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=== Students as 'forced' volunteers / involving educational institutions === | |||
Challenge: how to connect GLAM projects and educational programs? | |||
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=== Engaging editors from Wikimedia projects === | |||
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=== Engaging a 'new' target audience === | |||
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Revision as of 12:42, 15 September 2012
A general problem for all chapters is: how to find active volunteers for GLAM projects? This question
- editors for GLAM activities
- organizers
Types of volunteers
Students as 'forced' volunteers / involving educational institutions
Challenge: how to connect GLAM projects and educational programs?
Best practices:
Engaging editors from Wikimedia projects
Best practices:
Engaging a 'new' target audience
Best practices:
General problem for all chapters: how to find active volunteers?
Students as forced volunteers - connection with GLAM projects is obvious
Students are also editors, but in many cases not treated as such
Project Wikipedia in schools - Serbia
Matchmaking between GLAM projects and educational programs.
Related to assessments, assignments. Reach out to educational institutions.
Outside of schools
How to get actual Wikipedia editors interested in real life events?
How to convert people from casual to regular editors? Best practices? It is about quality. What percentage do you consider a success? Example of successful format: writing contest
Follow-up in education: start with second-year students
Experience of working with students in GLAM projects.
What motivates people?
Problem of friendliness Mentorship program / ambassadors