- What is it?
A day-and-a-half conference looking at Wikipedia, Wikiversity and related charitable projects, not in terms of educational resources, but educational practice, including collaboration, open review, and global participation. It's a chance to talk about innovative work in your classroom, your institution or online community, and shape the future of Wikimedia UK's work in this area
We will explore the ways these projects can support innovative education. We will discuss the Wikipedia Education Program (in which university students improve Wikipedia articles for course credit). We will learn from universities where the program is already embedded, exploring the educational opportunities and drawing lessons from the experience so far.
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Who is it for?
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- The Wikipedia Education Program
- Open Educational Resources
- Critical thinking, digital literacy and wiki-literacy
- Assessment and accreditation
- Open learning communities such as Wikiversity
- Secondary and further education
- The meanings and benefits of "open" education
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- Educators in universities and schools
- Support staff from institutions and funding bodies, including management, staff developers, learning designers, and librarians
- Students
- Contributors to Wikipedia, Wikiversity or the other Wikimedia projects
- Contributors to other open education projects
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For further background, see the draft education strategy.
Provisional programme
The conference runs from Wednesday morning until after lunch on Thursday. There are breakout rooms in addition to the main room, all with modern presentation facilities.
This being a provisional programme, timings and speakers are subject to change.
Wednesday 5 September
| Wednesday
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| 09.30 – 10.00
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Registration and Tea/Coffee
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| 10:00 – 10.30
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Welcome from Wikimedia UK, Dr Martin Poulter
Welcome from University of Leicester - Dr Alejandro Armellini, Senior Learning Designer at University of Leicester.
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| 10.30 – 11.30
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Keynote: Annie Lin (Global Education Program Manager, Wikimedia Foundation) on Wikipedia and Education globally
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| 11.30 – 12.00
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Presentation: Cornelia Trefflich (Wikimedia Deutschland) on how Wikimedia has developed ways to support educators and other target groups
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| 12.00 – 13.00
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Keynote: Prof. Jon Beasley-Murray (University of British Columbia) on running Wikipedia assignments
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| 13.00 – 14.00
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Lunch
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| 14.00 – 15.00
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Presentations: Wikipedia in university teaching
Dr Toni Sant, University of Hull on Wikipedia assignments
Phil Wane, Nottingham Trent University on Wikipedia books
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| 15.00 – 15.20
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Coffee
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| 15.20 – 16.20
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Presentations: Other wiki educational projects
Alannah Fitzgerald, University of Durham on language teaching with Wikimedia
Leutha, Wikimedia UK on Wikiversity and Open Educational Resources
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| 16.20 – 17:20
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Panel discussion: Openness in UK Higher Education
Joscelyn Upendran, Wikimedia UK/ Creative Commons UK
Amber Thomas, Programme Manager, Digital Infrastructure, JISC
Martin Poulter, Associate, Wikimedia UK
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To reduce costs, there is no formal conference dinner, but we will go in to Leicester city centre for the evening to eat.
Thursday 6 September
| Thursday
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| 09.00 – 09.30
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Registration and Tea/Coffee
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| 09:30 – 10:30
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Presentations: The bigger picture
Amber Thomas, Programme Manager, Digital Infrastructure, JISC on uses of Wikipedia from JISC projects
Tom Morton, Wikimedia UK on Wikipedia in schools
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| 10.30 – 11.30
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Panel discussion: Assessment and accreditation in an age of open learning
Doug Belshaw, The Mozilla Foundation, on Open Badges
Lawrie Phipps, Programme Manager, Users and Innovation, JISC
More TBC
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| 11.30 – 11.50
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Coffee
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| 12.00 – 13.30
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Presentations: Next steps
Chris Trace, e-Learning Coordinator at the WikiVet project
Martin Poulter and others TBC: What will you do now? Being a wiki advocate within a university
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| 13.30 – 14.30
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Lunch
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Publicity and social media
Spread the word about the conference and tell others that you're going.
Getting there
Venue and travel
The conference venue and accommodation are in the University's Oadby campus; Stamford Hall's postcode is LE2 2ND, while John Foster Hall is LE2 2LG.
Leicester's location within Leicestershire and the rest of the UK
- Train. Leicester has a main line direct connection to London St Pancras (travel time around 75 minutes). The north and the Midlands are connected via East Midlands Trains with regular connections to Sheffield, Leeds, Birmingham and Lincoln.
- Taxi. The campus is 3 miles from the Leicester Rail Station. It takes approximately 10 minutes and costs around £6. Please ask to be taken to the Oadby Campus and NOT the University of Leicester.
- Bus. Route 31/A from City Centre via Leicester train station to the Halls of Residence
- Air. East Midlands Airport, Birmingham International Airport, Luton, Gatwick, Stansted and Heathrow all have connections to Leicester. Please see here for more details.
Built in 1907, Stamford Hall combines oak-panelled rooms with modern facilities and wi-fi. There is a large free car-park on site. Lunch and refreshments will be provided on both days.
The rooms and dining area are all on the ground floor and the buildings have access ramps. A disabled toilet is available close to the meeting rooms.
Accommodation room at the John Fosters Hall
Breakfast hall at the John Fosters Hall
Reception area of the John Fosters Hall
Main conference hall of the Stamford Hall
Stamford Hall foyer (reception, coffee breaks)
Thornton room - breakout space, possibly media room
"TV Room" adjacent to the Main Hall - breakout space
Hallaton room - small breakout space
In the area
The University of Leicester Harold Martin Botanic Garden is a garden located close to the event's site. It has been set up in 1921. Other attractions in Leicester include National Space Centre and New Walk Museum and Art Gallery.
Booking
Please book your attendance at http://eduwiki2012.eventbrite.com
Accommodation needs to be booked separately if needed - please see below.
If you are an invited speaker, or if you make a proposal which is accepted, your conference fee will be refunded. There are also free places for students (see below).
Accommodation
Bed-and-breakfast accommodation will be available at John Foster Hall, a few minutes' walk from Stamford Hall. This includes en-suite bathroom and shower, wired internet access and access to a kitchen/ shared space. Some rooms are fully adapted for wheelchair users. The cost is £40.80 per night including VAT. Please book your room here.
Student bursaries
A total of four bursaries are available to help students take part in the conference. These are available to undergraduate or postgraduate students in formal education who are interested in promoting Wikimedia projects within their own institution. Each bursary covers travel expenses to the conference from within the UK, one night's accommodation, and the conference fee, which includes lunches. Reasonable travel expenses are defined in the expenses policy.
Contact martin.poulter@wikimedia.org.uk by the end of June, with just a short note saying who you are and your interest in Wikimedia (e.g. editing Wikipedia) and education (e.g. working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant). Bursaries will be awarded on the basis of 1) credibility of your commitment to advance Wikimedia's goals, and 2) diversity of interest, i.e. not four people from the same university or four people who study the same subject.
Any Questions?
Please ask on the talk page.
EduWiki Conference 2012
wikimedia.org.uk, +44 020 7065 0991 
