Just a reminder, join us for the EduWiki Live <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Live> on Tuesday (30th November) at 15:00 UTC. You can watch it live on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1635752083428570 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwbK_-C6Rlc
Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Best! Sailesh On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 10:03 PM Sailesh Patnaik <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Wikimedians and Friends, > > > TL;DR: The first EduWiki Live will be on Tuesday, November 30, at 15:00 UTC > > Theme: *Wikidata and Curriculum Digitization* > > Livestream: > > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaEducationTeam > > Youtube (link will be shared soon) > > I hope this email finds you well. Last month, we introduced you to our new > EduWiki > community support strategy > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/10/05/promoting-more-inclusive-and-equitable-support-for-the-wikimedia-education-community/>. > As a part of our new strategy, we are here with the first “EduWiki Live > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/EduWiki_Live>” event, > scheduled for 30th November at 15:00 UTC. EduWiki Live is a virtual > event that aims to serve as a bridge between the EduWiki community and > the Education sector. This will help the community to engage in deep dives > into interesting topics about global education from a Wikimedia movement > perspective. > > This month, the Education Team is hosting the first EduWiki Live on the > theme of *Wikidata and Curriculum Digitization*. We are aiming to > highlight the work that has been done in this area and how you can be a > part of it. For this event, we will be joined by guest speakers Ivan Savov, > a researcher working in the field of curriculum digitization and data > models, along with Ernest Gavor and Andrews Lartey representing the Ghana > Society for Education Technology (GSET). > > Here is the brief agenda for the event: > > > - A general update and news on things happening in the EduWiki > community. An overview of the potential impact of aligning curriculum data > on Wikidata, and where we are now with the Wikidata for Education > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikidata_for_Education> > project by Nichole Saad. > - Take a deep dive into the data models for curriculum standards > <https://learningequality.org/r/digitizing-curriculum> with Ivan > Savov: learn about the use cases for digital curriculum standards, the work > done so far, and how this could be useful for the Wikimedia movement. > - Meet our implementing partners from Ghana, learn what we want to > accomplish with the Wikidata for Education project, and why it is important > in the Ghanian context. > > > > Open Q&A > > > You can watch the event live on Facebook and Youtube. For you to be able > to ask questions in your native language we encourage you to use the > comment option on Facebook, as it supports automatic translation, If you > are interested in helping translate questions and answers in the comments > please reach out to [email protected] > Best! > Sailesh and the Education team > -- > > Sailesh Patnaik (He/Him) > > Program Officer, Education > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > -- Sailesh Patnaik (He/Him) Program Officer, Education Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> _______________________________________________ Education mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
