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John Cummings, who is currently Wikimedian in Residence at the Natural History Museum and Science Museum, will lead this workshop which involves a short general introduction to Wikipedia projects and a discussion of how they are created and developed, followed by a more in-depth practical session involving learning the basics of editing and engaging with other contributors. | John Cummings, who is currently Wikimedian in Residence at the Natural History Museum and Science Museum, will lead this workshop which involves a short general introduction to Wikipedia projects and a discussion of how they are created and developed, followed by a more in-depth practical session involving learning the basics of editing and engaging with other contributors. | ||
During the session, Dr Steve Cook (Senior Teaching Fellow, Biology, Imperial College London) will talk about how he uses Wikipedia with undergraduate students and Professor Henry Rzepa (Professor of Computational Chemistry, Imperial College London) will also talk about his work with Wikipedia. | During the session, Dr Steve Cook (Senior Teaching Fellow, Biology, Imperial College London) will talk about how he uses Wikipedia with undergraduate students and Professor Henry Rzepa (Professor of Computational Chemistry, Imperial College London) will also talk about his work with Wikipedia. Edward Harding (President of the Imperial College Wikipedians) will speak about the student society supported by Wikimedia UK at Imperial College. | ||
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Speakers
- Dr Steve Cook
- Professor Henry Rzepa
- Edward Harding
What is it?
John Cummings, who is currently Wikimedian in Residence at the Natural History Museum and Science Museum, will lead this workshop which involves a short general introduction to Wikipedia projects and a discussion of how they are created and developed, followed by a more in-depth practical session involving learning the basics of editing and engaging with other contributors.
During the session, Dr Steve Cook (Senior Teaching Fellow, Biology, Imperial College London) will talk about how he uses Wikipedia with undergraduate students and Professor Henry Rzepa (Professor of Computational Chemistry, Imperial College London) will also talk about his work with Wikipedia. Edward Harding (President of the Imperial College Wikipedians) will speak about the student society supported by Wikimedia UK at Imperial College.
Who should attend?
This workshop is aimed at academic staff, researchers, postdocs, teaching fellows, learning technologists and postgraduate research students.