EduWiki Conference 2014

Wikimedia UK education projects

Annual Conference — Campus Ambassadors – Student Societies — Schools — Committee — VLE

As per WMUK's 2014 Activity Plan/University and Education Outreach:

We will run a one-day EduWiki Conference 2014 raising awareness of the educational possibilities of Wikipedia and sister projects, and developing Wikimedia UK's academic engagement. In light of the fact that Wikimania 2014 may be attracting potential delegates away from the EduWiki conference, this year's event will take the form of a symposium bringing together all those in the Education sector who have benefited directly from WMUK support over the years.

See also: 2014 Activity Plan/EduWiki

Themes and focus

The following three theme/s have been identified as possible ideas to develop for EduWiki 2014:

• A showcase of WMUK-supported Education activities from the past 2+ years;
• A workshop (or two) for educators who want to explore the use of Wikipedia in the University classroom through the courses extension (including a possible hackathon on the WP Education extension);
• An opportunity for Wikimedia's Education leaders to follow-up on previous discussions at Wikimania around the new Wiki Education Cooperative (currently in formation).

Ideas for other themes are also welcome at this point. Please leave your comment on the talk page.

Latest developments

• Preparations for the event have began.

• EduWiki event date: Friday 31 October 2014 in Edinburgh (date and venue to be confirmed!)

• Potential venues in Edinburgh have been added to the EduWiki planning page. Suggested venues include:

• Edinburgh First sites (quote requested)
• The Surgeons' Hall (quote requested)
• The Hub (quote requested)

Other potential venues include:

• The Roxy Theatre
• Edinburgh City Chambers
• Newbattle Abbey College

Feedback and additional input on possible venue sites in Edinburgh appreciated.

Organisational timeline

Deadlines	Item	What	By whom	Notes	Progress
Apr 2014	Planning Meeting 1		GA & TS & AC & PRM		Done
	Date	Decide date and book venue	TS	Tentative date is 31st October 2014	Done
Beginning of May	Eduwiki 2013 Survey	Send out survey to all attendees of Eduwiki 2013 and previous related events.	TS		Done
Mid May	Eduwiki 2014 Themes	EduWiki Themes and focus released on wiki page for comment	TS
End of May	Planning meeting 2		TS & AC & HJ		Done
15th June (or ASAP after that)	Venue	Compare venues and book venue	TS & AC		In progress
21-22 June	Wikimania 2014 Future of Education Workshop	Event	N/A
22 June	Announce Event	Announce event publicly on Wiki	TS
Late June	Open Registration	Open registration immediately after Wikimania Fringe Workshop	TS
1st August	Minimum Number of Delegates	Confirm minimum number of delegates to venue	TS / HJ
September - October	Final Preperations	Details TBA
TBC	Wikimania 2014 Future of Education track	Details to follow	TS
Start of October	Programme of Events	Provide venue with a final programme of events	TS / HJ
25th October	Final Numbers	Confirm final numbers to the venue manager.	TS / HJ
31st October	Eduwiki Conference 2014	Event	N/A