Hi all! Just a reminder; this meeting will be in 24 hours. Looking forward to seeing you there! LiAnna
On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 3:41 PM LiAnna Davis <lia...@wikiedu.org> wrote: > Wikimedia & Education enthusiasts, > > The Wikipedia & Education User Group cordially invites you to attend our > next meeting, scheduled for Thursday, November 3 at 16:00-17:30 UTC (see > your start time here: https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1667491243). > > This will be a joint General Assembly for our user group as well as our > event to celebrate Wikidata's 10th birthday! We hope you can make it. > > Agenda: > * Introductions > * General Assembly > ** User Group activities review > ** Board election > ** Update on forthcoming EduWiki Conference > * Wikidata 10th birthday celebration > ** Guest speaker: Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence, University of > Edinburgh > > Ewan will speak about his experiences with Wikdiata in his role as > Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh. He's been in the > role since January 2016 supporting the university’s commitment to open > knowledge, and developing 21st century information literacy and digital > research and data skills. The University hosted the first 'Celtic Knot' > Wikipedia Language Conference in 2017, won a Herald Higher Education Award > in 2019 for its Wikipedia in the Curriculum work and produced a booklet of > Case Studies of Wikipedia in UK education in 2020 (newly updated in 2022). > > Latterly, Ewan has joined the University's GenderEd steering group and > submitted a chapter for the open access book, Wikipedia and Academic > Libraries, on "Changing the Way Stories Are Told" based on the University's > gender equality work. Prior to this, Ewan has worked as an English and > Media teacher in the Far East (Japan, Singapore and South Korea) and in > Scotland. He completed an Information Management degree in 2018, > volunteered with the Glasgow School of Art archives on their WW1 Roll of > Honour project, and has continued to manage a series of student internships > which have created, and updated, am Open Ed Global award winning website to > pull all the best resources together for understanding Wikipedia and its > sister projects as well as an open data Map of Accused Witched in Scotland > website. > > This meeting will be held via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89734385766 > > If you'd like to be added to the calendar invitation for the meeting, > please email me offlist! > > LiAnna > Chair, Wikipedia & Education User Group > > > _______________________________________________ Education mailing list -- education@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to education-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
