If any SFC chapters would like to develop a close relationship with a Wikipedia Campus Ambassador program at their school, I think there's a great potential for positive energy in that, and it would be something that Wikipedians would be more than willing to help out with.
Thanks, Richard Wikimedia NYC http://nyc.wikimedia.org On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Steve Worona <[email protected]> wrote: > "Wikipedia in the Classroom: Changing the Way Teachers and Students Use > Wikipedia" > > http://www.educause.edu/live111 > > 1-2pm U.S. Eastern Time, Wednesday, January 5. No charge, but registration > required. Archived for future (re)viewing. > > *** Speakers: > > Yonatan Moskowitz > Wikimedia Campus Ambassador, Georgetown University > > Annie Lin > Campus Team Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation > > *** Summary: > > Very few educators have thus far used Wikipedia as a teaching tool in their > classrooms, but this is beginning to change due to the Wikipedia Public > Policy Initiative. The Wikimedia Foundation launched the Wikipedia Public > Policy Initiative in fall 2010 in order to find new ways to incorporate > Wikipedia into higher education environments. In the fall 2010 semester, 13 > classes from 10 universities participated by developing various assignments > that incorporated Wikipedia editing as a main component, with many more > signing up for the second iteration in spring 2011. > > In these classes, professors and trained ambassadors worked together to > develop assignments that achieved the learning goals of the professor while > contributing to the development of new content on the free encyclopedia. > Though the first classes to receive ambassadors focus on developing mainly > public policyoriented pages, one of the program's end goals is to develop a > model that can be expanded to other disciplines. > > In this session, staff from the Wikimedia foundation and a Campus Ambassador > will discuss the program in general, some examples of how Wikipedia is being > used in the classroom, where the program is going, and how professionals in > higher education technology can bring some of the advantages of this program > to their institutions. > > *** EDUCAUSE Live! on Twitter: > > Use #EDULive to discuss this or any EDUCAUSE Live! Webcast on Twitter before > or after the event. > > > *** EDUCAUSE Live! events are open to all. Feel free to redistribute this > message. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
