[MK-EDU] Fwd: [Wikimedia Education] Fwd: EduWiki Conference 2013 - Call for Proposals

Wed Aug 7 11:44:52 UTC 2013

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Subject: 	[Wikimedia Education] Fwd: EduWiki Conference 2013 - Call for 
Proposals
Date: 	Wed, 7 Aug 2013 10:18:05 +0100
From: 	Toni Sant <toni.sant at wikimedia.org.uk>
Reply-To: 	Wikimedia Education <education at lists.wikimedia.org>
To: 	Wikimedia Education <education at lists.wikimedia.org>

/Please circulate widely.../
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   EduWiki Conference 2013 - Call for proposals
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*Wikimedia UK's second annual EduWiki conference will take place in 
Cardiff on 1 and 2 November 2013. *

A recent white paper from TurnItIn, the online plagiarism-prevention 
service used widely across higher education in the UK, claims that 
"Wikipedia has an outsized presence as a content source for student 
writing". [1] This study is based on an analysis of over 112 million 
content matches from 28 million student papers submitted to TurnItIn 
between July 2011 and June 2012. 11% of these content matches are from 
Wikipedia.  However, the same report is quick to explain that Wikipedia 
has academic merit in terms of educational value. TurnItIn's 
recommendation is to "educate students that the true value of Wikipedia 
is to provide a curated summary on a topic, and that they should follow 
the sources and citations at the bottom of Wikipedia entries to verify 
the accuracy of the information and to uncover primary source material" [2].

Wikmedia UK is now inviting proposals for papers, presentation, 
provocations and/or posters, especially ones addressing the Wikipedia 
problem highlighted by the TurnItIn white paper. Proposal for panels and 
roundtable discussions from groups of three or four participants are 
also welcome.

Indicative topics include, but are not limited to:

* Wikipedia belongs in Education, including Higher Education

* Wikipedia's academic merit and educational value

* Examples of using Wikipedia in the high school, college or university 
classroom

* Ways to deter university students from plagiarizing Wikipedia

* Going beyond Wikipedia by engaging with any of the other major 
Wikimedia projects: Wikibooks, Wikispecies, Wikiquote, Wikinews, 
Wikisource, Wikiversity, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons, among others.

*Email your proposal (including an abstract of up to 200 words) to 
education at wikimedia.org.uk <mailto:education at wikimedia.org.uk> by Monday 
26 August 2013. All proposals should also include a brief bio (around 50 
words).

Queries about the conference or any other aspect of Wikimedia UK's 
Education activities can be sent directly to WMUK's Education Organiser 
toni.sant at wikimedia.org.uk <mailto:toni.sant at wikimedia.org.uk>*

/Notes/:
[1] TurnItIn White Paper. 'The Sources in Student Writing - Higher 
Education', p.10
[2] ibid. p.11

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Dr Toni Sant - Education Organiser, Wikimedia UK
toni.sant at wikimedia.org.uk <mailto:toni.sant at wikimedia.org.uk> +44 
(0)7885 980 536 <tel:%2B44%20%280%297885%20980%20536>

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and 
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered 
Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 
4LT. United Kingdom. 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.*

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