[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Identifying the Challenges of Collaborative Wikipedia Training and Editing

Afternoon all; sending this on - research project taking place at the University of St Andrews, looking for participants: Best, Sara Are you a Wikipedia Trainer, or have you been an active editor (approximately 5+ edits per month) for the last year or more? In collaboration with The IDEA Network at the University of St Andrews and Wikimedia UK, you are invited to participate in an online discussion group to help us better understand how to support collaborative Wikipedia editing and to better accommodate Wikipedia newcomers’ different learning strategies and levels of expertise. We invite you to discuss your experience with a group of Wikipedia trainers and active editors (18+). Our session on Friday 17th December, 2-4 pm GMT will explore the social and technical components of online Wikipedia training to identify challenges faced by newcomers. The event will take place online using Microsoft Teams. Your participation in this 1-2 hours session is voluntary. You will be compensated with £15 worth of gift voucher for the session as a thank-you for your time. There is also the option to donate the voucher to a charity of your choice. This is part of a PhD research project. The link below has the Participant Information Sheet, which contains additional information about the discussion groups and what type of data we are going to collect during these sessions. https://standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/CP/File.php?F=F_3NMSU60HanRTNHM If you are interested in signing up for this session or future follow-up sessions, please click on the following link. https://standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a35206eWm8egx2S You will then be sent the link to the consent form and, from there, the pre-event survey. You can also send us your questions at aaa8(a)st-andrews.ac.uk. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the researchers. Their details are below: Contact Details Researchers: - Abd Alsattar Ardati (aaa8(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) - Dr Sara Thomas (sara.thomas(a)wikimedia.org.uk) - Dr Richard Nevell (richard.nevell(a)wikimedia.org.uk) - Dr Kirsty Ross (ksrh1(a)st-andrews.ac.uk ) Supervisors: - Prof Ian Gent (ian.gent(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) - Dr Alexander Voss (alex.voss(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) - Dr Uta Hinrichs (uh3(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) - Dr Angela Miguel (arm14(a)st-andrews.ac.uk) School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews, Jack Cole Building, North Haugh St Andrews, KY16 9SX +44 1334 46 3262 -- Dr Sara Thomas Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland *I work part time and am not in the office on Mondays. * *Wikimedia UK* <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK>, LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119>, and Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>. Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513 (England & Wales) SC048644 (Scotland). Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Scotland, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> . Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a056900001wWOtNAAW -- Dr Sara Thomas Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK 07803 505 172 https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland *I work part time and am not in the office on Mondays. * *Wikimedia UK* <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/wikimediauk>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK>, LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/496119>, and Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/wikimediauk/>. Wikimedia UK is a Registered Charity No.1144513 (England & Wales) SC048644 (Scotland). Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Scotland, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> . Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* https://donate.thebiggive.org.uk/campaign/a056900001wWOtNAAW