Great going Pune Pilot project...nicely compiled story.. Subha
On 9 June 2011 16:03, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucher...@gmail.com> wrote: > > *Times of India : "Online encyclopedia promotes itself as > teaching-learning tool"* > > http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-07/pune/29629403_1_online-encyclopedia-wikipedia-articles-pilot-project > > *PUNE: Wikipedia.org, the largest online encyclopedia in the world, has > invited teachers and students in India to incorporate Wikipedia as teaching > and learning tool in classrooms through its Wikipedia India Education > Programme. The initiative coincides with the start of this academic year, > with Pune as its pilot project. Various colleges and universities are being > united to participate in the initiative, with students having the > opportunity to contribute by editing articles related to their syllabus on > Wikipedia, in lieu of conventional paper or report submissions.* > * > * > *Hisham Mundol, who leads India Programmes, said, "Information about India > and that which is contributed by its people is not adequately represented on > Wikipedia. We want to change that by increasing the number of editors from > India. The Wikipedia India Education Programme will promote this by > encouraging teachers in Pune to join a global community of educators who use > Wikipedia as teaching and learning tool in classrooms."* > * > * > *The Wikipedia team has therefore chosen 22 campus ambassadors in Pune to > help them in this programme.* > * > * > *"The campus ambassadors are essentially volunteers who would work with > teachers to incorporate Wikipedia and train students on how to write > articles on Wikipedia. They would support both students as well as teachers, > during the course of the semester. During the course of the initiative, we > will provide teaching material and example lesson plans, expecting the > professors to assign their students Wikipedia articles to write or improve, > as part of the class," said Mundol, adding that the project will cover a > wide range of subjects such as engineering and economics and media and law > and architecture and medicine and biology and any other area of academic > interest.* > * > * > *The team proposes to replace student reports and papers with Wikipedia > articles. "We will thus work with teachers and professors through campus > ambassadors to identify potential articles on Wikipedia that can be created > or improved through class work for that particular semester. Through the > initiative, we also hope to create educational materials in the form of > quality articles, including those about topics important to Indians, as well > as people all across the globe," said Mundol.* > * > * > *According to Mundol, Pune was chosen as the pilot city for having the > world's largest number of colleges and universities, which are attended by > more than 200,000 students. "The pilot project in Pune is being used to > experiment and learn from before any roll-out of a large-scale program > throughout India," added Mundol.* > * > * > *The Wikipedia team feels that students would get a lot out of the editing > assignments. "As opposed to writing a paper that they work on alone and that > which is seen by a single person, the students will now work collaboratively > with other Wikipedia editors. Thousands of people all over the world could > then refer to their contributions for educational purposes. As for the > educators who participate, they would engage and become part of a wider > global community of educators who are on the forefront of implementing new > teaching and learning practices, thus engaging with a larger, global > academic community," said Mundol.* > > > Regards > Tinu Cherian > http://wiki.wikimedia.in/In_the_news#June_2011 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- * ସୁଭପାSubhashishPanigrahi ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ _______________________________________________ Wikipedia Odia (Oriya) mailing list wikipedia...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-or facebook.com/OdiaWiki Tweet @OdiaWiki *
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