And also at Mexico, in Puebla. I just forwarded this message to the professor
responsible of that project. I'll be meeting him soon because we want to share
his experience.
You can read about it in Spanish:
http://mx.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proyectos:Programa_Educativo_UDLAP#Pruebas_piloto_Oto.C3.B1o_2013
Pepe Flores
Director Editorial – Betazeta Networks
Vocal – Wikimedia México
+52 1 (222) 2608129
@padaguan
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From: Anna Koval <[email protected]>
Sent: lunes, marzo 23, 2015 5:31 p.m.
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] "Wikipedia and Chemistry: Collaborations in
Science and Education": Symposium in Boston in August
To: Wikimedia Education <[email protected]>
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 :)
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Wikimedia Foundation
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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
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Department of Chemistry
State University of New York at Potsdam
+1 (315) 267-2271
[email protected]
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