Hello, everyone. I'm hoping this email finds you & your families well during this continued turbulent time.
Piotr and I are doing a final round of collecting responses for our *research on **wiki assignments in all educational settings *- k-12 / higher education; formal / informal education; Wikipedia / Wikidata / other wiki projects. *We wanted this research to be international,* as we know there are EDUWiki activities in many places in the world. So far, we have lots of responses from the US & Canada, but comparatively, very few from other places in the world. So -- if you have been involved in EDUWiki assignments, or know others who have been involved in that, *please please make an effort to spread the word about this in your local communities. * This will be a final chance to participate in this important research. Here is a link to the survey - https://tinyurl.com/yd6dfata <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fyd6dfata%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR12dwPgKFf5XrPMoURJpbZnIkcKiapN_Iu8sBkhNAnA4AR9vViptbzr7-A&h=AT2cDcem0_zPMEx9gv3dF3TMTeWXicKankU2oma31sG7hRXtkM36tHXnR6yJi5oqzpwJATUiV582r7QWfSICEkX23K3jLpeudD1PoKgp6PRstJ_e1NJCF2i-6sxik5y-seUvIPrZgWQDZwDOEcxLkw> We do hope to have a better representation from other places in the world, so the results are not so US-centric. As always, I'm here if you have any questions. Thank you all for your efforts, and stay safe! Shani. ----------------------------------------------- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. * PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University. * Azrieli Foundation Research Fellow. * OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>. * Member of the Board of Trustees <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>, Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>. * Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society <http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>. * Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://benyehuda.org>. +972-525640648 On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 12:35 AM Shani Evenstein <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear WikiFriends, > I'm hoping you & yours are all well, safe and healthy in these > unprecedented times we have all found ourselves in. > I'm writing you today with my 'educator & researcher' hat on, with a > special request to help Piotr Konieczny & I spread the word about a new > global research we are conducting. > While using Wikimedia-related assignments (Wikipedia, Commons, WikiBooks, > WikiSource, Wikidata, Wiktionary etc) in the classroom has been used all > over the world for over a decade, very little research was conducted > about what instructors who have tried it actually think about the > experience. > We are hoping that answering the questions in the survey will help us > better understand: > > - Whether this teaching approach is effective (or not) > - What are some of the challenges experienced by instructors > - How the process could be improved > > The questions are meant for any instructors running a wiki assignment, > whether it is in k-12 or higher education, formal or informal educational > setting. We are hoping the results will allow us to globally share > experiences and learn from one another, so we can make it smoother, easier > and more effective for educators joining these efforts. > It is important to note that this would be the first time (that we know > of!) that an academic research of this type has been conducted around the > world, so we really need your help in spreading the word about it in your > local communities. We're hoping that any of you, supporting such > initiatives around the world over the years, would forward it to your > local Education contacts and ask them to participate. The more > instructors participating, the better. > We realize that it would have been great to have the questionnaire in a > variety of languages, but in order for us to process the data properly and > not via third-party translations and keep the anonymity and privacy of > participants, it was decided to release the survey just in English. > Here is a link to the survey - https://tinyurl.com/yd6dfata > <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fyd6dfata%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR12dwPgKFf5XrPMoURJpbZnIkcKiapN_Iu8sBkhNAnA4AR9vViptbzr7-A&h=AT2cDcem0_zPMEx9gv3dF3TMTeWXicKankU2oma31sG7hRXtkM36tHXnR6yJi5oqzpwJATUiV582r7QWfSICEkX23K3jLpeudD1PoKgp6PRstJ_e1NJCF2i-6sxik5y-seUvIPrZgWQDZwDOEcxLkw> > . > Thank you all in advance, and of course, if there are any questions, Piotr > & I are here. > Stay healthy & safe! > Shani. > > ----------------------------------------------- > *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* > > * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. > * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler > School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. > > * PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University. > * Azrieli Foundation Research Fellow. > * OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair > <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, > Internationalization and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv > University <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>. > > * Member of the Board of Trustees > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/profile/shani-evenstein-sigalov/>, Wikimedia > Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>. > * Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society > <http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>. > * Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://benyehuda.org>. > > +972-525640648 >
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