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New teaching tool brochure released
A new brochure, titled "Instructor Basics: How to use Wikipedia as a teaching tool", is now available from the Wikimedia Foundation and on Wikimedia Commons. This brochure covers key Wikipedia policies and structures that educators wanting to do a Wikipedia assignment in their classes need to understand, best practices on article selection and working with the community, and sample grading rubrics. Download the brochure.
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Sample syllabus brochure revamped
The sample syllabus provided for instructors interested in having their students write Wikipedia articles as part of the course curriculum has been updated based on recommendations from more instructors who have participated in the Wikipedia Education Program. The new version provides a week-by-week breakdown of how you can incorporate a "write a Wikipedia article" assignment into your classes. It includes some key milestones that have proven effective at ensuring that students derive the greatest educational benefits from editing Wikipedia. Download the syllabus brochure.
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NCA conference highlights Wikipedia initiative
The National Communication Association is joining the Association for Psychological Sciences and the American Sociological Association in calling for academics in their discipline to improve the content on Wikipedia through using it as a teaching tool in their classrooms. The Wikipedia Education Program was featured at the NCA convention in Florida last week, with a highlighted workshop attended by more than 40 instructors and a booth in the exhibit hall. See more information about the NCA Wikipedia Initiative.
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Student's article featured on main page
A student at Davidson College created the article on the psychology of music preference as an assignment for Professor Greta Munger's course on Cognition and the Arts, which is participating in the U.S. Education Program this term. The student's article got accepted into the Did You Know section on Wikipedia's Main Page last week, where it received more than 2,000 views. Read the article.
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Professor in Brazil leads successful editing workshop
Professor Juliana Bastos Marques of Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, led an editing workshop for students last month as part of the Extension Week at her university. She and her Campus Ambassador, User:Otavio1981, introduced 12 students, including students from other universities, how to edit Wikipedia. The students translated five articles from the English Wikipedia onto the Portuguese Wikipedia throughout the four-hour workshop, and left with wiki editing and literacy skills that will stay with them. Learn more by reading Juliana's post.
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Updates page provides info on Egypt program
Wikipedia Education Program Egypt consultant Faris El-Gwely is working with Campus Ambassadors to keep a running updates page on the Arabic Wikipedia with information about their activities. The updates pages includes information on in-class editing sessions, students' reactions to Wikipedia editing, and challenges that they faced, such as lack of reliable internet access. It's a great way to keep up with the current status of the Egypt program. Read the updates page.
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U.S. student improves article on bird species
A student in the Wikipedia Education Program in the United States dramatically improved the article on the Black-throated Blue Warbler, a species of bird found mainly in eastern North America. The student, who is taking Professor Joan Strassmann's Behavioral Ecology class at Washington University in St. Louis, added sections on the bird's behavior, including feeding, breeding, and sexual selection. Check out the work the student has done and leave suggestions on the talk page.
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Malayalam Education Program releases status update
The Malayalam Wikipedia community is leading an extension of the Wikipedia Education Program, focusing on a high school. The first Indic language program, the Malayalam program has recruited 34 students who are active in creating Wikipedia articles. Shiju Alex, who is helping lead the program, wrote a post for the Centre for Internet and Society's blog with updates on the program. Read the post.
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Hi Campus and Online Ambassadors!
As part of the effort to ensure that we're all providing high-quality
support to professors and students in the program, we are in the process of
developing more systematic ways of surfacing, recognizing, and awarding
highly successful Ambassadors. An important first step for that is figuring
out what are the measures of success for the Ambassador role — i.e. what it
means for an Ambassador to be "successful" — and we need your input!
We've put together a rough draft of the Ambassador measures of success [1].
Please take a look and provide your feedback on-wiki! You're welcome to
leave comments on the talk page, but we also encourage you to directly edit
the list (of measures of success) itself — feel free to add, edit, or
remove items on the list (unless your edits are completely opposite what
someone else has put there, in which case please provide reasons/comments
for your edits). In the interest of time, we'd like to ask you to please
provide your feedback by this Sunday, 11/4.
Thank you so much everyone!
Annie
[1]
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ambassador_Program/Measures_of_success
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U.S. professor blogs about her experiences
Alverno College professor Jennifer Geigel Mikulay wrote a post for the Wikimedia Foundation blog about her experiences incorporating Wikipedia into her classroom. She asks her students to write Wikipedia articles about public artworks or create videos posted on Wikimedia Commons to illustrate article content, and the best part is that all of her students are women, so she's helping to address Wikipedia's gender gap. Learn more about her experiences by reading her post.
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More than 20 classes join Egypt program this term
The Wikipedia Education Program in Egypt is kicking off its second term, with courses at the University of Alexandria joining Cairo University and Ain Shams University in participating. More than 20 courses are already on board, with both new and returning professors using Wikipedia in their classrooms this term. At Ain Shams University, courses will be working to translate high quality articles from the English, German, Hebrew, and French Wikipedias onto the Arabic Wikipedia this term. See the full list of courses.
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Michigan hosts teaching with Wikipedia workshop
Open.Michigan, a University of Michigan open educational resources initiative, hosted Wikipedia Education Program staff member Jami Mathewson last month for a workshop on teaching with Wikipedia. More than 35 faculty, staff, and students at the University of Michigan attended an information session on the program, and a total of 16 people stayed for the in-depth workshop led by the University of Michigan student club. Learn more about the event by reading Open.Michigan's blog post about the workshop.
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Working Group proposes new thematic organization
Since July 2012, the Education Working Group has volunteered hours of their time to propose an idea for how to spin out the U.S. and Canada Education Programs from the Wikimedia Foundation in May 2013. They've proposed the creation of a new non-profit, affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation as a thematic organization, and have asked for comments on their proposal from the Wikipedia and academic community through what's known as a Request for Comment, or RfC, on Wikipedia. You're encouraged to comment if you'd like.
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Research shows students improve English Wikipedia
Research data released today shows that Spring 2012 students in the U.S. and Canada programs improved the quality of articles by an average of 6.5 points on a 26-point assessment scale, with 87.9 percent of articles showing noticeable improvement after student edits. The new research is part of our ongoing efforts to determine success factors for future classes in the U.S. and Canada Education Programs. See the results.
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Workshops introduce education program in Brazil
Two more workshops have introduced Brazilians to the idea of using Wikipedia as a teaching tool in higher education courses. On September 22, a group of experienced Campus Ambassadors and professors led an orientation in Rio de Janeiro for new program participants. More than 300 people attended a presentation in Porto Alegre the following weekend, with many of them joining three workshops afterward. Read more about the second event (in Portuguese).
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Professor argues for Wikipedia's use in class
Wikipedia belongs in university classrooms, argued Michigan State University professor Jonathan Obar in a piece posted on Read Write Web. The highly informative article walks people through why Wikipedia is a valuable tool for both teaching and research, and explains the benefits for each in terms of student learning. Read the article.
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Cairo students' translation work featured
The Wikimedia Foundation blog featured a post highlighting the work of two students from the Cairo Pilot, Helana Fola and Mina Saber. Helana and Mina are both French literature students at Ain Shams University, and they discovered a skill for French to Arabic translation through their work with the Cairo Pilot. Learn more about their experiences with the program.
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Professor from Brazil profiled on blog
Edivaldo Moura Santos, a professor of physics at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, started using Wikipedia in his classroom in spring 2012 as part of the Wikipedia Education Program. His students improved articles on electromagnetism, and he was thrilled with the unique experience it afforded them, especially in regard to student learning and engagement. His work was featured in a blog post on the Wikimedia Foundation blog. Read the post.
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Hi, Ambassadors!
In early 2012, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) decided that the Wikipedia
Education Program in the US and Canada had expanded to a point beyond that
of a pilot program. With growing interest in the program, we have more and
more professors and students who seek support when contributing to
Wikipedia, and the current setup limits that potential support. In June
2012, WMF created a "Working
Group<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_Working_Group>"[1]
of 16 volunteers, represented by both academia and Wikipedia, to come up
with a proposal for a new way of supporting professors, students, and
Ambassadors in the program.
The group has worked together to consider the future of the program and how
we can set our volunteers, professors and students up for success when
editing Wikipedia, in a way that will improve the encyclopedia. We are very
interested in getting feedback from the Wikipedia community, professors in
the program, and, of course, Ambassadors who are involved in the program.
Thus, the Working Group has now posted a Request for Comment
(RfC)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_Working_Group/RfC>[2]
on Wikipedia. This is a space where you can read about the current plans
for the program, get some questions answered, and give your opinion about
how we should move forward with the program. As Ambassadors, this new
structure (currently being proposed as a new nonprofit organization that
has a relationship to the Wikimedia Foundation, or a "Thematic
Organization<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_affiliation_models/Thematic_Organi…>"[3])
may affect you and your involvement in the program.
The Working Group wants to make sure Ambassadors are aware of what's going
on, have the opportunity to participate in the discussion, and are still
excited about the program once it moves from WMF in May 2013. You probably
have a lot of questions, and hopefully we have answered many of them on the
page linked above. If you are interested in participating in this
discussion, I encourage you to read more about the process, the proposal,
and others' comments/concerns.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them on the Talk Page of
the RfC, the discussion section on the bottom, or even to this listserv.
Ideally, we can keep the conversation on-wiki, in order to keep everyone
involved. Thank you guys, and we hope to use your insight to develop the
program to better meet your needs in the future!
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_Working_Group
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_Working_Group/RfC
[3]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_affiliation_models/Thematic_Organi…
On behalf of the Working Group,
Jami
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Wikimedia Foundation
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First Monday publishes U.S. professor's paper
Piotr Konieczny, a longtime Wikipedia editor and instructor participating in the U.S. Wikipedia Education Program at the University of Pittsburgh, authored a detailed article arguing for Wikipedia's use as a teaching tool in the peer-reviewed web journal First Monday. The article describes the advantages to student learning and society from such a program, and lays out practical tips for how professors can incorporate Wikipedia into their curriculum. Read the article.
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New training module available for students on wiki
Want your students to learn the basics of English Wikipedia policies and editing tips? Send them through a new on-wiki tutorial so they can learn how to edit. The four training modules cover an introduction, Wikipedia's core principles, basics of editing, and advanced editing. In total, it should take about one hour to complete. Learn more about the training.
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Courses kick off in U.S., Canada
More than 60 courses are participating in the U.S. and Canada Wikipedia Education Program this term, and many students are starting to make their first edits now. For example, Dr. Chad Tew's mass communications course is creating articles about journalists who have been killed, and the students have already selected topics and are starting to do research. See their work by checking out the course page.
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What resources do you use most in the classroom?
Professors and Ambassadors are encouraged to chime in to a discussion on wiki about which of the non-human resources provided are most useful for students. Do your students like specific handouts? Do they watch any screencast videos? What handout do you wish we had? What could you not live without? Please share any thoughts.
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Blog post highlights U.S. student's contributions
Davidson College student Dana Westerkam took two terms' worth of psychology classes from Dr. Greta Munger, and in both classes, Dana wrote Wikipedia articles for class. In a new Wikimedia Foundation blog post, Dana explains her experiences writing the articles on confabulation and insight, and says why she prefers Wikipedia assignments to traditional assignments. Read about Dana's experiences.
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Media coverage of program grows in Arabic, English
Articles published in U.S. and Egyptian press last month discussed the Wikipedia Education Program. An article in Youm7, a Cairo news site, describes the work students at Ain Shams University have been doing to increase the quality and quantity of content on the Arabic Wikipedia. Several news sites in Utah also covered the work being done by Dr. Gunseli Berik at the University of Utah to incorporate Wikipedia as a teaching tool into her classroom. See the list of articles.
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Welcome, Sage Ross!
Sage Ross re-joined the Wikimedia Foundation staff last month in a role assisting with communications about the Wikipedia Education Program. In his new role, Sage is responsible for answering questions about the program on-wiki, communicating successes and learning points, and developing and updating a series of help resources for students and professors. Sage edits outside of work as User:Ragesoss, and he was a team member instrumental in setting up the Wikipedia Ambassador Program on the English Wikipedia. Leave Sage a note welcoming him on his talk page.
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New on-wiki Education newsletter debuts
At the Wikipedia in education session at Wikimania's unconference, volunteers around the world agreed to start a new monthly newsletter about Wikipedia's use in education for Wikimedians. The newsletter, delivered on talk pages, is designed to keep Wikimedians running programs or those interested in starting a program up to date about what's happening in different education initiatives around the world. This Month in Education will come out on the 15th of each month. See the August issue.
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Brazil pilot kicks off second phase
On August 11, the second phase of the Education Pilot in Brazil began with a workshop in São Paulo for orienting new professors and new Ambassadors, hosted by Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. Participants included seven new professors, four interested ones who might join the program in 2013, and dozens of new Campus Ambassadors trained by experienced Campus Ambassadors and Wikipedians. Wikipedia Education Program Director Frank Schulenburg traveled to Brazil to participate in the workshop, and participants were excited to get started on working with Wikipedia in education in Brazil. See more about the workshop.
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ASA Annual Meeting features Wikipedia initiative
Wikimedia Foundation staff Annie Lin and Jami Mathewson traveled to Denver, Colorado, in mid August to attend the American Sociological Association's Annual Meeting. ASA has joined other academic organizations in starting a Wikipedia initiative to encourage sociology professors to edit and have students edit Wikipedia articles to improve information available about sociology. Instructor and Ambassador Piotr Konieczny helped out at the booth, and hundreds of people learned more about using Wikipedia in the classroom. Annie and Jami led a highly interactive teaching workshop that walked participants through discussions and activities on what Wikipedia is and is not, the Wikipedia Education Program, and the challenges and benefits of using
Wikipedia in the classroom. Learn more about the ASA Wikipedia initiative.
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Journal article shows four case studies
A journal article published in E-Learning and Digital Media last month describes how four professors who participated in the United States Education Program pilot used Wikipedia in their classrooms. UC Berkeley's Brian Carver, Georgetown's Rochelle Davis and Robin Kelley, and Michigan State's Jonathan Obar discuss their experiences using Wikipedia as a teaching tool and why they feel like it is a worthwhile endeavor for other professors in the article titled "Assigning Students to Edit Wikipedia: four case studies." See the article listing.
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Open professor call answered by 36 in Brazil
A pioneering initiative was held by the Brazil Education Program for the second semester of 2012: from an open call for professors, we received 36 proposals from all regions in Brazil in less than one month. Professors showed strong interest in joining the Wikipedia Education Program. We have selected an initial group of 8 proposals; the professors will attend a workshop organized by the Wikimedia Foundation on August 11 in São Paulo. Wikipedia Education Program Director Frank Schulenburg will be present at the workshop. More professors will be invited to join the program during the semester and to attend a second workshop that will be held in Rio de Janeiro. The Wikipedia community is also eager to participate — we've received more than
80 applications from volunteers to support education activities as Ambassadors. See the open call.
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Wikimedia UK hosts upcoming Edu Wiki Conference
Wikimedia UK is running an event September 5-6, 2012, in Leicester, UK, looking at Wikipedia, Wikiversity, and related charitable projects in terms of educational practice. It's a chance to talk about innovative work in your classroom, your institution or online community, and shape the future of Wikimedia UK's work in this area. This is useful for educators, scholarly societies, contributors to Wikipedia and other open education projects, and students. Guests from around the world are welcome. Learn more and register to attend!
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Cairo professor's work featured on Wikimedia blog
Dr. Abeer El Hafez, a Spanish professor at Cairo University, participated in the Cairo Pilot of the Wikipedia Education Program last term, and her work was highlighted in a post on the Wikimedia Foundation blog. Dr. Abeer's 13 students worked on 31 articles on both the Arabic and Spanish Wikipedias, in some cases doing translations and in others writing articles from scratch. The students all wrote on Latin American authors. Read more about Dr. Abeer's work.
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Campus Ambassador promotes transnational scholarship
Georgetown University Campus Ambassador Kelsey Brannan wrote a post for the Wikimedia blog highlighting the work she's done with Professor Adel Iskandar to promote transnational scholarship between the United States and the Arab world. Professor Iskandar's students write articles for the English Wikipedia on media figures from the Arab world, and he's hoping that courses in the Cairo Pilot will expand the work by translating his students' articles into the Arabic Wikipedia. Read the post.
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