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On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:45 PM, David Richfield
<davidrichfield(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Great! Maybe you can even be a test audience once I
have set up the
material.
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Charlene Foster <afrastocracy(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I definitely have the ability to be a participant
trainee, assist where
necessary and pass on the news to interested parties....
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 9:52 AM, David Richfield <
davidrichfield(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I definitely have the ability to present the material. I'd have to
> find a day when I'm actually in the country, and schedule time to
> prepare. If it's feasible to do this over a weekend, that would be
> great, but I realize that it might be harder to find participants.
> Please, everyone, work the peer pressure! I'm eager to get involved,
> but I need a prod sometimes.
>
> David
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
> > Hello, everyone.
> >
> > I would like your input on an idea we at the Wikimedia Foundation have
> > been
> > exploring as one possible model of outreach activity in South Africa:
a
> > two-day "train the trainer"
event in Pretoria for (mostly campus)
> > librarians
> > from South Africa, to enable them to go back to their respective
> > institutions and communities and deliver two-hour and one-day talk and
> > workshops on Wikipedia. The training event would be funded by a grant
> > from
> > the Wikimedia Foundation.
> >
> > More details: the participants are to be carefully selected for good
> > existing computer literacy and relevant skills (but a Wikipedia
> > background
> > won't be required), and the training event would include a balance of
> > "theory" (free knowledge, free licenses, NPOV), background ("How
does
> > Wikipedia get written?"), user training (navigation, categories,
> > Commons,
> > talk pages, portals, WikiProjects, ...), and basic editor training
(user
> > accounts, basic markup, where to get
help, how to interact on talk
> > pages).
> > Ideally, the trainee-trainers would be able to deliver a two-hour
> > "introduction to Wikipedia" or "How to Make the Most of
Wikipedia"
> > module,
> > and/or a one-day "Introduction to Editing on Wikipedia" workshop, in
> > their
> > respective communities, as opportunity and conditions permit.
> >
> > This specifically seeks to address a "bootstrapping" difficulty, i.e.
> > the
> > short supply of Wikipedians available to deliver that sort of
training.
> > No
> > attempt will be made to make these trainers pose as veteran
Wikipedians;
> > the
> > focus is clearly to be along the lines of "Wikipedia is tremendously
> > useful,
> > and we can share some useful information about it that would let you
use
> > it
> > more effectively and explore it further on your own".
> >
> > We are looking into partnering with a Pretoria-based non-profit named
> > ITOCA
> > -- Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa -- which
> > specializes
> > in conducting training events for librarians, teachers, and IT
personnel
> > in
> > sub-Saharan Africa. (Ms. Blessing Chataira of ITOCA is subscribed to
> > this
> > list.) ITOCA can handle the logistics of holding this event --
> > recruiting
> > and selecting participants, booking and providing accommodations and
> > refreshments for the training event, preparing physical materials,
> > collecting feedback and providing follow-up with participants in their
> > respective communities after the event, etc. What ITOCA certainly
> > cannot do
> > is _prepare and deliver_ such training. That would certainly require
a
> > veteran Wikipedian!
> >
> > I would therefore ask if any of you might be interested in working
with
> > the
> > WMF on designing the curriculum for such an event, and/or in
delivering
such
training, once a curriculum is available. The Wikimedia Foundation
would
gladly cover travel expenses (i.e. Wikipedians outside Gauteng can
certainly
help!) and provide a "per diem" budget for meals and incidentals.
I welcome feedback about the idea, whether or not you're able to help
out.
Cheers,
Asaf
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