Re: [Wikimedia-l] New partnership and expansion of Wikimedia Israel's Education initiative - WikiCampus

2016-10-11 Thread Leigh Thelmadatter 
Congratulations!


I agree this is the way to go with education, as it gets administrative 
support. This has been crucial for our program, as it tells teachers that their 
school supports what they do. For us, such an organizational effort has given 
us access to resources that individual teachers might not have otherwise.


(interestingly enough, we are using "Wikicampus" to indicate students who do 
general Wikipedia work for community service hours).


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Congrats!!! Always a great model to follow!!

Hugs!

2016-10-11 11:15 GMT-03:00 Itzik - Wikimedia Israel <it...@wikimedia.org.il>
:

> Dear friends,
>
>
> On behalf of Wikimedia Israel, I'm pleased to announce a new partnership
> and expansion of our Education initiative - WikiCampus.
>
>
> WikiCampus it is a new initiative by Wikimedia Israel and the
> Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya (IDC) [1]. As part of the
> collaboration, during the upcoming academic year, dozens of courses (and a
> total of hundreds of students) will take part in the Wikipedia assignment
> program.
>
>
> Until now, we ran many Wikipedia assignment collaborations directly with
> teachers in universities and colleges in Israel. For the first time, this
> pilot will be lead directly by the Rector’s office, and teachers will be
> encouraged to integrate article writing assignments into academic writing
> assignments.
>
>
> In 2015, some 150 articles were written or expanded by students (not
> counting programs with high schools). In the first half of 2016, students
> added 583 articles to Hebrew Wikipedia - more than a 300% increase (!) and
> we hope to see another major increase in the upcoming year thanks to
> WikiCampus.
>
>
>
> This is the first time that an academic institution is embracing this
> program with great motivation and enthusiasm. We hope that this
> collaboration will be a model for other chapters and academic institutions
> to adopt.
>
>
>
> Many thanks to Prof. Karine Nahon [2], WMIL's board member and an associate
> professor in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the
> IDC for her help with initiating this collaboration!
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdisciplinary_Center_Herzliya
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_Nahon
>
>
>
> *Regards,Itzik Edri*
> Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
> +972-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
> sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!
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[Wikimedia-l] New partnership and expansion of Wikimedia Israel's Education initiative - WikiCampus

2016-10-11 Thread Itzik - Wikimedia Israel 
Dear friends,


On behalf of Wikimedia Israel, I'm pleased to announce a new partnership
and expansion of our Education initiative - WikiCampus.


WikiCampus it is a new initiative by Wikimedia Israel and the
Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya (IDC) [1]. As part of the
collaboration, during the upcoming academic year, dozens of courses (and a
total of hundreds of students) will take part in the Wikipedia assignment
program.


Until now, we ran many Wikipedia assignment collaborations directly with
teachers in universities and colleges in Israel. For the first time, this
pilot will be lead directly by the Rector’s office, and teachers will be
encouraged to integrate article writing assignments into academic writing
assignments.


In 2015, some 150 articles were written or expanded by students (not
counting programs with high schools). In the first half of 2016, students
added 583 articles to Hebrew Wikipedia - more than a 300% increase (!) and
we hope to see another major increase in the upcoming year thanks to
WikiCampus.



This is the first time that an academic institution is embracing this
program with great motivation and enthusiasm. We hope that this
collaboration will be a model for other chapters and academic institutions
to adopt.



Many thanks to Prof. Karine Nahon [2], WMIL's board member and an associate
professor in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the
IDC for her help with initiating this collaboration!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdisciplinary_Center_Herzliya
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_Nahon



*Regards,Itzik Edri*
Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel
+972-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!
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