EduWiki Conference 2014

Wikimedia UK education projects

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

St Leonard's Hall, Edinburgh

EduWiki Conference 2014 is the third annual conference organised by Wikimedia UK focusing on Education projects.

Date: Friday 31 October 2014 in Edinburgh

Venue: Edinburgh First's St Leonard Hall (University of Edinburgh)

This is a one-day event 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 is taking the form of a symposium bringing together all those in the Education sector who have benefited directly from WMUK support over the years. Aside from presentations about case studies from across the UK, this event also offers an opportunity for others across the education sector to attend workshops for Educators and/or Campus Ambassadors, providing support for the using Wikipedia as a teaching tool.

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.

Registration (required): open until Monday 15 September 2014.

Tracks and focus

The main theme for EduWiki 2014 is ensuring more meaningful engagement with Wikimedia in Education across the UK.

The following three tracks have been identified for this event:

1. A showcase of WMUK-supported Education activities from the past 2+ years;

Confirmed speakers:

- Kate Dorney, TaPRA Research Officer and Senior Curator V&A Museum

- Marc Haynes, Wikipedian in Residence at Coleg Cymraeg, Wales

- Brian Kelly, EduWiki Serbia 2014 delegate

- Martin Poulter, Wikimedia Ambassador at Jisc

- Greg Singh, Lecturer in Communications, Media & Culture - University of Stirling

- Darren Stephens, Academic Support Specialist - University of Hull Scarborough Campus

- Discussion panel: 'Education Matters in Scotland,' led by Ally Crockford, Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh

- Keynote speaker: Floor Koudijs, Senior Manager, Wikipedia Education Program at Wikimedia Foundation

- Others tba

2. 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) -- this will also include Campus Ambassadors' training;

3. An opportunity for Wikipedia Education Collaborative members to follow-up on previous discussions at Wikimania 2014.

We would also like to run a session of lightning talks by other delegates you may want to present Education-related projects of interest to the EduWiki community. If you would like to present a lightning talk, please leave your details (including a way to contact you and a title and/or brief topic outline of your lightning talk on the talk page or email toni.santwikimedia.org.uk by 4 August 2014.

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		In progress
End of May	Planning meeting 2		TS & AC & HJ		Done
15th June (or ASAP after that)	Venue	Compare venues + book venue	TS & AC		Done
21-22 June	Wikimania 2014 Future of Education Workshop	Event	–		Done
22 June	Announce Event	Announce event publicly on Wiki	TS		Done
Late June - Early July	Open Registration	Open registration after Wikimania Fringe Workshop	TS		Done
1st August	Venue agreement confirmation	Confirm minimum number of delegates to venue	TS		Doing...
6-10 August	Capacity building through Wikimania 2014	Future of Education at Wikimania 2014	TS		Done
September - October	Final Preparations	Details TBA			Doing...
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

See also

• Preparations for the event
• 2014 Activity Plan/EduWiki
• 2014 Activity Plan/University and Education Outreach