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''This post was written by Dr Martin Poulter, Associate of Wikimedia UK, to celebrate [http://www.openeducationweek.org/ Open Education Week].''
Wikimedia UK is pleased to announce that Jonathan Cardy (aka WereSpielChequers) is joining us as our GLAM Organiser – co-ordinating and expanding our Outreach work with Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAMs). Jonathan will be starting work on 3rd April. Jonathan is already known among active Wikimedians especially in London where he is a regular at the meetup. Here is Jonathan’s own introduction in words and pictures. We’re sure you’ll join us in extending him a warm welcome.


David White is a senior manager at the University of [http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/ Oxford’s Department of Continuing Education]. He co-manages [http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/facilities/businessservices/courseproduction.php Technology-Assisted Lifelong Learning (TALL)], an award-winning research and development group. If you attend conferences about open education or the cultural effects of social media, you’ve probably seen him speak.
“Hi, I’m Jonathan Cardy and I’m really looking forward to working with all of you, especially those of you who want to get involved in our collaborations with the GLAM sector.


David recently spoke to Wikimedia UK about some of his research, in which he investigated how learners in schools and universities use online resources. Unsurprisingly, Wikipedia came up again and again in the interviews with learners and staff, even though many teachers and lecturers forbid its use. “I tell my students not to use Wikipedia because I think it’s unreliable, but then I find myself using it all the time,” is a representative quote from a staff member.
“My own involvement in our GLAM outreach started when I took part in one of the events that Liam Wyatt organised during his trailblazing time as Wikipedian in Residence at the British Museum. I’ve since been involved in several other WMUK GLAM events, including ones at both the British Library and the V&A. My experiences with our GLAM program have ranged from photography to training, and from editing articles to explaining our jargon and policies to curators and British library readers.


In the interview, David discusses how learner attitudes to Wikipedia change over time, and become more sophisticated as people get better at critically assessing information. He argues that, rather than pretending Wikipedia does not exist or that learners are not going to use it, education institutions should see the new environment as a great opportunity. The established models of education were developed in a world where merely obtaining information was harder work than it is now. The skills needed now are less about factual recall and much more about critical evaluation and assessment.
“I’ve been a museum buff for as long as I can remember, a Wikipedian since 2007 and I’ve been uploading” photos to Commons since 2009… This is a great opportunity for me to combine those threads of my life together and help build on the amazing work done by Liam and others.


Knowledge, as opposed to mere information, and credibility are still crucially important, but our interpretation of these concepts is changing as open, collaborative processes of writing Wikipedia become more common. “It’s been a really useful focus for me,” says David, “in understanding how learners are evolving their approach to education; often doing that entirely independently of the education institution they are in.”
“I will be based in the Wikimedia UK office in London but am keen to be involved in GLAM outreach across the UK. I’m very much aware that my own experience of Wikimedia UK GLAM is very London-centric and my Wikimedia experience is strongly skewed towards the English language Wikipedia and Commons, so I’m particularly keen to talk to UK Wikimedians from other parts of the UK, other Projects and indeed other language versions of Wikipedia. My first priority will be the GLAM wiki conference in April, and I hope to meet many of my fellow UK Wikimedians and our potential GLAM partners there.


I’d like to thank David White for giving his time to talk to us, and to Stevie Benton for conducting and recording the audio interview. [[:commons:File:David White speaks with Wikimedia UK.ogg|You can listen to the interview here]]. <span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/03/learning-and-teaching-in-the-age-of-wikipedia/ <nowiki>[</nowiki>...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span>
“I’m particularly keen to talk to Wikimedians in the UK who want to get involved in editathons and similar events – and if I know where in the UK you’d like to have GLAM events, what subjects you are most interested in and whether you want to take part  <span class="plainlinks">[http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/03/jonathan-cardy-joins-wikimedia-uk-as-glam-organiser/ <nowiki>[</nowiki>...<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</span>


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