Training the Trainers/October 2012 event
Volunteers who want to take a leading role in Wikimedia UK's training programme are encouraged to read and sign up below. For initial queries contact daria.cybulska
wikimedia.org.uk
Where and when
The train-the-trainers workshop will take place at Wikimedia UK Office, London EC2A 4LT, on the weekend of 27-28 October 2012, and it will be run by professional consultant. The timings of the event are: Saturday 9:30 am - 6:30pm, Sunday 9am - 5pm. Light breakfast and lunch will be provided; we are also planning to come for dinner after the training on Saturday or Sunday. It is vital that you do not miss the start of the training session, so before confirming your availability please do make sure you can make the start time of the training. We are able to cover travel and accommodation, including if you need to travel on Friday - an advance notice will be appreciated.
The event is open to Wikimedia UK volunteers who can make a credible commitment to support training in future: it will be a strong advantage to already been involved in training events. If your interest is in training people to contribute to a sister project such as Commons or Wikinews, rather than to Wikipedia, that's no disadvantage.
Aims
We know that some of our members are already delivering professional-quality training. They may think they don't need this weekend event, but it's especially important for them to sign up. It's a chance to:
- Get accredited and receive detailed feedback about your presenting and training skills
- Get general trainer skills which you can then apply when e.g. delivering specific Wikipedia workshops
- Share your skills with others.
- Help design a training programme that serves WMUK in the long term.
The places are limited to make sure that each participant gets individual attention and feedback, so please sign up below to express your interest.
Course details
The course focuses on enabling the participants to develop and deliver high quality training which draws on their own skills and expertise. You can then apply these skills whenever you run a training session. Note that this is about training, not presenting, so we will not be focusing on developing content of presentations on e.g. Wikipedia.
By the end of the course the participants will be able to:
- Set training objectives and structure a session with appropriate material to meet those objectives
- Present information clearly to different audiences and use visual aids effectively
- Identify ways to make the sessions interactive and participative and deal with questions
Our participants will also be able to:
- Recognise the importance of diversity in the training context
- Respond appropriately to the needs of volunteer trainers
- Understand the impact of different learning and communication styles when designing and delivering training
- Use active listening to guide their interaction with participants
- Give effective and appropriate feedback to other participants
Sign up here
Please tell us about your training background (inside or outside Wikimedia) and give an email address or username through which you can be contacted. We will be contacting you closer to the date of the event to confirm your place (please note: This training represents an investment by Wikimedia in its future, so the decision will be made on the basis of how credibly each individual can commit to delivering future events. This is not a first-come, first-served list: the order in which people add themselves is of no significance.)
Please also let us know if the date does not suit you; we will be running future sessions.
- Mike Peel (talk) Have organised several training events, including the Cancer Research UK Workshop, and the world's first Wikipedia editathon at the British Library. Have an academic background that has included some training via labs and tutorials. Would need to travel down on the Friday in order to guarantee my attendance at 9.30am.
- Have run various training events on and off wiki. Including one one on one sessions, workshops and presentations WereSpielChequers (talk) 11:30, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
- Expect to be able to make it. Philafrenzy (talk) 11:33, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
- Have run 2 WP editing workshops and assisted at others. Some previous experience of leading training but never trained to do so. 87.194.52.251 11:45, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Interested but October 2012 date doesn't suit
- Trained (with CITB) to teach schoolchildren about construction industry; followed PGCE for primary school teaching, which included some months teaching in schools; host stand at computer shows a few times a year to explain and demonstrate editing Wikipedia; host at Wikipedia's Teahouse. Time permitting, would be interested in helping to train/recruit new editors. -- Trevj (talk) 07:48, 1 July 2012 (UTC)