Anna, Brilliant! I added my endorsement! I am hoping to set up a more long-term relationship with the WWI museum, and think there are probably a number of other "volunteer docent" supported organizations that could use the kinds of broader-public mission-driven activities for their volunteers to feel invested in the organization's public activities. Alex Stinson
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Anna Koval <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for sharing your experience, Alex. :) > > And thanks for sharing your learning pattern, Vojtěch. You beat me to it! > :) > > I'm really glad that you captured this there. The Learning Pattern Library > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns> on Meta is a > wealth of experience (both good and bad!) and it's great way to be share > what we've done and discovered with the movement, as well as avoid making > mistakes others have already made! > > CC'ed here are three of my colleagues from the Grantmaking group at the > Wikimedia Foundation: > > Brett Gibbs <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Bgibbs_(WMF)>, > whom you all may know as User:Pine. :) He mentioned that he was considering > something like this for Cascadia's project list this year, since one of > their interests is contributor diversity. > > Winifred Olliff <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Wolliff>, who > has a wealth of knowledge from working with seniors to bridge the digital > divide. > > Kacie Harold > <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Newsletter/November_2014/Welcoming_new_WMF_staff_supporting_education>, > who is currently writing a set of patterns specifically about education. > Working with seniors overlaps with GLAM work and other outreach, but it's > education, too, at least in my mind. :) > > Winifred, I hope you'll consider adding to this learning pattern or its > talk page. > > Brett and Alex, I hope you'll consider endorsing it or noting your > interest in doing this work too on the talk page. > > Here's that learning pattern link once again: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Training_senior_citizens > > Anna :) > > -- > > Anna Koval, M.Ed. > Manager, Wikipedia Education Program > Wikimedia Foundation > +1.415.839.6885 x6729 > [email protected] > education.wikimedia.org > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Vojtěch Dostál < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Alex, thanks for the interest, more to read on >> >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns/Training_senior_citizens >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Senior_Citizens_Write_Wikipedia/Midpoint >> >> we will also be preparing a brochure with the complete lesson plan (in >> Czech, but maybe we can get someone to translate it, but this won't be very >> soon) >> >> thanks again >> >> >> Vojtěch Dostál >> >> místopředseda / vice-chairman >> Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic >> http://www.wikimedia.cz >> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR> | Twitter >> <https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR> | Newsletter <http://eepurl.com/FsHJr> >> >> >> 2015-01-15 16:59 GMT+01:00 Alex Stinson <[email protected]>: >> >>> This quite brilliant! I ran an editathon at the WWI musuem in Kansas >>> City that involved mostly senior citizens. They were really recpetive, and >>> as the primary volunteer group for the museum, had a significant investment >>> in researching the war. They are very interested in continuing to support >>> that group in developing the skills and definitely need the regularity that >>> a multiweek course provides. Could you provide the lesson plans and a >>> how-to somewhere on-wiki (meta or outreach maybe?)? We could definitely >>> dessiminate this case study through the Wikipedia Library and I think other >>> GLAMs could capitalize on the model. >>> >>> Alex Stinson >>> On Jan 12, 2015 4:21 PM, "Vojtěch Dostál" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear colleagues >>>> >>>> let me draw your attention to my blog post about our progress in the >>>> senior citizen education program! >>>> >>>> >>>> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/12/czech-senior-citizens-learn-to-edit/ >>>> >>>> cheers >>>> >>>> Vojtěch Dostál >>>> >>>> místopředseda / vice-chairman >>>> Wikimedia Česká republika / Wikimedia Czech Republic >>>> http://www.wikimedia.cz >>>> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR> | Twitter >>>> <https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR> | Newsletter >>>> <http://eepurl.com/FsHJr> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Education mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Education mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Education mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > >
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