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== Education and expert outreach == | == Education and expert outreach == | ||
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''Please see respective links for each of these activities for futher details.'' | |||
[[File:WIKI_Symposium_Stirling_Image1.jpg|200px|thumb|Dr Greg Sing with Dr Padmina Ray Murray at ''What I Know Is'']] | |||
* As part of International Women's Day celebrations, on 8 March 2014 we supported the [[Women's Arts Practices editing event at Women's Art Library, Goldsmiths]]. | |||
* On 19 March, a Wiki-Themed Symposium was held at Stirling University - entitled [[What I Know Is]] - with the participation of several academics and guest speakers involved in Open Knowledge, Open Education and Open Publishing. | |||
* A second [[TaPRA Wikipedia Workshop March 2014|TaPRA Wikipedia Workshop]] was held at the University of Glasgow on Thursday 20 March. | |||
; WMRS EduWiki Conference 2014 in Serbia | |||
Volunteer Brian Kelly attended [http://edu.wikimedia.rs/index.php?title=EduWiki_Conference_2014 WMRS EduWiki Conference 2014 in Serbia] through support from WMUK. He has posted the following blog posts about this experience: [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/02/preparing-for-the-wikimedia-serbia-eduwiki-conference/ preparation] + [http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/04/a-report-from-the-eduwiki-conference-in-serbia/ report]. | |||
=== Wiki Education Cooperative === | === Wiki Education Cooperative === | ||
In early March, Dr Toni Sant attended the Wiki Education Cooperative meeting in Prague. At this meeting, the WMUK joined other Wikimedia education programs (including Israel, Nepal, Czech Republic, Mexico, Ukraine, United State, Canada, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Serbia) and the Wikimedia Foundation’s Global Education Program team to determine a plan moving forward for sharing best practices and fostering collaboration among educational efforts on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia project. Outcomes of the Prague meeting include: | |||
In early March, Toni Sant attended the Wiki Education Cooperative meeting in Prague. At this meeting, the WMUK joined other Wikimedia education programs (including Israel, Nepal, Czech Republic, Mexico, Ukraine, United State, Canada, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Serbia) and the Wikimedia Foundation’s Global Education Program team to determine a plan moving forward for sharing best practices and fostering collaboration among educational efforts on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia project. Outcomes of the Prague meeting include: | |||
* Cooperative members will spend the next several months in small teams that target the initial goals agreed upon by the whole group. From now through Wikimania 2014, Toni will be a part of the Resources Team, which initially aims to consolidate existing resources so that everyone can find everything in one (very visible and easy-to-find) place. This is an important step in aligning our Education activities to the successful approaches on the global education program and similar efforts in other parts of the world. | * Cooperative members will spend the next several months in small teams that target the initial goals agreed upon by the whole group. From now through Wikimania 2014, Toni will be a part of the Resources Team, which initially aims to consolidate existing resources so that everyone can find everything in one (very visible and easy-to-find) place. This is an important step in aligning our Education activities to the successful approaches on the global education program and similar efforts in other parts of the world. | ||
* The team at the Wikimedia Foundation will help the group redesign an online portal that is more cohesive and accessible than the varied portals have been in the past. | * The team at the Wikimedia Foundation will help the group redesign an online portal that is more cohesive and accessible than the varied portals have been in the past. | ||
* The cooperative will network at Wikimania 2014 with other stakeholders to expand its reach and to welcome new members into the community. | * The cooperative will network at Wikimania 2014 with other stakeholders to expand its reach and to welcome new members into the community. | ||
[[File:Education Coop kick-off meeting in Prague 87.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Wiki Education Cooperative kick-off event delegates in Prague]] | |||
For more about the kick-off meeting in Prague see [https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Newsletter/March_2014/Education_Cooperative_Kickoff_Meeting_in_Prague this Education newsletter post]. | For more about the kick-off meeting in Prague see [https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education_Portal/Newsletter/March_2014/Education_Cooperative_Kickoff_Meeting_in_Prague this Education newsletter post]. | ||
Revision as of 19:22, 6 May 2014
Below is the Wikimedia UK monthly report for the period 1st to 31st March 2014. If you want to keep up with the chapter's activities as they happen, please subscribe to our blog, join a UK mailing list, and/or follow us on Twitter. If you have any questions or comments, please drop us a line on this report's talk page.
Program activities
Community
Project grants outcome
GLAM activities
Editathons
Image Releases
Education and expert outreach
- Education activities
Please see respective links for each of these activities for futher details.
- As part of International Women's Day celebrations, on 8 March 2014 we supported the Women's Arts Practices editing event at Women's Art Library, Goldsmiths.
- On 19 March, a Wiki-Themed Symposium was held at Stirling University - entitled What I Know Is - with the participation of several academics and guest speakers involved in Open Knowledge, Open Education and Open Publishing.
- A second TaPRA Wikipedia Workshop was held at the University of Glasgow on Thursday 20 March.
- WMRS EduWiki Conference 2014 in Serbia
Volunteer Brian Kelly attended WMRS EduWiki Conference 2014 in Serbia through support from WMUK. He has posted the following blog posts about this experience: preparation + report.
Wiki Education Cooperative
In early March, Dr Toni Sant attended the Wiki Education Cooperative meeting in Prague. At this meeting, the WMUK joined other Wikimedia education programs (including Israel, Nepal, Czech Republic, Mexico, Ukraine, United State, Canada, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Serbia) and the Wikimedia Foundation’s Global Education Program team to determine a plan moving forward for sharing best practices and fostering collaboration among educational efforts on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia project. Outcomes of the Prague meeting include:
- Cooperative members will spend the next several months in small teams that target the initial goals agreed upon by the whole group. From now through Wikimania 2014, Toni will be a part of the Resources Team, which initially aims to consolidate existing resources so that everyone can find everything in one (very visible and easy-to-find) place. This is an important step in aligning our Education activities to the successful approaches on the global education program and similar efforts in other parts of the world.
- The team at the Wikimedia Foundation will help the group redesign an online portal that is more cohesive and accessible than the varied portals have been in the past.
- The cooperative will network at Wikimania 2014 with other stakeholders to expand its reach and to welcome new members into the community.
For more about the kick-off meeting in Prague see this Education newsletter post.
The cooperative is technically still in formation and is presently only operating under a working name. Aims, goals, scope and other essential elements for any such grouping are still to be codified, but co-op members are already formulating these ahead of a potential official launch at Wikimania 2014.
EduWiki Conference 2014
Preliminary planning for EduWiki 2014 was stepped up during this month. See plans for EduWiki 2014.
Wikimedia Ambassador at Jisc
Dr Martin Poulter continues as Wikimedia Ambassador with Jisc. See his report on the most recent Education Newsletter.
Future of Education at Wikimania 2014
Preliminary planning for a fringe/hack event ahead of Wikimania (21-22 June) continued during this month. Details here.
Technology
Other activities
Project grants
Information about project grants that are currently running, and how to submit an application of your own, are at Project grants/Applications.
UK press coverage (and coverage of UK projects & activities)
The Economist - WikiPeaks? The popular encyclopedia must work out what is next
Blog posts this month
Activities in February and March
February
- 01 - TaPRA Wikipedia Workshop - London
- 01 - Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon, Middlesex University
- 01 - Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon, Dundee
- 01–02 - Training the Trainers/February 2014 event - Cardiff
- 04 - Tech Com meeting
- 05 - UEA Wikipedia Workshop for PhD Students - Norwich
- 09 - London meetup
- 14 - Wikipedia and Archaeology or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the free Encyclopedia
- 15 - Cambridge meetup
- 16 - Oxford meetup
- 17–20 - Wikipedia Takes UCL - London
- 20 - Cornwall GLAMs workshop - hosted by the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth. Contact:Fæ
- 23 - Liverpool meetup and museum visit
- 25 - WWI editathon with students at University of Hull in Scarborough
- 25 - Education Committee meeting 25 February 2014
- 26 - Wellcome Library editathon
- 27–28 - Ally Crockford at The EDGE Conference - Edinburgh
- 27 - Magnus Manske speaking about Wikidata to Cambridge University Wikipedia Society, all are welcome
For events in April 2014 and onwards, please see Events.
Administrative activities
Board activities
Communications
The chapter was approached by both Sky News and ITN this month with a view to finding someone to speak about Wikimedia and Wikipedia in relation to the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web. Unfortunately to the story of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, the segment was bumped both times. The approaches show that we are making progress in terms of recognition and awareness.
Please see the above links to relevant press coverage received in January and blog posts published during the same period.
If you're interested in getting more involved with our communications or have any questions or comments, please email Stevie Benton – stevie.benton@wikimedia.org.uk
Fundraising and Membership
- Fundraising
This month, we received £588 in one-off donations, with 20 individual donations. The average donation amount was £29.40 - of the donations that were eligible for gift aid, 65% had Gift Aid Declarations made and matched with their records. If anyone would like a full (but anonymised) csv file with more information, please get in touch with katherine.bavageatwikimedia.org.uk and let her know your requirements.
There were 4878 successful direct debits this month, bringing in a total of £20337.17
- Membership
You can view more detailed membership data here
The Chapter's donor newsletter was distributed at the beginning of March by the WMF to all UK donors on their contact database. This saw a high number of new sign-ups. All new members were accepted and welcomed swiftly. It is to be hoped future such sign ups will be repeated to broaden the Chapters' membership base.