepared for the spring semester, we wanted to find a way to work with both groups. For professors who are eager to devote a large part of their classroom assignments to Wikipedia, we've created the Wikipedia Teaching Fellows program, a designation that honors the commitment of those professors who want to do a full semester of Wikipedia assignments. For more information on how best to incorporate Wikipedia into a semester-long course, check out the Teaching Fellowship Requirements for Course Design document.https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=178&qid=878

New graphic shows which articles are hot right nowhttps://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=179&qid=878 [image: What's Hot screenshot]https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=179&qid=878The Leaderboard page (an area that ranks courses and students participating in the Public Policy Initiative based on how much they're contributing to the article namespace) has a new feature: the "What's Hot" section. This graphic highlights the five articles that have had the most edits over the past three days. Updated daily, it gives you the opportunity to see what articles students are working on that week. Check out today's top articles on the Leaderboard page.https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=179&qid=878

Online Ambassador selection guidelines approved https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=181&qid=878As part of our effort to build a sustainable Wikipedia Ambassador Program that will continue at the end of the Public Policy Initiative, we're in the process of developing a set of policies to be used in the future. Spearheaded by the Ambassador Steering Committee, these policies are approved or revised based on feedback from the whole ambassador program. The first policy, on the Online Ambassador selection process, has been formally adopted by the ambassadors after being recommended by the steering committee. See the new policy here.https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=181&qid=878

Newsletter archives now onlinehttps://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=183&qid=878 This weekly Public Policy Initiative Update newsletter began in September, and the distribution list has nearly quadrupled since the first issue. If you're one of the new subscribers or if you've missed a few issues, there's now an on-wiki archive. Wikipedians are welcome to add the page to their Watchlist to get notified when they page is updated. See the full archives.https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=183&qid=878

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