EduWiki Conference 2014
| Wikimedia UK education projects |
| Annual Conference — Campus Ambassadors – Student Societies — Schools — Committee — VLE |
EduWiki Conference 2014 is the third annual conference organised by Wikimedia UK focusing on Education projects.
Date: Friday 31 October 2014 in Edinburgh
Venue: Edinburgh First's St Leonard Hall (University of Edinburgh)
This is a one-day event raising awareness of the educational possibilities of Wikipedia and sister projects, and developing Wikimedia UK's academic engagement. In light of the fact that Wikimania 2014 may be attracting potential delegates away from the EduWiki conference, this year's event is taking the form of a symposium bringing together all those in the Education sector who have benefited directly from WMUK support over the years. Aside from presentations about case studies from across the UK, this event also offers an opportunity for others across the education sector to attend workshops for Educators and/or Campus Ambassadors, providing support for the using Wikipedia as a teaching platform.
Please contact Toni Sant (Wikimedia UK's Education Organiser) if you have any personal questions or concerns, otherwise feel free to comment on the talk/discussion page.
Registration (required): open until Monday 6 October 2014 (extended closing date).
Tracks and focus
The main theme for EduWiki 2014 is ensuring more meaningful engagement with Wikimedia in Education across the UK.
The following three tracks have been identified for this event:
- 1. A showcase of WMUK-supported Education activities from the past 2+ years;
- Confirmed speakers:
- - Kate Dorney, TaPRA Research Officer and Senior Curator V&A Museum
- - Marc Haynes, Wikipedian in Residence at Coleg Cymraeg, Wales
- - Brian Kelly, EduWiki Serbia 2014 delegate
- - Martin Poulter, Wikimedia Ambassador at Jisc (until April 2014)
- - Greg Singh, Lecturer in Communications, Media & Culture - University of Stirling
- - Darren Stephens, Academic Support Specialist - University of Hull Scarborough Campus
- - Discussion panel: 'Education Matters in Scotland,' led by Ally Crockford, Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
- - Keynote speaker: Floor Koudijs, Senior Manager, Wikipedia Education Program at Wikimedia Foundation
- - Others tba
- 2. A workshop (or two) for educators who want to explore the use of Wikipedia in the University classroom through the courses extension (including a possible hackathon on the WP Education extension) -- this will also include Campus Ambassadors' training;
- 3. An opportunity for Wikipedia Education Collaborative members to follow-up on previous discussions at Wikimania 2014.
We would also like to run a session of lightning talks by other delegates you may want to present Education-related projects of interest to the EduWiki community. If you would like to present a lightning talk, please leave your details (including a way to contact you and a title and/or brief topic outline of your lightning talk on the talk page or email toni.sant
wikimedia.org.uk by 4 August 2014.
Organisational timeline
| Deadlines | Item | What | By whom | Notes | Progress |
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| Apr 2014 | Planning Meeting 1 | GA & TS & AC & PRM |  Done
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| Date | Decide date and book venue | TS | Tentative date is 31st October 2014 | Done
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| Beginning of May | Eduwiki 2013 Survey | Send out survey to all attendees of Eduwiki 2013 and previous related events. | TS | Done
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| Mid May | Eduwiki 2014 Themes | EduWiki Themes and focus released on wiki page for comment | TS |  In progress
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| End of May | Planning meeting 2 | TS & AC & HJ | Done
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| 15th June (or ASAP after that) | Venue | Compare venues + book venue | TS & AC | Done
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| 21-22 June | Wikimania 2014 Future of Education Workshop | Event | – | Done
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| 22 June | Announce Event | Announce event publicly on Wiki | TS | Done
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| Late June - Early July | Open Registration | Open registration after Wikimania Fringe Workshop | TS | Done
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| 1st August | Venue agreement confirmation | Confirm minimum number of delegates to venue | TS | Doing...
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| 6-10 August | Capacity building through Wikimania 2014 | Future of Education at Wikimania 2014 | TS | Done
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| September - October | Final Preparations | Details TBA | Doing...
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| Start of October | Programme of Events | Provide venue with a final programme of events | TS / HJ | ||
| 25th October | Final Numbers | Confirm final numbers to the venue manager. | TS / HJ | ||
| 31st October | Eduwiki Conference 2014 | Event | N/A |