[Wikimediaindia-l] Fw: [Wikimedia Education] Fwd: Join us for Online Learning Day
Found it on Wikimedia Education list. I thought someone might be interested in joining. Cheer's Sid -Original Message- From: siddharthrock...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:36:25 To: siddharth_goe...@live.com Subject: Fw: [Wikimedia Education] Fwd: Join us for Online Learning Day I think there might be people here interested. Tom -- Forwarded message -- From: Stephanie Borg Psaila stephaniep AT diplomacy.edu http://diplomacy.edu Date: 2013/4/9 Subject: Join us for Online Learning Day To: ig...@diplomacy.edu mailto:ig...@diplomacy.edu Dear friends, Have you registered http://www.diplomacy.edu/registrations/online-learning-day yet for next week's Online Learning Day, on 17 April? No matter where you are located, we would like to invite you to join our morning online debate. If you are based in Geneva, you can also come to our evening get-together at Diplo's office. Online Learning Day is part of the Geneva E-diplomacy Platform http://www.diplomacy.edu/e-diplomacy and aims to facilitate an informed discussion on online learning and to encourage an exchange of views and experience among providers of online learning solutions. In preparation, we invite you to try out our short quiz http://www.diplomacy.edu/onlinelearning-quiz to test your knowledge of online learning, and to complete a short online poll http://www.diplomacy.edu/onlinelearning-themes to help us narrow down the debate themes for the morning session. What to expect: The morning session (10.00 - 12.00 CET) will take place online and will feature debates on current trends in online learning, including: * opportunities and limitations of massive open online courses (MOOCs) * social media tools to enrich online learning * teaching practical topics (protocol, negotiations) effectively online The evening session will be an informal meet-up style gathering at Diplo's office in Geneva (18.00 - 20.00 tel:20.00 at 56, Rue de Lausanne), with refreshments. Geneva-based providers of online learning will briefly present their training programmes, and participants will have the opportunity to discuss and ask questions in an informal setting. We will also hear directly from participants who have attended some Geneva-based online learning courses. This event is intended for anyone interested in online learning in the domain of diplomacy, international relations and global policy processes. For more information and to register visit: http://www.diplomacy.edu/calendar/online-learning-day, or contact our colleague Tereza Horejsova at tere...@diplomacy.edu mailto:tere...@diplomacy.edu . (Note: Registration is required! Best, Stephanie -- Stephanie Borg Psaila DiploFoundation www.diplomacy.edu http://www.diplomacy.edu/ The latest from Diplo... Stay networked; get informed; broadcast your projects. Join our Internet governance community at www.diplointernetgovernance.org http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Fw: [Wikimedia Education] Fwd: Join us for Online Learning Day
Thanks Sid for sharing. On 4/15/13, Siddharth Goenka siddharth_goe...@live.com wrote: Found it on Wikimedia Education list. I thought someone might be interested in joining. Cheer's Sid -Original Message- From: siddharthrock...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:36:25 To: siddharth_goe...@live.com Subject: Fw: [Wikimedia Education] Fwd: Join us for Online Learning Day I think there might be people here interested. Tom -- Forwarded message -- From: Stephanie Borg Psaila stephaniep AT diplomacy.edu http://diplomacy.edu Date: 2013/4/9 Subject: Join us for Online Learning Day To: ig...@diplomacy.edu mailto:ig...@diplomacy.edu Dear friends, Have you registered http://www.diplomacy.edu/registrations/online-learning-day yet for next week's Online Learning Day, on 17 April? No matter where you are located, we would like to invite you to join our morning online debate. If you are based in Geneva, you can also come to our evening get-together at Diplo's office. Online Learning Day is part of the Geneva E-diplomacy Platform http://www.diplomacy.edu/e-diplomacy and aims to facilitate an informed discussion on online learning and to encourage an exchange of views and experience among providers of online learning solutions. In preparation, we invite you to try out our short quiz http://www.diplomacy.edu/onlinelearning-quiz to test your knowledge of online learning, and to complete a short online poll http://www.diplomacy.edu/onlinelearning-themes to help us narrow down the debate themes for the morning session. What to expect: The morning session (10.00 - 12.00 CET) will take place online and will feature debates on current trends in online learning, including: * opportunities and limitations of massive open online courses (MOOCs) * social media tools to enrich online learning * teaching practical topics (protocol, negotiations) effectively online The evening session will be an informal meet-up style gathering at Diplo's office in Geneva (18.00 - 20.00 tel:20.00 at 56, Rue de Lausanne), with refreshments. Geneva-based providers of online learning will briefly present their training programmes, and participants will have the opportunity to discuss and ask questions in an informal setting. We will also hear directly from participants who have attended some Geneva-based online learning courses. This event is intended for anyone interested in online learning in the domain of diplomacy, international relations and global policy processes. For more information and to register visit: http://www.diplomacy.edu/calendar/online-learning-day, or contact our colleague Tereza Horejsova at tere...@diplomacy.edu mailto:tere...@diplomacy.edu . (Note: Registration is required! Best, Stephanie -- Stephanie Borg Psaila DiploFoundation www.diplomacy.edu http://www.diplomacy.edu/ The latest from Diplo... Stay networked; get informed; broadcast your projects. Join our Internet governance community at www.diplointernetgovernance.org http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] Resignation of Noopur Raval, Programme Officer, A2K Team
Dear All, It’s with deep regret that I announce the resignation of Noopur Raval as Programme Officer CIS-A2K Team. The Centre for Internet Society (CIS) would like to thank her for all her valuable contributions to the Wikimedia movement. Noopur has been a great asset to the A2K team. We'd like to thank her for all her leadership and work in the past year around PR, communications, GLAM, outreach and social media. In her formal capacity Noopur has worked to promote Wikimedia movement in India for over a year. We're hoping that she'll continue to be a part of the movement as a treasured volunteer. It is with warmest regards that CIS wishes her best in all her future endeavors. Please join us as we bid a fond farewell to Noopur and and send her off with hopes for more success and fulfillment. I will personally retain many wonderful memories working with her. In a day or two CIS-A2K Team will send out an advertisement for the opening of Programme Officer which has been created due to Noopur's departure. Thanks Nitika Tandon Program Manager Access to Knowledge The Centre for Internet Society___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - March '13
Dear Noopur I request you to not send documents encoded in secret proprietary format. If you want me to read the attached document, please resend it in a free document standard such as txt, html, odf, rtf, pdf in that order of preference. We just passed celebrating Document freedom Day (http://www.documentfreedom.org/ ) As a known endorser of Open standards and FOSS , I hope CIS will assure all its employees will follow the same principles. polluted digital environment with secret, private and proprietary digital documents and force other people to live in a dangerous ecosystem. I request you to please resend it in a free document format . Thank you for understanding. Join us in the campaign to create a humane digital society. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - March '13
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.comwrote: Dear Noopur I request you to not send documents encoded in secret proprietary format. If you want me to read the attached document, please resend it in a free document standard such as txt, html, odf, rtf, pdf in that order of preference. Anivar, here you go: https://textb.org/t/j2q5o68fc7/ I do not have MS Office either, but gmail helpfully allows one to view the document online and so could help you out. We just passed celebrating Document freedom Day (http://www.documentfreedom.org/ ) As a known endorser of Open standards and FOSS , I hope CIS will assure all its employees will follow the same principles. polluted digital environment with secret, private and proprietary digital documents and force other people to live in a dangerous ecosystem. I request you to please resend it in a free document format . Thank you for understanding. Join us in the campaign to create a humane digital society. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - March '13
Thanks Arun, But my emphasis was on organisational policy on newsletter format Anivar ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - March '13
Dear Anivar, I apologize profusely for sending a doc file. Usually, as in the past, I always send the entire newsletter in the mail. However, this time due to some miscommunication I assumed I had to send across an attachment. I am, of course, fully aware of the problems with sending attachments and that too, non-free formats. Will be more careful in the future and am sending across the content as text in e-mail itself. Thanks for pointing it out. Best, Noopur On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:20:40 +0530, Anivar Aravind wrote: Thanks Arun, But my emphasis was on organisational policy on newsletter format Anivar ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - March '13
Dear all, Reposting the contents of the newsletter within the email. Apologies for the confusion again. In case of suggestions, questions and more please do reply on this thread. --The Access to Knowledge - Bulletin - March '13-- ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE BULLETIN - MARCH 2013 Wikimedia Foundation, beginning from September 1, 2012, awarded the Centre for Internet Society (CIS) a two-year grant of INR 26,000,000 to support and develop free knowledge in India. Consequently, Wikimedia Foundation's India Program became the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program of CIS. In the third issue of our newsletter for 2013, we are pleased to bring you updates from the Indic Wikipedia Visualisation project, reports of events organised in Goa, and press coverage of the Kannada Wikipedia Workshop held in Mysore. The A2K team consists of four members based in Delhi: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon, Subhashish Panigrahi and Noopur Raval, and one member Dr. U.B. Pavanaja who is working from Bangalore office. Archives of our newsletters are here. Wikipedians from various communities can request for outreach programs, technical bugs, logistics-merchandize and media, public relations and communications at http://bit.ly/TOcXId. # Indic Wikipedia Visualisation Project * Visualising Basic Parameters [1] (by Sajjad Anwar and Sumandro Chattapadhyay, March 26, 2013): Sajjad and Sumandro bring you a visualisation of the growth of Indic Wikipedia in this first post on Indic Wikipedia Visualisation project. # Events Organised * Introductory Wikipedia session at BITS Goa [2] (organised by CIS, Birla Institute of Technology Science, Pilani, Goa, March 7, 2013). The Access to Knowledge team was invited by Nikhil Dixit from BITS to organise a Wikipedia editing session. Nitika Tandon led the editing session. * Kannada Wikipedia Workshop [3] (organised by CIS, Institution of Engineers, JLB Road, Mysore, March 24, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja led the event. # Events Co-organised * Wiki Women's Day in Goa [4] (organised by the Wikimedia India Chapter and CIS, Nirmala Institute of Education, Panaji, Goa, March 8, 2013). Nitika Tandon participated in this workshop held on International Working Women's Day, and shares the developments in this report. * Wikipedia Workshop for Kannada Science Writers [5] (organised by Wikimedia Chapter India, Karnataka Rajya Vijnana Parishath and CIS, Karnataka Rajya Vijnana Parishath Conference Hall, Banashankari 2nd Stage, Bangalore, March 17, 2013). Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in the event. # Upcoming Event (Co-organised) * Telugu Wiki Mahotsavam 2013 [6] (co-organised with the Telegu Wikipedia community, Hyderabad, April 9 to 11, 2013). Vishnu Vardhan is participating in this event as a speaker. A public event will be held on April 11 from 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. at Golden Threshold (Sarojini Naidu's house) in Hyderabad. # Events Participated In * Wikipedia Women's Workshop Bangalore 2013 [7] (organised by Wikimedia India, Servelots Infotech, Jayanagar, Bangalore, March 8, 2013). The event was covered by Kannada Prabha [8] on March 9, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja participated in the event. * Wikipedia at Avenir [9] (organised by the Wikipedia community, Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata, West Bengal, March 11, 2013). Dr. T. Vishnu Vardhan participated in this event. # Event Report from Other Organisations Wikipedia Community members helped the Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications Programme (HEIRA) of CSCS Bangalore organize a day-long workshop on 'Digital Literacy' at Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar, Maharasthra on January 17, 2013. Tanveer Hasan of HEIRA shares with us the developments in this report [10]. # Media Coverage * Kannada Wikipedia Workshop, Mysore [11] (Prajavani, March 25, 2013). *About CIS [12]* CIS was registered as a society in Bangalore in 2008. As an independent, non-profit research organisation, it runs different policy research programmes such as Accessibility, Access to Knowledge, Openness, Internet Governance, and Telecom. The policy research programmes have resulted in outputs such as the e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities [13] with ITU and G3ict, and Digital Alternatives with a Cause? [14], Thinkathon Position Papers [15] and the Digital Natives with a Cause? Report [16] with Hivos, etc. We have conducted policy research for the Ministry of Communications Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, etc., on WIPO Treaties [17], Copyright Bill [18], NIA Bill [19], etc. CIS is accredited as an observer at WIPO. CIS staff participates in the Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meetings regularly held in Geneva, and participate in the discussions and comments on them from a public interest
