Dear fellow Wikipedians:
This is to let you know about my most recent article, co-authored with former student Kate Rattray. We’re especially proud of this piece, in which we make a pedagogical and public-service case for writing and editing Wikipedia articles for law school credit. The article has just been published in the Journal of Legal Education, which, appropriately, is an open-access journal. The current volume can be found here: http://jle.aals.org/home/. You can also read an abstract and download the article from my SSRN (Social Sciences Research Network) website, here: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2729241.
Yours truly,
John Kleefeld
Associate Professor, College of Law
University of Saskatchewan
15 Campus Drive
Saskatoon SK S7N 5A6
tel: (+1) 306.966.1039
email: john.kleefeld(a)usask.ca
skype: johnkleefeld
twitter: @johnkleefeld
web: http://law.usask.ca/find-people/faculty/kleefeld-john.php
Good evening, Professor Christie. My name is Lixxx235, and I'm a Wikipedia
editor and an Online Ambassador with the Wikipedia Education Program. (
userpage <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lixxx235>)
It's come to my attention (through a student's request for help via
Wikipedia's live chat) that you have given your students assignments
relating to editing Wikipedia. While the Wikipedia Education Program fully
supports such assignments, and endorses a number of courses at various
universities around the world, according to one of your students, an
assignment you've given seems to have students confused and is causing
submissions in violation of some Wikipedia policies and wasting volunteer
and student time. For example, this
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Fuel_controlled_fires_…>
is an entry one of your students tried to get help on from our live help
chat. This submission does not meet Wikipedia guidelines such as notability
policies, policies requiring verifiability of material, and policies
requiring a neutral point of view (NPOV) to be kept. In addition, it was
not in Wikipedia's standard format.
We'd love to get in touch with you. Please reply back to
lixxx235wikipedia(a)gmail.com and education(a)lists.wikimedia.org to see how we
can help you develop good assignments for editing Wikipedia and how we can
resolve some issues with your current assignment.
All the best,
Lixxx235
English Wikipedia
Hi all,
The Wikipedia & Education User Group is pleased to announce the second
round of our Education Program Mentorship Program. If you're an experienced
or aspiring program leader, we encourage you to sign up to be a mentor, a
mentee, or both, by June 19:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_ihp9DM35T9P557QQykOKpXoKmJksR4R…
A bit more details: A year ago, we launched the first edition of the
program as a pilot. Based on interest, we created eight mentorship groups
and introduced the people to each other. We evaluated the program with a
survey at the end of the year. Results showed people were very enthusiastic
about the project, but they were looking for us to provide a bit more
structure. In response to that, we've put together a mentorship guide which
we'll be distributing to mentors, and we'll be checking in more regularly
with the mentorship groups throughout the year.
One mentorship pair from last year, Nebojša Ratković from Wikimedia Serbia
and Anthony B. Diaz from Wiki Advocates Philippines, shared their
experiences at our last Open Meeting. If you missed it, you can watch the
recording on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT76_cj-SGY
If you're interested in participating in the mentorship program this year,
please fill out this interest form. The deadline is June 19:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_ihp9DM35T9P557QQykOKpXoKmJksR4R…
Thank you for your interest!
-The Wikipedia & Education User Group Board: LiAnna, Susanna, João, Filip,
and Ziko
The Wikipedia & Education User Group invites you to attend our next Open
Meeting via Zoom on Wednesday, June 15, from 16:00 - 17:30 UTC (see your
time here: https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1655308815).
The focus of the meeting will be, as always, our two guest speakers,
Jackeline Bucio from Wikimedia México and Klara Sielicka-Baryłka from
Wikimedia Poland. We'll also share some updates from the Wikipedia &
Education User Group Board, including updates about our re-launched
mentorship program and our planned EduWiki Conference in 2023.
Our speakers' biographies:
* Jackeline Bucio holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics and has been involved in
online learning activities since 2007. Currently, she is the Deputy
Director in the Online high school & MOOC area at the Open University,
Educational Innovation and Distance Education Office (CUAIEED), Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). She designs online professional
development courses for teachers at UNAM and, since 2014, has been working
in MOOC environments. She works actively in using Wikipedia in educational
contexts and is part of the board of Wikimedia Mexico (WMMX).
* Klara Sielicka-Baryłka is Wikipedian & Education Specialist at Wikimedia
Poland. She graduated in Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the
University of Warsaw. She worked at the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw
(on educational projects). For over 8 years she worked as a museum worker &
GLAM-wiki coordinator developing #EtnoWiki idea. She is currently
implementing a new edu-wiki strategy in our organization, which will
include an original pilot project for schools throughout Poland. She also
coordinates the Wikipedia part of the educational project with the National
Heritage Institute of Poland.
We hope you can join us!
The meeting will be hosted via this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81389679207?pwd=cBYSv53q5eE7kko-tqEEnW7raD2fVg.1
Meeting ID: 813 8967 9207
Passcode: 357408
If you'd like to be added to the Google Calendar invite, please email me
offlist (lianna(a)wikiedu.org).
Hello everyone,
This is a friendly reminder that The Community Development team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Calls> at the Wikimedia
Foundation is hosting our second community call
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/Community_Calls#How_t…>
Wednesday,
May 25th, 2022 from 15:00 - 16:30 UTC on Zoom
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/81408843170?pwd=OVcwblBrQjR6WXpNVFNmZHJYWEFadz09>
[meeting link]
In this call, we will have 2 speakers from the community talk about their
work within capacity building. At the end of their presentations, we will
secure time for questions and answers.
To join in the community call:
-
To attend the call, please find the link here
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/81408843170?pwd=OVcwblBrQjR6WXpNVFNmZHJYWEFadz09>
.
-
Please ensure you have zoom downloaded <https://zoom.us/download> on
your personal device prior to the call.
We are excited to see and hear from you in our community call! If you have
any questions, please feel free to email the Community Development team at
comdevteam(a)wikimedia.org.
Thank you,
The Community Development team
Cassie Casares
Program Support Associate
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Hello everyone,
This is a friendly reminder that The Community Development team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Calls> at the Wikimedia
Foundation is hosting our second community call on Wednesday, March 25th,
2022 from 15:00 - 16:30 UTC on Zoom
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/81408843170?pwd=OVcwblBrQjR6WXpNVFNmZHJYWEFadz09>
[meeting link]
To join in the community call:
-
To attend the call, please find the link here
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/81408843170?pwd=OVcwblBrQjR6WXpNVFNmZHJYWEFadz09>
.
-
Please ensure you have zoom downloaded on your personal device prior to
the call.
We are excited to see and hear from you in our community call! If you have
any questions, please feel free to email the Community Development team at
comdevteam(a)wikimedia.org.
Thank you,
The Community Development team
Cassie Casares
Program Support Associate
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Hi everyone,
Have you submitted your article(s) for the May issue of the Wikimedia
Education newsletter?
Not yet, right?
Now is the time to share your amazing work with the Wikimedia community by
submitting reports of your project as articles for the Wikimedia Education
newsletter. Please use [1] to see examples of what you can do.
The last date for submitting your article(s) to the education newsletter is
the 20th of May. Let me know if you need more time to publish your
article(s).
Kindly use [2] for newsletter publication guidelines, and [3] to access the
Newsroom.
[1] Education News: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News
[2] Newsletter Publication Guidelines:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/Publication_Guidelines
[3] Education Newsroom:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/Newsroom
Best regards,
Ankan and the Newsletter team
--
Ankan Ghosh Dastider (he/him)
Newsletter Editor, Education Newsletter
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News>
Hello folks!
I'll be holding a Zoom office hours session on May 17, at 17:00 UTC
(10am Pacific time).
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83924458977
If you have questions or want help with using the Dashboard, or if you
have anything else Dashboard-related that you'd like to discuss, this
will be a good time to ask them. (You can also reach me by email with
your questions and help requests.)
Cheers,
Sage Ross
Wiki Education
Dear EduWiki community and outreach collaborators,
We are hiring an Ed Programs Manager with focus on OpenEd. Would be great
to deepen EduWiki connections. Please circulate the call (attached and
below) far and wide.
be well and thanks~!
garrett
Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, MTS, PhD {she}
Educational Programs Advisor | MHz Foundation & Curationist.org
<https://www.curationist.org/>
#Curationist_Edu <https://twitter.com/Curationist_Edu>
*Medium *Metadata Learning & Unlearning
<https://medium.com/metadata-learning-unlearning>
<https://twitter.com/Curationist_Edu>
Job Title: Educational Programs Manager
Employment Type: Remote, Part-time Contractor
Time Commitment: 50-60 hours per month
Hourly Rate: 75.00USD/hr
Reports to: Community Director
Proposed Start Date: June 30, 2022
Accepting resumes until: May 27, 2022
The Educational Programs Manager will lead the educational initiatives of
the Curationist
project, advancing it as a platform for finding, sharing, and, in the
future, making open
educational resources (OER) grounded in OpenGLAM cultural heritage content
and in
Curationist’s social justice commitments. the Educational Programs Manager
will: establish and
develop educational uses of the Curationist platform content; build robust,
diverse communities
of practice; and help advance the vision, work goals, and work plan for the
Curationist project, in
collaboration with the Executive Director, Director of Product & Content,
Director of
Development, and Community Director.
What We’re Looking For:
As a Curationist team member, the Educational Programs Manager will develop
the open
educational resource potential of Curationist, in line with commitments of
Indigenous data
sovereignty, design justice, antiracism, and equity. This will help
position Curationist.org as the
primary free digital archive of art and cultural heritage images with vast
pedagogical and
educational benefits and uses.
We seek a collaborative and creative team member who has experience as an
educator and
researcher in international arts and cultural domains, broadly conceived.
The Educational
Programs Manager will connect with educators, researchers, GLAM
professionals, community organizations, place-based cultural knowledge
hubs, and open educational resource initiatives
to research, co-design, and co-develop Curationist’s content for an
educational audience. They
will work with community partners to identify and mitigate barriers, and
serve as a conduit for
diverse educators, community-based researchers, knowledge-holders,
students, and lifelong
learners interested in creating, curating, finding, and sharing accessible
and equitable content.
This position requires the ability to work on multiple projects with a
range of partners,
collaborators, and stakeholders, simultaneously. The ideal candidate is an
experienced
educator, collaborator, presenter, writer, and editor. Experience in
academia, pedagogy,
education, arts, and technology are preferred.
We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We
are guided by our
commitment to geographic diversity, anti-colonial, anti-racist, feminist,
multilingual, and queer
practices in building our team, delivering content, and cultivating
community.
Responsibilities:
● Identify educational institutions, networks, and initiatives with which
to partner
● Develop and foster relationships and collaboration with Open Educational
Resource
institutions, networks, initiatives, and thought-leaders
● Work with Community Development Director to develop and foster
relationships and
collaboration with equity-oriented movements for antiracist OER, decolonial
GLAM
initiatives, Indigenous Data Sovereignty, and/or design justice
● Continue to build relationships and fold into the Open Access and OER
landscape
through presenting and networking at conferences
● Conduct user research with diverse educators and researchers to ensure
the user
interface of the platform is aligned with the needs of diverse educators
and communities
at large
● Manage a team of two-to-four part time Fellows, affiliated with
educational institutions
and place-based community research organizations
● Edit research and writing to usher it into quality original content and
OER case studies
published on Medium publication ‘Metadata Learning & Unlearning’ and
Curationist’s
Conversation Features series
● Work with the Executive Director, Community Director, Director of
Development, and
Director of Product and Content on annual goals and key tactics, including
the
OER-informed iteration of the platform and product itself
● Generate reports to share insights with the organization based on
outreach feedback
and experiences
Qualifications:
● Experience in research, academia, libraries, and/or higher education
● Experience with cultural heritage, arts/arts education, and/or GLAM
(galleries, libraries,
archives, and museums) sectors Experience working with underserved
communities
● Experience in and demonstrated commitment to social, racial, and gender
equity
● Experience with capacity building and co-design methodology, in
community-led,
place-based contexts
● Good researcher and writer
● Demonstrates excellence in organizational, managerial, and communication
skills
● Possesses the skills to work with and motivate team members
● Be a self-starter and goal driven
● Be organized and exhibit follow through on tasks and goals
Where:
This is remote work, via Zoom, Slack, Google Drive, etc., with weekly
synchronous meetings
and co-working sessions to be set by the team.
Sounds Like a Good Fit?
Send a cover letter and resume to jobs(a)mhzfoundation.org
Let us know about you, your applicable experience, relevant skills, how you
connect with this
job posting, and your interests in arts and culture.
Please put the position you are applying for in the subject line