EduWiki Conference 2013

EduWiki Conference 2013 is the second annual conference organised by Wikimedia UK, focusing on Education projects.

This edition of the conference is still in the early planning stage and this page currently holds basic information regarding some of the essential considerations being discussed by the Education Committee.

Eventually, as these plans become more concrete, this page will carry all the information about the EduWiki Conference 2013.

Feel free to contact Toni Sant (Wikimedia UK's Education Organiser) if you have any personal questions or concerns, otherwise feel to comment on the talk/discussion page.

Date

• Friday 1 November + Saturday 2 November 2013

This is mid-term for many schools.

Venue

• Future Inns in Cardiff Bay

Local links

We need to establish a (small) number of local links in the education sector to make the best of the fact that EduWiki is taking place in this location. Please feel free to recommend local links here:

• Butetown History and Arts Centre local organisation which has educational element.

Registration Fee

To be determined once we have costings in place, especially for venue hire, etc.

Suggestion is to have a day rate, so that either Friday or Saturday could attract separate audiences. Following from 2012 this could be £20-40/day. We normally subsidise the registration rate and fee is aimed mainly at ensuring the attendance.

Target Groups

We aim to accommodate a total of 80 - 120 delegates, coming mainly from these areas:

• Higher Education
• Secondary/High Schools
• University of the 3rd Age

Collaborative Task List

The following are things that need addressing ahead of the conference. Please feel free to add your name against anything on this list with which you can be involved:

• Registration (fee) - Conference Committee
• Local links
• Target group coordination
• Invited keynote speakers
• Editathon/s
• Courses Extension Hackathon
• Logistics (accommodation, delegate packs, etc.) - Conference Committee
• Marketing/Publicity - Conference Committee

Proposals for talks/session

We are now receiving proposals for talks/workshops and other sessions here.

DEADLINE: 29 June 2013 (we're now in the process of consolidating proposed ideas)

Keynote speakers

Suggestions:

• David O. White (see education post on blog).
• A local Headteacher (maybe someone who took part in Cardiff TeachMeet in 2011?)

Ideas for possible activities (still to be proposed as sessions)

In no particular order:

• Train the trainer session, especially for teachers (coordinator: Doug Taylor?) Maybe develop as a CPD resource long term?
• A secondary/high school event building up towards Wikimania 2014 (coordinator: Ed Saperia?)
• Open Education panel (with JISC?)
• "Addressing the Wikipedia Problem in H.E." (with Universities UK + TurnItIn - coordinator: Martin Poulter?)
• Individual presentations from UK people using WM projects in their classrooms (coordinator: Toni Sant)
• Workshop/roundtable on/for student societies (coordinator: Katie Chan)
• VLE demonstration (with Charles Matthews?)
• Demonstration of Courses plugin (confirm with Sage Ross?)
• An introductory overview for newcomers (coordinator: Martin Poulter)
• An overview of the Education Committee for all to see (and potentially contribute? - open Edu Committee meeting)
• Tie-in with Academic Dress editathon (coordinator: Harry Mitchell?)
• Editathon/Unconference (Saturday afternoon? -- possibly at the Dr Who Museum and/or other local GLAM - careful not to make it too commercial - i.e. to draw in GLAM community - coordinator: Johnbod/Fae?)
• Wikimedia Education Programme globally - key lessons (WMF speaker?)
• Wiki-related projects based in Educaction (?)
• Offer a free USB flash drive containing Wikipedia for Schools 2013 to all attendees (recommended by Jon Davis)

Format

• Option 1: A series of plenaries based on a programme encompassing all sessions/interests

Pros - everyone gets to see/hear everything + easier to organise

Cons - not everything appeals to everyone

• Option 2: A limited number of plenaries with parallel session for topics/activities

Pros - more content can be included in a shorter period of time

Cons - more to organize + not everyone gets to see/hear everything

We could possibly run two streams, if we go with option 2:

1. Hands-on workshops/demonstrations
2. Lecture-style presentations and round table discussions

Latest update

The contents of this page may/will change considerably over the coming days/weeks, now that the venue has been booked/confirmed. Please check back and/or feel free to contribute ideas on the talk page.