Hey Risker/Anne -- it was great to meet you at Wikimania! Thanks for taking a few minutes to poke around the program and for the shout-out on the listserv. Would you consider being a Wikipedia guide in the program? The course participants would really benefit from meeting and conversing with a real humans of Wikipedia in the discussion spaces. The link is here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8XPTQXK Thanks for your consideration
Monika On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 5:00 AM, <gendergap-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Gendergap mailing list submissions to > gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > gendergap-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > gendergap-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Gendergap digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Oclc Wikipedia + Libraries project - Webjunction program (Risker) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 23:29:48 -0400 > From: Risker <risker...@gmail.com> > To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the > participation of women within Wikimedia projects." > <gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Gendergap] Oclc Wikipedia + Libraries project - Webjunction > program > Message-ID: > <CAPXs8yS3aiwoFYhAGoLANPxdL9263ga=zr6Q4YOL3v9vH=gKkg@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I had the opportunity to meet Monika at Wikimania, and poked just a little > bit at this project. It looks really interesting! Thanks Monika for > telling us about it. > > Risker/Anne > > On 9 August 2017 at 10:56, Monika Sengul-Jones <jones.mon...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello all - > > > > I'm Monika, longtime reader of this list! I've been following this > > conversation on increasing the diversity of Wikipedias contributors with > > some interest, as well as the conversation on professional connections on > > Wikipedia spaces. It seems relevant and valuable to share with this group > > details about the project in working on -- and to invite your help. > > > > I'm a WIR for Oclc's 18-month Wikipedia + Libraries project. > > http://www.webjunction.org/explore-topics/wikipedia-libraries.html > > > > This fall the project is running an online training program for up to 500 > > US public library staff to learn about engaging Wikipedia in their > > libraries for their communities. The curriculum will cover a wide variety > > of subjects specific to English Wikipedia (it's history, pillars, > community > > norms, issues of reliability, authority control, organization and user > > roles, editing and editorial flow, COI, etc.). Through observations, > > exercises, case studies and small assignments, the participants will > slowly > > learn best practices, then gain strategies to apply what they know about > > Wikipedia to improve info literacy in their communities. By the end the > > goal is to have the participants be confident that they can engage > > Wikipedia, understand what they are doing and how it works, and make a > plan > > for next step in editing and designing programming. > > > > The course will take place on Webjunction, a learning place for libraries > > that's been serving 80,000+ library staff globally since 2003. By > > participating in the nine week course, US public library staff will earn > a > > certificate and some can apply for continuing education credits for their > > participation. As a WebJunction course, the focus will be on how > Wikipedia > > editing and programming is relevant to library work. Public library staff > > participating will see how Wikipedia make sense to them as information > > professionals and possibly, give them reasons to make Wikipedia editing > and > > outreach a part of their staff duties. The curriculum will make > suggestions > > about activities to try at their libraries and include guest speakers who > > have edited and done outreach as public library staff. > > > > Given the interest in this thread on helping newcomers, and how that > > works, I wanted to share the specifics of this project and I invite folks > > in this list to participate in the program as a volunteer guide for one > (or > > more) of the course modules. > > > > When I reading Fluffernutter's story, and Pine's, I was smiling - thank > > you for sharing, I completely agree, the times I've felt most encouraged > in > > trying something new have been when I am genuinely curious and feel > > comfortable in asking questions -- for me this has also been in a course > > environment; a safe learning space is critical to gaining the confidence > > to participate in something new. I think it holds for a big project like > > Wikipedia, which has many esoteric technical features and so many guides > > and policies. > > > > For this reason I am interested in recruiting a few thoughtful, helpful > > editors to join this program to mentor / guide public library staff. Most > > of the participants in the nine week course (Sept 13 - Nov 15; six live > > online sessions) will be new to editing and the technical/community > aspects > > of editing. ~77% of public library respondents in the preview webinar > > survey said they use Wikipedia weekly but have never edited Wikipedia. > 98% > > said Wikipedia is relevant to their jobs. They would benefit from meeting > > and getting help and support from real human Wikipedians familiar with > the > > social norms and features of the technical interface. In return, you can > > learn more about public libraries, what they do, their services and > > missions. Public libraries and Wikipedia share many values -- including > > commitments to civility and providing free open access to information. > > > > The course will take place on WebJunction's learning platform. To ensure > > privacy, the interactive forums are all there. Guiding and mentoring > would > > require about hour or three for a 2-week module (and you could help out > in > > more than one module). Modules are (roughly): 1) about Wikipedia, 2) > > editing 101, 3) Wikipedia and information literacy programs, 4) Wikipedia > > and community outreach. > > > > I am glad for the opportunity to share this with the gender gap list, and > > I hope that if you are curious you will reach out. I'm actually writing > > this en-route to Montreal (first time at Wikimania! Excited! Pls pardon > > grammar and informality, I'm writing this on my phone!) and will be > > presenting the project at 4pm on Thursday and Sunday at 11:00am... feel > > free to email me directly or attend if you are also coming. also share! > > There's also a simple form to fill out if you prefer too > > > > https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8XPTQXK > > > > Thanks to the members of this list for your consideration / attention to > > my email and for the dynamic conversations over the years on > tough-to-solve > > issues ... > > > > /MSJ > > > > > > Sent from my mobile phone possibly using voice control, please pardon > > errors > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/ > attachments/20170814/254b7b30/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > ------------------------------ > > End of Gendergap Digest, Vol 79, Issue 6 > **************************************** > -- Monika Sengul-Jones www.monikasengul.com (206) 715-2320
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