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 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 31 October - Saturday 1 November 2013
Venue
- We are considering Cardiff as the ideal location for this conference.
- Possible actual venues in Cardiff could be either of these two:
Other venues may also be considered at this stage. Feel free to make recommendations right here or on the talk/discussion page.
Registration Fee
To be determined once we have costings in place, especially for venue hire, etc.
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
Ideas for possible activities/sessions
In no particular order:
- Train the trainer session, especially for teachers (coordinator: Doug Taylor?)
- A secondary/high school event building up towards Wikimania 2014 (coordinator: Ed Speria?)
- 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 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, to draw in GLAM community - coordinator: Johnbod/Fae?)
Proposals for talks/session
A page for these will be available here soon. DEADLINE: tba
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:
- Hands-on workshops/demonstrations
- Lecture-style presentations and round table discussions
Latest update
The contents of this page may/will change considerably after the next Education Committee meeting, scheduled for Tuesday 16 April 2013 at 6pm.