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[[File:EduWiki_2013_Flyer.pdf|thumb|View the EduWiki 2013 flyer]]
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'''EduWiki Conference 2013''' is the second annual conference organised by Wikimedia UK focusing on [[Education projects]].
'''EduWiki Conference 2013''' was the second annual conference organised by Wikimedia UK focusing on [[Education projects]].


''Please contact [[User:Toni_Sant_(WMUK)|Toni Sant]] (Wikimedia UK's Education Organiser) if you have any personal questions or concerns, otherwise feel free to comment on [[Talk:EduWiki Conference 2013|the talk/discussion page]].''
''Please contact [[User:Toni_Sant_(WMUK)|Toni Sant]] (Wikimedia UK's Education Organiser) if you have any personal questions or concerns, otherwise feel free to comment on [[Talk:EduWiki Conference 2013|the talk/discussion page]].''
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Wikipedia and its sister sites are increasingly used as platforms for educational assignments, in the UK and internationally. The conference is a chance to discover opportunities; report lessons learned; and explore how the free, open, learner-centred ethos of Wikimedia overlaps current trends in formal education.
Wikipedia and its sister sites are increasingly used as platforms for educational assignments, in the UK and internationally. The conference is a chance to discover opportunities; report lessons learned; and explore how the free, open, learner-centred ethos of Wikimedia overlaps current trends in formal education.


Themes addressed in the conference include:
Themes addressed in the 2013 event included:
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See the ''Times Higher Education'' article [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/421155.article "Delete the Wiki Worries and get Close to the Edit"] for more background.
See the ''Times Higher Education'' article [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/421155.article "Delete the Wiki Worries and get Close to the Edit"] for more background.
== Video summary ==
[[File:EduWiki Conference 2013 video.webm|800px]]


== Conference Schedule ==
== Conference Schedule ==
[[File:EduWiki13-EventSpark-instructions.pdf|thumb|200px|Instructions for using the conference mobile app.]]
Highlights included:
'''The conference begins on Friday morning with registration at 10am and ends on Saturday at 5:30pm.'''
 
Highlights include:
* [[EduWiki_Conference_2013/Abstracts#Keynotes|Keynotes]]
* [[EduWiki_Conference_2013/Abstracts#Keynotes|Keynotes]]
: ''Invited keynote speakers are: Gareth Morlais (Welsh Government) - Rod Dunican (Wikimedia Foundation) - David White (Oxford University)''
: ''Invited keynote speakers are: Gareth Morlais (Welsh Government) - Rod Dunican (Wikimedia Foundation) - David White (Oxford University)''
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* [[EduWiki_Conference_2013/Abstracts#Workshops|Workshops]]
* [[EduWiki_Conference_2013/Abstracts#Workshops|Workshops]]
* [[meta:Meetup/Cardiff/2|The 2nd Cardiff Wikipedia Meetup]]  
* [[meta:Meetup/Cardiff/2|The 2nd Cardiff Wikipedia Meetup]]  
: ''This will take place on Friday 1 November at 6:30pm to coincide with the EduWiki Conference, and the meetup organisers are looking forward to seeing as many conference delegates as possible attend this meetup to mingle with Cardiff's Wikimedia community.''
'''A detailed conference schedule is [[/Schedule|available here]].'''


=== Mobile app===
A detailed conference schedule is [[/Schedule|available here]].
We're also trailing a new mobile conference app, which is being considered for use at Wikimania 2014. All attending delegates are encouraged to download the app ahead of the conference. The app is available for Android and iOS. [[:File:EduWiki13-EventSpark-instructions.pdf|Full instructions available here]].


== Location ==
== Location ==
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:Tel (venue): 02920 487 111
:Tel (venue): 02920 487 111


;Car:
Exit the M4 on junction 33 sign posted Cardiff West. Follow the signs for A4232 Central Cardiff and remain on this road for approximately five miles until you reach the tunnel. Go through the tunnel bearing left at the roundabout, and then keep left at the mini roundabout driving into the Capital FM Centre. Immediately turn left driving straight ahead, Future Inn will be on your right hand side.


;Public Transport:
== Slides from presentations ==
Nearest Train Station – '''Cardiff Bay'''. Cardiff's main train station, Cardiff Central, is 1.3miles away. There is a direct train connection to Cardiff Bay from there (10-20 train journey)  
: ''See also: [[:commons:Category:EduWiki Conference 2013 presentation slides]]''
* [[:commons:File:EduWiki_2013_Poulter_Slides.pdf|"Wikimedia: linking open education and research impact"]] by Martin Poulter
* [https://www.slideshare.net/GarethMorlais/eduwiki-2013-gareth-morlais "Getting more Welsh online"] by Gareth Morlais
* [[:commons:File:Introducing_Students_to_Independent_Research_through_Editing_Wikipedia_Articles_on_English_Villages.pdf|"Introducing Students to Independent Research through Editing Wikipedia Articles on English Villages"]] by Humphrey Southall
* [[:commons:File:PhD_students_and_Wikimedia_projects_in_Lille_-_EduWiki_2013.pdf|"PhD students and Wikimedia projects in Lille"]] by Jean-Frédéric Berthelot
* [[:commons:File:WIKIED_2013_conference_-_Wikinews_university_classroom.pdf|"Wikinews in a University Classroom"]] by Laura Hale
* [[:commons:File:EduWiki2013 McAndrew slides.pdf|"How we can make Constructive Engagement with Wikipedia an essential and inclusive Digital Literacy?"]] by Terry McAndrew
* [http://www.slideshare.net/sjgknight/ "Mediawiki for learning analytics"] by Simon Knight
* [[:commons:File:Vernacular Education (Cardiff 2013).pdf|Vernacular Education]] by [[User:Leutha|Fabian Tompsett]]
 
==Reflections and coverage==
Tweets from the two days Storified by Brian Kelly and Martin Poulter: [http://storify.com/mlpoulter/eduwiki-day-1-in-chron-order (Day 1)] [http://storify.com/mlpoulter/eduwiki-conference-day-2-in-chron-order (Day 2)]


Nearest Bus Stop – traveling long distance by coach, you would travel to Cardiff Central [http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach/destinations/wales/cardiff/cardiff-introduction.aspx]. From there you can take a local bus going to Millennium Centre (5 minutes walk away from Futures Inn).
* [http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/reflections-on-the-eduwiki-2013-conference/ Reflections on the EduWiki 2013 Conference] - Brian Kelly, Innovation Advocate at Cetis, UK Web Focus blog.
* [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/eduwiki-conference-2013-convenes-in-cardiff/ EduWiki Conference 2013 convenes in Cardiff] - Wikimedia UK blog, also adapted for the [https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Newsletter/November_2013/EduWiki_Conference_2013_convenes_in_Cardiff Education Newsletter].
* [http://openscot.wordpress.com/2013/11/08/eduwiki-conference-reflections/ Blog post by Lorna M. Campbell on the Open Scotland blog] - not an attendee but based on Brian Kelly's blog post
* [http://visionofbritainblog.wordpress.com/2013/11/02/using-vision-of-britain-and-wikipedia-in-education/ Post by Humphrey Southall on his Vision of Britain blog]
* [http://childrensmobilelibraries.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/so-far-at-eduwiki-2013.html So Far at EduWiki 2013] - a blog post by Marianne Bamkin


;Taxi
===Comments from participants===
A journey from central Cardiff to Futures Inn would be about £6.  
''I wanted to thank wikimedia UK for organizing EduWiki 2013. I think they did a fantastic  job with the conference, managed to get the right people there, opened doors to make things happen and left me motivated to continue to do educational outreach for Wikinews. Combine that with good wifi and decent food, I cannot wait for next year's conference. My only request would be less rain.'' - Laura Hale


;Air
''I just want to get back to you in order to thank you for the great Education conference you all organized. I will take home a lot of inspiration and try to include some of the points - together with Charles - in our planned education activities in Switzerland for the next year. Furthermore I appreciate a lot that we got a slot to present KIWIX in front of all attendants. All the best - and hope to see you soon.'' - Muriel Staub
The nearest airport is Cardiff Airport - [http://www.visitcardiff.com/travel-information/arriving-by-air]. You can also choose to fly via London and take a train from there.


== Accommodation ==
''Thanks to @wikimedia for a great #EduWiki conference. Even more motivated to start a monthly Wiki Wednesday meet up on our #Lampeter campus'' - Kate Fisher
Conference delegates need to make their your own arrangements for accommodation, if needed.  We have complied [[/Accommodation|a guide to accommodation in and around the conference venue]] for the convenience of delegates. Listed prices and indicative quotes we received several weeks before the event, and in some cases availability may also be limited.


== Feedback from the previous EduWiki ==
''I'm now convinced of the importance of Wikipedia in open educational practices.'' - Brian Kelly
* [http://www.jorum.ac.uk/blog/post/49/eduwiki-conference-2012-an-inclusive-vision-for-sharing-knowledge-with-all-humanity "I was delighted to be asked to speak, but I really went to learn, and learn I did. This semi-skeptic was won over."]
* [http://scienceoftheinvisible.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/reflections-on-eduwiki-conference.html "looking back it was easily the most thought-provoking event I have been to for some time."]
* [http://childrensmobilelibraries.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/eduwiki-conference-2012.html "There were interesting people there, the food was good, the sun shone, and it was quite a success."]
* "Once again, thanks and I look forward to the continued growth and hopefully my useful participation in what has to be a truly exciting effort towards an informed global community." - anonymous evaluation
* [http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue70/thomas "The relationship between OERs, open access, open academic practices and Wikipedia were very strong in the discussions, alongside issues surrounding digital literacy as well as citation and referencing practices."]
* [http://dougbelshaw.com/conferences/2012/09/07/eduwiki-conference-2012/ "Overall, it was a very encouraging coming-together of Wikipedians and educators"]


See [[EduWiki_Conference_2012#Reflections_and_coverage]] or look at the (extremely positive) [[:File:EduWiki_Conference_(5-6_September_2012)_delegate_feedback_summary.pdf|summary of feedback forms]].
''Thank you to Wikimedia UK, and all the contributors for organising this event. All the presentations were engaging and the attendees and contributors a great bunch of people!''


== Further information ==
''Cracking conference!''
* Registration is now open.
* [[/Schedule]] is very close to final version.
* [[/role planning]] is set.
* [[/Publicity]]


==Reflections and coverage==
=== Attendees ===
* [http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/reflections-on-the-eduwiki-2013-conference/ Reflections on the EduWiki 2013 Conference] - Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus)  
Here are some facts and (loose) statistics about the EduWiki 2013 delegates:
* [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/11/eduwiki-conference-2013-convenes-in-cardiff/ EduWiki Conference 2013 convenes in Cardiff] - WMUK blog
* 80 people registered for this conference.
* 68 registered delegates attended (51 male / 17 female)
* 23 delegates work in educational institutions in the UK (have email addresses ending in ac.uk)
* 17 students from the University of Cardiff registered to attend; 10 showed up on the first day only.
* 12 delegates declared their Wiki*edia username at registration.
* Non-UK delegates traveled from 8 countries: Australia, France, Germany, Israel, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, USA.


===Comments from participants===
=== Next steps ===
''I wanted to thank wikimedia UK for organizing EduWiki 2013. I think they did a fantastic  job with the conference, managed to get the right people there, opened doors to make things happen and left me motivated to continue to do educational outreach for Wikinews. Combine that with good wifi and decent food, I cannot wait for next year's conference. My only request would be less rain.'' - Laura Hale
As collated during the wrap-up session of the conference:


''I just want to get back to you in order to thank you for the great Education conference you all organized. I will take home a lot of inspiration and try to include some of the points - together with Charles - in our planned education activities in Switzerland for the next year. Furthermore I appreciate a lot that we got a slot to present KIWIX in front of all attendants. All the best - and hope to see you soon.'' - Muriel Staub
{| class="wikitable"
!I'd like to
!but the main barrier I face is
!The help I want is
|-
|Get a community for Wikikids in English!! [[m:Wikikids]]
|Institutional culture/ Lack of colleagues' awareness
|Spread the message
|-
|Build up a strong partnership with Jisc in Wales
|Time!
|WMUK staff will meet JISC team of 11 on 21 January. Lis Parcell, who was at EduWiki, has been instrumental in the organisng the meeting.
|-
|Improve Wikinews education platform
|Time
|Running training sessions for Wikinews
|-
|Build on the knowledge I've picked up at this conference and share it with colleagues & customers
|Keeping a grip on a very big, fast-moving topic
|Easy signposts to appropriate resources; Jisc to communicate more internally (and externally) about its Wikimedia work
|-
|Edit more. Create educational assignment
|Time to organise the course page
|Make a user's guide on how to 1) Get instructor's rights; 2) Set up the course page; 3) the various tools on the course page
|-
|Create something that helps open groups to work together and gives an overview of what is happening
|technical ability
|advice, technical help  [No contact details left]
|-
|Highlight HE projects across the disciplines
|Time - but if it aligns with employer's agenda I can tie it in.
|Discussion - invitation to meetings
|-
|Build a school of drawing. Deciding whether to make a wiki
|Time! Wiki experience. Finance!
|Materials/ resources [MLP met with this person and put the case for releasing as free and open content]
|-
|Blog about the great wiki weekend
|Time & confidence
|[none]
|-
|Develop and cultivate relationships between Wikimedians and educators
|Not finding it easy to contact people (except via Twitter)
|To include a call to action in the follow-up email
|-
|Create an educational assignment / Contribute to Wikiversity or Wikinews / As part of a module assessment, online collaborative project, wiki-based
|Institutional culture/ Lack of colleagues' awareness/ General ignorance and/or suspicion about Wikimedia activities, tools & resources
|In conversation with WMUK already re: grant for educational projects
|-
|Help to encourage more to contribute to Wikipedia
|Living in a broadband not-spot
|[none]
|}


''Thanks to @wikimedia for a great #EduWiki conference. Even more motivated to start a monthly Wiki Wednesday meet up on our #Lampeter campus'' - Kate Fisher
Some "next actions" were reported verbally: 1) blog about the conference, 2) use ideas from this conference in presentations, 3) submit a proposal to an information literacy conference, 4) invite Martin in to department to speak to colleagues.


''I'm now convinced of the importance of Wikipedia in open educational practices." - Brian Kelly


''Thank you to Wikimedia UK, and all the contributors for organising this event. All the presentations were engaging and the attendees and contributors a great bunch of people!''
*University of Stirling started planning a Wikipedia assignment for Spring 2014.
*Graeme Arnott also started working on a Wikipedia assignment at the Glasgow School of Arts - looking to run a pilot first that would be rolled out to other courses.
*Coleg Cymraeg representative discussed the possibility of working with Wikimedia UK in the future.
*SAW representative - she has already started training wiki-skills to trainees from South Wales at Lampeter University.
*Stevie Benton started working on projects that can use Kiwix in furthering the aspiration of free knowledge for all - in schools in Africa and UK young offenders institutes.
*Rod has lend his support to our Virtual Learning Environment project.
*We have proved that live translation at a conference is possible!


===Feedback===
*We have reflected on the conference [[EduWiki Conference 2013/SWOT analysis|here]].
*Feedback from the participants can be seen [[:File:EduWiki 2013 feedback summary.pdf|here]].


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English | Welsh

Wikimedia UK education projects
Annual Conference — Campus Ambassadors – Student Societies — Schools — Committee — VLE

EduWiki Conference 2013
 at the Future Inns in Cardiff Bay
Friday 1 - Saturday 2 November 2013

Convened by Toni Sant: toni.santatwikimedia.org.uk for WMUK
 Contact: educationatwikimedia.org.uk, +44 (0)7885 980 536
Hashtag: #EduWiki || Facebook event page (please share)

Cardiff Bay at night



View the EduWiki 2013 flyer

EduWiki Conference 2013 was the second annual conference organised by Wikimedia UK focusing on Education projects.

Please contact Toni Sant (Wikimedia UK's Education Organiser) if you have any personal questions or concerns, otherwise feel free to comment on the talk/discussion page.

About EduWiki 2013

Wikimedia UK is the national charity supporting the eleven Wikimedia projects (including Wikipedia, Wikiversity, Wikibooks, and Wikinews) in their mission to give free knowledge to everyone in the world. EduWiki is its annual education conference, bringing staff from universities, schools and other sectors together with wiki contributors. Together we explore how Wikimedia sites can support innovative, active, low-cost activities for learners, promoting subject skills and general information literacy. As well as these educational objectives, our collaborations can advance the goal of global, freely-available lifelong learning.

Wikipedia and its sister sites are increasingly used as platforms for educational assignments, in the UK and internationally. The conference is a chance to discover opportunities; report lessons learned; and explore how the free, open, learner-centred ethos of Wikimedia overlaps current trends in formal education.

Themes addressed in the 2013 event included:

  • Plagiarism and the "Wikipedia problem"
  • Open resources and open practice
  • Learners as producers
  • Design and assessment of on-wiki assignments
  • Digital literacy and wiki-literacy
  • Wikipedia for younger audiences
  • Learning analytics
  • Open education and open access to research
  • Language education and writing skills

See the Times Higher Education article "Delete the Wiki Worries and get Close to the Edit" for more background.

Video summary

Conference Schedule

Highlights included:

Invited keynote speakers are: Gareth Morlais (Welsh Government) - Rod Dunican (Wikimedia Foundation) - David White (Oxford University)

A detailed conference schedule is available here.

Location

Panorama of Cardiff Bay, location of EduWiki Conference 2013

map

Future Inn Cardiff
Hemingway Road
Cardiff
Glamorgan
CF10 4AU
Tel (venue): 02920 487 111


Slides from presentations

See also: commons:Category:EduWiki Conference 2013 presentation slides

Reflections and coverage

Tweets from the two days Storified by Brian Kelly and Martin Poulter: (Day 1) (Day 2)

Comments from participants

I wanted to thank wikimedia UK for organizing EduWiki 2013. I think they did a fantastic job with the conference, managed to get the right people there, opened doors to make things happen and left me motivated to continue to do educational outreach for Wikinews. Combine that with good wifi and decent food, I cannot wait for next year's conference. My only request would be less rain. - Laura Hale

I just want to get back to you in order to thank you for the great Education conference you all organized. I will take home a lot of inspiration and try to include some of the points - together with Charles - in our planned education activities in Switzerland for the next year. Furthermore I appreciate a lot that we got a slot to present KIWIX in front of all attendants. All the best - and hope to see you soon. - Muriel Staub

Thanks to @wikimedia for a great #EduWiki conference. Even more motivated to start a monthly Wiki Wednesday meet up on our #Lampeter campus - Kate Fisher

I'm now convinced of the importance of Wikipedia in open educational practices. - Brian Kelly

Thank you to Wikimedia UK, and all the contributors for organising this event. All the presentations were engaging and the attendees and contributors a great bunch of people!

Cracking conference!

Attendees

Here are some facts and (loose) statistics about the EduWiki 2013 delegates:

  • 80 people registered for this conference.
  • 68 registered delegates attended (51 male / 17 female)
  • 23 delegates work in educational institutions in the UK (have email addresses ending in ac.uk)
  • 17 students from the University of Cardiff registered to attend; 10 showed up on the first day only.
  • 12 delegates declared their Wiki*edia username at registration.
  • Non-UK delegates traveled from 8 countries: Australia, France, Germany, Israel, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, USA.

Next steps

As collated during the wrap-up session of the conference:

I'd like to but the main barrier I face is The help I want is
Get a community for Wikikids in English!! m:Wikikids Institutional culture/ Lack of colleagues' awareness Spread the message
Build up a strong partnership with Jisc in Wales Time! WMUK staff will meet JISC team of 11 on 21 January. Lis Parcell, who was at EduWiki, has been instrumental in the organisng the meeting.
Improve Wikinews education platform Time Running training sessions for Wikinews
Build on the knowledge I've picked up at this conference and share it with colleagues & customers Keeping a grip on a very big, fast-moving topic Easy signposts to appropriate resources; Jisc to communicate more internally (and externally) about its Wikimedia work
Edit more. Create educational assignment Time to organise the course page Make a user's guide on how to 1) Get instructor's rights; 2) Set up the course page; 3) the various tools on the course page
Create something that helps open groups to work together and gives an overview of what is happening technical ability advice, technical help [No contact details left]
Highlight HE projects across the disciplines Time - but if it aligns with employer's agenda I can tie it in. Discussion - invitation to meetings
Build a school of drawing. Deciding whether to make a wiki Time! Wiki experience. Finance! Materials/ resources [MLP met with this person and put the case for releasing as free and open content]
Blog about the great wiki weekend Time & confidence [none]
Develop and cultivate relationships between Wikimedians and educators Not finding it easy to contact people (except via Twitter) To include a call to action in the follow-up email
Create an educational assignment / Contribute to Wikiversity or Wikinews / As part of a module assessment, online collaborative project, wiki-based Institutional culture/ Lack of colleagues' awareness/ General ignorance and/or suspicion about Wikimedia activities, tools & resources In conversation with WMUK already re: grant for educational projects
Help to encourage more to contribute to Wikipedia Living in a broadband not-spot [none]

Some "next actions" were reported verbally: 1) blog about the conference, 2) use ideas from this conference in presentations, 3) submit a proposal to an information literacy conference, 4) invite Martin in to department to speak to colleagues.


  • University of Stirling started planning a Wikipedia assignment for Spring 2014.
  • Graeme Arnott also started working on a Wikipedia assignment at the Glasgow School of Arts - looking to run a pilot first that would be rolled out to other courses.
  • Coleg Cymraeg representative discussed the possibility of working with Wikimedia UK in the future.
  • SAW representative - she has already started training wiki-skills to trainees from South Wales at Lampeter University.
  • Stevie Benton started working on projects that can use Kiwix in furthering the aspiration of free knowledge for all - in schools in Africa and UK young offenders institutes.
  • Rod has lend his support to our Virtual Learning Environment project.
  • We have proved that live translation at a conference is possible!

Feedback

  • We have reflected on the conference here.
  • Feedback from the participants can be seen here.
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