Dear all,
As you know, Wikimania is happening in a couple of week and we'll soon have
a chance to meet in person with at least a few of you in Stockholm.
I'm happy to report that the Education Space is 90% ready (and will be 100%
ready in the coming days), which give me a good opportunity to thank the
Program Committee that worked on making our Space's program a reality!
I'd also like to thank Krishna
<https://www.facebook.com/KCVelaga?fref=gs&__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARCIUxMK-iQM…>,
who've created this beautiful page that lists all sessions
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Education/Program>in our space
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Education/Program> and their
rooms. You can of course see it as part of the whole Wikimania Program,
which is also linked at the top of this page.
Please note:
1. 1) The content of each submission page will be edited further in the
coming days so you'll have an updated version of the speakers and content.
Still if there are any questions, please let us know.
2. 2) We're planning a meetup for everyone interested in Education.
It'll be on Friday at 21:00, probably at one of the hotels, after dinner,
so stay tuned. We'll update exactly where when we are there.
3. 3) Some session will be featuring people joining us remotely. We're
really hoping all sessions will be recorded, but as of now, that's not
confirmed yet.
Finally, we've made an effort to have an active and engaging program,
preferring this year more panels and workshops, and keeping personal
lectures to a minimum, with only 2 keynote lectures and 1 session of
TED-like 10 minutes lightning talks. We've also made an effort to identify
missing topics and "invite" speakers to explore them. *If you have any
questions or comments on the program and its format, please feel free to
contact us. *
Looking forward to meeting you all,
Shani (on behalf of the program's committee)
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*Shani Evenstein Sigalov*
* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
* Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
* Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
* Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
* Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>.
+972-525640648
Dear all,
Sharing news of an event that will take place during October. Here's the
invite I got from Alek Tarkowski. Please see it as if it was made to you
individually. It is really important that we send someone from our
community to interact with this community, so anyone interested in Open
Education Advocacy, this one's for you!
Note that there are scholarships, but you need to *apply by July 28t*h, so
please hurry up. Here's a link to the application form
<https://oerpolicy.eu/oe-policy-forum/> is in the first link.
Best,
Shani & the Wikipedia & Education User Group.
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I am writing to invite you to the fourth edition of the Open Education
Policy Forum. Every year, we bring together advocates, activists, and
policymakers working on Open Education policies, in Europe and beyond.
This year, we are introducing some changes to our concept and hope to
provide stronger support for people working on open education policies. I
hope that you will consider joining us this year and becoming one of our
Forum’s Fellows.
Our call for participation is open until 28 July. Please visit our website
for detailed information concerning the Forum, participation in the policy
incubation program and scholarship opportunities:
https://oerpolicy.eu/oe-policy-forum/
<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Foerpolicy.eu%2Foe-policy-forum…>
For this year’s edition, we chose the theme “Empowering Advocates for
Change”. The two-day event will be the beginning of a six-month policy
incubation process that will help Forum participants develop open policies
in their institutions, regions or countries.
This year’s Forum will take place on 7-8 October in Warsaw, Poland. We are
very happy to partner with SPARC and Open Education Consortium, two leading
organisations in the field of open education advocacy.
We are seeking activists and advocates - both experienced and beginning
Open Education policy work - who want to become this year’s Fellows of the
Open Education Policy Forum. We are looking for people who are developing
open education policies on the international, national or institutional
level. We are keen to support policies that concern various aspects of open
education, as well as related fields of openness. Participants in our Forum
will get support for their policy work from key experts in our field.
We are also seeking mentors for our program - please get in touch if you
would like to share your knowledge and experiences with others.
We will also be grateful for sharing this information with your colleagues
who might be interested in participating.
We are looking forward to having some of you as our Fellows,
Alek (and the Open Education Policy Forum team)
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*Shani Evenstein Sigalov*
* Lecturer, Tel Aviv University.
* EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School
of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
* PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University.
* OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization
and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
<https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>.
* Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>.
* Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>.
* Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society
<http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>.
* Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>.
+972-525640648
Just so. Really great to have this feature. Thanks for sharing! 😊
CCing the Education folks.
Shani.
Shani.
On Fri, 12 Jul 2019, 01:21 Kerry Raymond <kerry.raymond(a)gmail.com wrote:
> Very nice! This is a great addition to the dashboard!
>
> Kerry
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 12 Jul 2019, at 3:04 am, Khyati Soneji <khyatisoneji5(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am Khyati, and I am currently working on making the Program and Events
> dashboard better tool for 1lib1ref program.
>
> Over the past month, I have made changes to the dashboard to add
> references added in the campaign, course as well as user level
>
> More information on what changes have been done can be found here:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FqOqXz45DwyndmXf_22d-9K0Bxxw8pgwNPGEJ-m…
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FqOqXz45DwyndmXf_22d-9K0Bxxw8pgwNPGEJ-m…>
> .
>
> Now, they are deployed and I would request everyone to check out these
> changes on the dashboard and give your feedback on those changes.
>
> Apart from that, I would like to know your thoughts on what could be
> potential improvements for the dashboard. I am planning to create a list of
> suggested changes and start working on them.
>
> Please revert back to the mail thread with your feedback and suggestions.
>
> Looking forward to your inputs!
>
> --
>
>
> *Thanks and Regards,Khyati SonejiComputer Science Student at PDPU*
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Dear Wikimedia & Education community,
Greetings from the Wikipedia and Education User Group.
We are delighted to bring to you the Working Groups of the Wikipedia &
Education User Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group/Get_invo…>[1].
These groups comprise people who are interested in working in various focus
areas related to Wikimedia & Education - Mentorship, Resource Development,
Tech Infrastructure, and Global Outreach. These working groups work in
their focus areas to help the global EduWiki community in their ongoing
work and further development. We will be launching these working during
Wikimania 2019, where we will be having more details on this.
However, owing to the needs of technology in our work, we would like to
launch the “Tech Infrastructure Working Group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group/Working_…>”[2]
at the earliest possible.
This group aims to prioritize technological tools for scaling educational
initiatives across the movement. The members of the group are uniquely
qualified to identify gaps in tools that will help us run educational
programs. They will work together to identify needs, prioritize tool
development, and manage that process. The group will also provide
recommendations on securing funding to develop tech resources, and also
advocate at various organizational levels to bring the necessary technical
infrastructure to reality.
The group, as its first project will be working on a global survey that is
to be commissioned by the user group in the coming weeks. The survey will
be focused on identifying the tech needs of the EduWiki community, more
specific to the Program and Events Dashboard. This survey will serve a base
for further development work in this area.
In this context, I would like to invite interested community members to
sign up to be members of this group on the Meta-Wiki page[2] of the group.
Expected time commitment is 3-4 hours a week.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks and regards,
Krishna Chaitanya
On behalf of the Wikipedia & Education User Group
[1] https://w.wiki/5ip
[2] https://w.wiki/53N