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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:COVID19_W_ENG.ogv https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:COVID19_Anim2.ogv El mié., 25 mar. 2020 a las 8:44, Nichole Saad (<ns...@wikimedia.org>) escribió: > Hello all, > > > First, I want to say that I hope you all are doing ok. The COVID-19 > pandemic has affected all of us in one way or another. Some of us are sick, > some are taking care of loved ones, some of us are taking care of our > children who are out of school. In light of this crisis, and our > organization’s radically people-centered response, the Education Team has > shifted our focus to supporting those affected by school closures to make > use of the Wikimedia projects to continue their learning. > > > TLDR: > > How the Education Team at the Wikimedia Foundation will respond to the > COVID-19 Crisis > > - > > The Wikimedia & Education Project Management online course > <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Greenhouse> will award > certificates to those who completed all 3 units by 31st March. > - > > We will extend the deadline for earning badges until 10 May 2020. > - > > The GOES project implementation > <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Greenhouse/GOES_project> > will be postponed until schools are reopened in Ghana. > - > > Our Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom project > < > https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Education_Team/Reading_Wikipedia_in_the_Classroom > > > will focus on shifting to what can be done virtually while schools are > closed. The pilot phase is stalled. > - > > We will shift our attention to supporting those affected by school > closures > < > https://en.unesco.org/themes/education-emergencies/coronavirus-school-closures > > > to make use of the Wikimedia projects to continue their learning. > - > > We have drafted a 4 point action plan that we will operationalize > asap. The outline of the plan is explained below. > > > In times of emergency, the importance of continuing the education of > children and youth is often overlooked > <https://www.educationcannotwait.org/the-situation/>. Providing > educational > opportunities during these times not only prevents children affected from > falling behind academically, but it also helps foster a sense of stability > in uncertain times and builds up the resilience of communities impacted by > the crisis. We must remember that education is a basic human right of all > people, including those affected by crises and instability. Right now, that > includes all of us. > > Last week, we asked our Wikimedia community how the COVID-19 pandemic is > impacting their planned education activities, what they think we should do > to help, and what they are already doing. In parallel, the Education Team > drafted a comprehensive action plan to shift our focus toward helping > teachers, parents, and students make use of the Wikimedia projects to > bolster the learning of those out of school. Let’s talk about the ways that > COVID-19 has impacted education worldwide, and how our Wikimedia community > is making a difference. > > The situation > > According to UNESCO and the Interagency Network for Education in > Emergencies, as of today, 156 countries have announced or implemented > school and university closures > < > https://en.unesco.org/themes/education-emergencies/coronavirus-school-closures > >, > impacting *1.42 billion* children and youth. Roughly 82% of students are > out of school due to this crisis. > > First, what’s happening with the projects we have been working on? > > Understandably, as schools close around the world, some of the work we have > been doing will need to be paused. For that reason, we are holding the > implementation of the GOES project in Ghana until schools are reopened. We > will, however, continue to mentor and support the GOES team. We have > decided to keep the deadline for earning certificates for the Greenhouse > Online Course as 31 March 2020, but we will extend the deadline for earning > individual badges until 10 May 2020. We hope this will give more people the > chance to engage with the content, and use it to support activities that > mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on education in their communities. The > activities that needed to happen in schools and classrooms for the Reading > Wikipedia in the Classroom project will need to be postponed, but we will > continue with the activities that can be done virtually. > > How is this crisis impacting our Wikimedia & Education Community, and what > are they currently doing to support learners? > > So far, we’ve received 15 responses from the community about how they are > impacted by this crisis, and how they are supporting learners during this > time. We received responses from volunteers from 11 different countries > located in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. All > the respondents indicated that schools were closed in their communities, > and their planned Wikimedia outreach activities had to be canceled. Most > indicated that universities had moved to provide online courses, though > some had simply canceled courses. > > The respondents indicated that they have started working completely online > to support teachers and students impacted by school closures. They are > sharing the resources they’ve developed, hosting edit-a-thons, virtual > training, working alongside governments and other collaborators, and > hosting virtual meet-up sessions for teachers. What an amazing community we > have! We’re so proud to be a part of it. > > Now, what’s our action plan moving forward? > > The Education Team at the Wikimedia Foundation drafted a four-point action > plan for our response to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on > education. This plan was designed to be agile. As the situation evolves day > by day and the capacity of the team fluctuates, we need a plan that can > expand and retract as necessary. The four points we will focus on are: > > > 1. > > We will create and share learning resources related to Wikimedia in > Education > > > 1. > > We will curate and share widely the resources produced by our Wikimedia > & Education community. To do this we will be asking the community to > share > their resources with us, likely through a submission form. > 2. > > We will develop templates & examples for teachers to share lesson plans > that make use of Wikimedia projects. We will provide guidelines for > teachers to understand how to add open licenses to the educational > materials they produce and add them to Wikimedia Commons. > 3. > > We will expedite a resource for using Wikipedia to teach information > literacy at home. We will use plans and materials we had drafted for the > Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Project to quickly create a 1 to > 2-page > resource that will help educators use Wikipedia to teach information > literacy. > > > 2. Will will initiate #EduWiki challenge > > 1. > > We will use social media to share daily mini-lessons that use Wikimedia > projects, and we will provide guidelines for the community and others to > create and share their own mini-lessons. We will be sharing information > about this challenge and how you can participate on Monday. > > > 3. Foster knowledge sharing about the impact of COVID-19 on Education > > *a. *We will encourage our network of Wikimedians and education partners to > keep information on Wiki up to date and accurate about the impact of > COVID-19 on education > < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_of_the_2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic_on_education > > > and to share the impact of COVID-19 on their communities and what they are > doing to respond. > > > 4. Support the UNESCO COVID-19 Education Coalition > > 1. > > We will join a coalition led by UNESCO that will work to mitigate the > impact of COVID-19 on education. Through this, we intend to help > governments to curate content from Wikipedia that aligns with the > national > curricula to include in distance learning and to make it available > through > free content bundle packages provided by internet service providers and > offline through Kiwix. > 2. > > We will encourage governments to share free licenses in their texts so > teachers can remix and share them more freely. > > > > What can you do? How can you get involved? > > > - > > You can share or participate in the #EduWiki challenge on your social > media channels. We’ll be providing more information about this on > Monday. > - > > You can create and share lesson plans using the template that we’ll be > sharing soon. > - > > You can help improve Wikipedia articles that align with school > curricula. > - > > You can fill out the google form > < > https://docs.google.com/document/d/14xX4Y8Ud6abw_PDjdzxS8--iEzlBVQ78akcCdsFAMFU/edit?usp=sharing > > > to share information about how the COVID-19 crisis is impacting your > community, what you are already doing to support students and teachers, > and > other ideas you have of how our community can be helpful. This survey > will > be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to > additional > terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey > privacy statement > < > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Education_Response_to_COVID-19_Survey_Privacy_Statemen > > > . > > > > with clean hands and open hearts, > > The Education Team > > > -- > *Nichole Saad* > Wikimedia Foundation | Senior Program Manager, Education > ns...@wikimedia.org > user: NSaad (WMF) > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > Education@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > -- -- Fernando da Rosa fernando.dar...@gmail.com https://www.fedaro.info/ _______________________________________________ Education mailing list Education@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
