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From: Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative Update <ldavis(a)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(a)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
Initiative<https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/exte…
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
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Wikipedia Teaching Fellowship to debut in
spring<https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/u…
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/exter…
New graphic shows which articles are hot right
now<https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.…
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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/ur…
Online Ambassador selection guidelines approved
<https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=181&qid=878>As
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/ur…
Newsletter archives now
online<https://contacts.wikimedia.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/u…
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
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