Open Knowledge Ambassador training Oxford University

In the Hilary (Spring) term of 2016, Martin Poulter (in his capacity as Wikimedian In Residence at the Bodleian Libraries) is running a four-part course to give Oxford University members a deeper understanding of Wikipedia and other open knowledge projects, and the ability to involve others in improving them. This is the first course of its type given by a UK university.

Sessions

Session 1: What would a world of open knowledge be like?

Wednesday 20 January

Session 2: Getting knowledge out

Wednesday 3 February

Session 3: Putting knowledge in.

Wednesday 17 February

Session 4: Building collaborations

Wednesday 2 March

Coverage

• "Oxford University to train Open Knowledge Ambassadors" on Wikimedia UK blog and on the Bodleian's 23 things for Research blog, December 2015

Evaluation

Session 1

Seven attendees: 3 men and 4 women.

I enjoyed this workshop.

4 4 4 4 5 Mean: 4.2

I learnt new things in this workshop.

4 4 5 4 5 Mean: 4.4

The pace was about right.

4 5 4 4 5 Mean: 4.4

I would recommend other people take a workshop like this.

4 5 4 3 5 Mean: 4.2

I will do something different in my work as a result of attending.

3 5 4 4 5 Mean: 4.2

What is the most surprising thing you learnt about in this workshop?

• the detail that is involved in creating wiki/ open resources
• The existence of “peer-reviewed” (featured) articles on Wikipedia
• Additional (and useful) resource
• The timeline tool [Histropedia] - awesome!
• I was not aware of Histropedia or Immap, or how they work.

Tell us at least one thing which would have improved this workshop for you.

• can’t identify any.
• Handout or online guide to refer to later or to make notes as going along.
• Not sure!
• A couple of times I found myself behind on the PC tasks.
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Any further comments to add- either positive or negative?

• Thanks, very interesting
• Martin is very clearly knowledgeable in this topic area. Thanks.
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Session 2

Three attendees: 1 woman and 2 men.

I enjoyed this workshop.

5 5 4 Mean: 4.7

I learnt new things in this workshop.

5 5 5 Mean: 5.0

The pace was about right.

5 5 4 Mean: 4.7

I would recommend other people take a workshop like this.

5 5 4 Mean: 4.7

I will do something different in my work as a result of attending.

4 5 3 Mean: 4.0

What is the most surprising thing you learnt about in this workshop?

• Generally the amount of metadata available in relation to pages & projects
• Differences between subject areas in level of detail for projects
• The review process with regards to article status in Wikipedia

Tell us at least one thing which would have improved this workshop for you.

• Since it was a small group is was easy to clarify things with you as we went along, eg. further questions regarding the instructions. This might have been more difficult with more people - not really a criticism, I realise.
• If I had remembered my Bod log-in. Or had been able to think of a subject to explore (one that had projects)
• Test of sandbox editing for a hands-on feel - though time may not allow.

Any further comments to add- either positive or negative?

• Good atmosphere!
• Another enjoyable session. Thanks.
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