Excellent news, Martin. :) In case your session's attendees are curious about the international landscape, Wikipedia assignments have been piloted in university chemistry courses in at least 6 countries: the US (Michigan, Louisiana), Canada (Toronto), Australia (Sydney), Serbia (Belgrade), Thailand (Bangkok), and Taiwan.
Best of luck at the conference, Anna :) -- Anna Koval, M.Ed. Manager, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 x6729 [email protected] education.wikimedia.org On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > >
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