Education Committee/Board report 7Jun 2014
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This report is not final, and is still a draft. Feel free to edit it, or/and get involved on the talk page. This page is intended to support the committee-board interaction, aiding the committee in reporting to the board, and the board in understanding and responding to the committee's needs. Changes to the template should be made at Education Committee/Board template; at this time, the template is also in draft. |
Executive summary
Brief overview of activities this quarter, and health of the committee (and activities) moving forwards.
Report items
Please place report items and rolling updates here. There are some examples below (which are likely to be rolling, but may change over time).
- EduWiki Conference 2014 - To insert: brief summary of current state from committee's perspective
- VLE report - To insert: brief summary of current state from committee's perspective, link to on-wiki report The plan for the first three months of the year was completed at the end of March (Virtual Learning Environment/Three-month plan for details.) The Wikisoba project, a matter arising, is now moving forwards with the tech-committee: the current target is a repository of user-generated quizzes. In addition, new VLE materials are being created, with agreement to develop now a new course around some research skills and digital literacy tasks.
- Updated on international movement: The education co-ordinator is taking an active role in the developing international education cooperative. We are watching the development of the Wikipedia Education Foundation with interest for possible collaboration. WMUK funded a volunteer to attend EduWiki Serbia, discussing our activities, and reporting back
- To insert: Something about the Jisc ambassador outcomes and activities and link to further detail
- OER14: WMUK funded 2 volunteers (Martin Poulter and Simon Knight) to attend the 2014 Open Educational Resources conference discussed here, the event gives an opportunity to engage with individuals who 'buy in' to the open ethos, but perhaps know little about Wikimedia. Further thought should be given to means to 'on-board' at such events.
- Brief summary of other events we have been involved in, and their impact Anything else to add here?
- Strategy items - how is the education programme supporting our Strategic goals.
- Future of Education Workshop: This event is part of the preparations for Wikimania 2014, which the EduCom has been supporting. There have been a number of conference calls involving the Wiki Education Foundation. This will feed into activities at Wikimania itself.
- Summary of forward planning
- Drafting Education Committee/Board template
- Drafting Education/Strategy/Detail
- Drafting Education Committee/Agenda template to support effective meetings
Committee-community health
The board would appreciate any comments the committee has regarding the health of the committee, and its interaction with the community. For example, if committee burn-out, lack of response from relevant community, excellent recruitment of new volunteers through a programme, etc. are relevant to this period then this would be the place to note it.
Actions for the board
Please copy actions for the board here. For example: if the committee would like some funds, or staff time for a particular project; if the committee would like approval (and funds) to run an internal workshop for planning purposes; if the committee would like the board to consider new processes/structures, etc.
For each item, use the structure below:
Item 1, brief description
Item 1, Explanation
Why is this being requested and why does it require board decision
Item 1, Action required
What actions do the Board need to take here (other than approval / rejection)?
Item 1, Risk
Are there any risks involved? Are they likely and what would be their impact?