Hi Martin, Thanks for this info. I would like to suggest that you reach out to WMDC, WMNY, and New England Wikimedians. They may be able to connect you with other chemists who teach with Wikipedia, and/or Wikipedians who could instruct chemists in Wikipedia mechanics and community norms.
I look foward to hearing how this event goes. Cheers, Pine On Mar 22, 2015 8:58 PM, "Martin Walker" <[email protected]> wrote: > We're holding a symposium at the national American Chemical Society (ACS) > meeting (in Boston, USA, August 16-20) concerning Wikipedia and Chemistry, > with a special emphasis on education projects. For example, Ye Li > (co-organizer) from the University of Michigan will be presenting on use of > Wikipedia editing in chemistry courses on her campus. > > The description is as follows: > Wikipedia and Chemistry: Collaborations in Science and Education > > Chemistry information on Wikipedia has an enormous reach and impact. In > this symposium, the connections between Wikipedia editors and the wider > chemistry community will be explored. In particular, collaborations > between educators, students and regular editors (Wikipedians) will be > examined to understand how Wikipedia editing can be set up as a successful > class project. Educators will demonstrate how Wikipedia projects can help > students with understanding subject matters and improving information > literacy skills. Meanwhile, we will explore how educators and the Wikipedia > community can work together through the Wikipedia Education Program to > ensure students' contributions to Wikipedia are valid and effective. > Finally, we will exchange ideas on how to involve more chemists in > contributing to Wikipedia, and how to use the site wisely. > > We are also planning an Edit-a-thon to get chemists engaged in editing and > contributing. > > If you have experience of using Wikipedia (or indeed, another Wikimedia > platform if relevant) in chemical education, and would like to present, > please contact me, or submit an abstract via the ACS website. Abstracts > are due by Sunday, March 29th. If you just live in the area and would like > to help out with promoting Wikipedia in education among the chemistry > community, let me know. > > Thanks! > Martin > > -- > Prof. Martin A. Walker > Department of Chemistry > State University of New York at Potsdam > +1 (315) 267-2271 > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >
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