To me this sounds like a good idea and definitely supports it. I will help to
develop a curriculum and so on for the event, but it will be a little
challenging for me to help with the physical event itself. Should the event be
over a weekend I will sometimes be available to help with the physical side.
Lourie
>________________________________
> From: David Richfield <davidrichfi...@gmail.com>
>To: Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org>; wikimediaza
><wikimediaza@lists.wikimedia.org>
>Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 9:52 AM
>Subject: Re: [Wikimedia ZA] Train-the-trainer events in Pretoria?
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>I definitely have the ability to present the material. I'd have to
>find a day when I'm actually in the country, and schedule time to
>prepare. If it's feasible to do this over a weekend, that would be
>great, but I realize that it might be harder to find participants.
>Please, everyone, work the peer pressure! I'm eager to get involved,
>but I need a prod sometimes.
>
>David
>
>On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>> Hello, everyone.
>>
>> I would like your input on an idea we at the Wikimedia Foundation have been
>> exploring as one possible model of outreach activity in South Africa: a
>> two-day "train the trainer" event in Pretoria for (mostly campus) librarians
>> from South Africa, to enable them to go back to their respective
>> institutions and communities and deliver two-hour and one-day talk and
>> workshops on Wikipedia. The training event would be funded by a grant from
>> the Wikimedia Foundation.
>>
>> More details: the participants are to be carefully selected for good
>> existing computer literacy and relevant skills (but a Wikipedia background
>> won't be required), and the training event would include a balance of
>> "theory" (free knowledge, free licenses, NPOV), background ("How does
>> Wikipedia get written?"), user training (navigation, categories, Commons,
>> talk pages, portals, WikiProjects, ...), and basic editor training (user
>> accounts, basic markup, where to get help, how to interact on talk pages).
>> Ideally, the trainee-trainers would be able to deliver a two-hour
>> "introduction to Wikipedia" or "How to Make the Most of Wikipedia" module,
>> and/or a one-day "Introduction to Editing on Wikipedia" workshop, in their
>> respective communities, as opportunity and conditions permit.
>>
>> This specifically seeks to address a "bootstrapping" difficulty, i.e. the
>> short supply of Wikipedians available to deliver that sort of training. No
>> attempt will be made to make these trainers pose as veteran Wikipedians; the
>> focus is clearly to be along the lines of "Wikipedia is tremendously useful,
>> and we can share some useful information about it that would let you use it
>> more effectively and explore it further on your own".
>>
>> We are looking into partnering with a Pretoria-based non-profit named ITOCA
>> -- Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa -- which specializes
>> in conducting training events for librarians, teachers, and IT personnel in
>> sub-Saharan Africa. (Ms. Blessing Chataira of ITOCA is subscribed to this
>> list.) ITOCA can handle the logistics of holding this event -- recruiting
>> and selecting participants, booking and providing accommodations and
>> refreshments for the training event, preparing physical materials,
>> collecting feedback and providing follow-up with participants in their
>> respective communities after the event, etc. What ITOCA certainly cannot do
>> is _prepare and deliver_ such training. That would certainly require a
>> veteran Wikipedian!
>>
>> I would therefore ask if any of you might be interested in working with the
>> WMF on designing the curriculum for such an event, and/or in delivering such
>> training, once a curriculum is available. The Wikimedia Foundation would
>> gladly cover travel expenses (i.e. Wikipedians outside Gauteng can certainly
>> help!) and provide a "per diem" budget for meals and incidentals.
>>
>> I welcome feedback about the idea, whether or not you're able to help out.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Asaf
>> --
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>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>
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