How to Become Digital Citizens with Wikimedia-based project-learning

SARS-CoV-2 Virus

CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM / Public domain face-to-face remote Sollok29 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) “voracious consumers of

the internet” As regular internet users, how can we use the internet properly and effectively? Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.

Wikimedia Foundation’s vision statement Digital Citizenship 1 and Wikimedia

Carlo Joseph Moskito Assistant Content Development Head, Quipper Digital citizens are users of the internet regularly and effectively. Karen Mossberger (2017), from the book “Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, and Participation” For now, let’s focus on digital . Digital literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, utilize, share, and create content using information technologies and the Internet. Cornell University Digital literacy a set of basic skills which include the use and production of , information processing and retrieval, participation in social networks for creation and sharing of knowledge, and a wide range of professional computing skills. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Digital Literacy (UNESCO)

1. use and production of digital media 2. information processing and retrieval 3. participation in social networks for creation and sharing of knowledge 4. professional computing skills How can we help our teachers and students develop digital literacy? Wikimedia Foundation / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) How many of you are aware of and other Wikimedia Projects? How many of you are aware that Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects is being used in ? Jess Wade

British physicist from the Imperial College of London

Gender bias of scientists on Wikipedia

Samantha (Wiki Ed) / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Taweetham Limpanuparb

Program Director and Associate Professor for Chemistry, Mahidol University in Thailand

Piloted Wikipedia Education Program in Thailand

Taweetham / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Shani Evenstein

Member, Board of Trustees, WMF EdTech Innovation Strategist and Lecturer Tel-Aviv University (TAU)

Piloted the first Wikipedia course at TAU, a for-credit elective course

"From Web 2.0 to Web 3.0, from Wikipedia to Wikidata”, academic course for undergraduate studets Marajozkee / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Wikimedia Projects are considered as Open Educational Resources (OERs) Image by BCOER Librarians from BCcampus (CC 4.0) Wikipedia

A multilingual open and free encyclopedia that anyone can edit

52 million articles, 309 languages

1.5 billion unique visitors per month

Wikimedia Foundation / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Wikipedia Skills for

Students information processing and retrieval Ask your students to do proofreading of articles of Look for: their interest. • Grammar

• Spelling and If they find anything wrong Typographical error on the content, be bold! Click • Punctuation the edit button and edit it right away! information processing and retrieval participation in social networks for creation and sharing of knowledge Wikipedia Skills for

Students information processing and retrieval Ask your students to do use and production of digital fact-checking of articles of media their interest. Fact-checking allows If they find anything wrong Wikipedia articles to be on the content, be bold! Click updated and accurate. the edit button and edit it right away!

Wikipedia Skills for

Students information processing and retrieval Create an article of your interest (in sandbox) and do use and production of digital media peer-review with your classmates. participation in social networks for creation and sharing of knowledge

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Wikipedia Skills for

Students information processing and retrieval Translate an article of your interest (in sandbox) to your participation in social networks own local language and for creation and sharing of knowledge peer-review with your classmates.

Conducting Edit-a-thons

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Wikipedia Skills for

Students information processing and retrieval Add one reference to Wikipedia articles from online books and journal references.

Also for librarians!

Wikimedia Commons

A multilingual open and free media file repository

Wikimedia Foundation / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Wikimedia Commons Skills for Students and Teachers

Ask students to produce original use and production of digital media content and upload to media Wikimedia Commons. participation in social networks • Uploading in Wikimedia for creation and sharing of Commons allows you to share knowledge your work with needed • Understanding of copyright (also for teachers) John Melvwynn A. Verzola / CC BY-SA Jhon Matthew O. Leron / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) /by-sa/4.0)

Wikimedia Commons hosts free media files, you just need to cite them! Attributing CC-Licensed Materials

• Author - name (or pseudonym/username) of the author and link to author’s profile • Title of work - title of work like photograph or video (if available) and link where the original work is hosted (Note: link of the source of work is important!) • Source - link to source or repository of the material like Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, Pixabay • CC license type - Creative Commons License name (long or short license)

Reuse of Wikimedia Commons photo in the Quipper platform LadyofHats / Public domain Wapcaplet / CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) LadyofHats / Public domain Allan Jay Quesada / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

Lusitana / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) John Wesley Egalla / CC BY-SA AleXXw / CC BY-SA 3.0 AT (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at/deed .en) Wikiexpeditions

Joelaldor / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

Smart Communications, Inc. / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Wikiservicio in Mexico

Thelmadatter / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Library Wikipedia

2 Projects in South Africa

Ingrid Thomson University Librarian, University of Cape Town in South Africa #1lib1ref Campaign Activities for #1lib1ref

● Coffee hours ● Workshops Who: University of Cape Town Libraries, ● Webinars Department of Knowledge and Information ● One-on-one trainings Stewardship at the University of Cape Town, University of the Western Cape Library, National Library of South Africa, Rhodes University Library Presentations and Edit-a-thons (1)

For the Library and information Association of South Africa (LIASA): ● Webinars on the #1lib1ref campaigns ● Presentation at the annual Conference ● Presentation at the Western Cape Higher Education Libraries Interest Group Day about using Wikipedia as a tool for Information Literacy Within LIASA, a Community of Practice has been set up to discuss Wikipedia and sister projects Presentations and Edit-a-thons (1)

● Edit-a-thon and Workshop at South African School Librarians’ Conference (2019) ● Edit-a-thon at the Digital Humanities Association of South Africa (DHASA) Conference (2019) Events and Activities at MPOW

● Edit-a-thon with Postgraduate students in the History Department (2019) ● Several Presentations/Classes with the future librarians studying in the Department of Knowledge and Information Stewardship (2018/2019/2020) ● Presentation to the tutors at the Writing Centre at the University of Cape Town (2020)

We were about to have a session to talk about Education with academic staff via Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) when COVID-19 happened and the focus turned to getting everyone up and running for the Emergency Online Teaching. Wikimedia

3 Education response to COVID-19

Vasanthi Hargyono Program Officer for Education, Wikimedia Foundation

#EduWiki Challenges:

They are a set of activities that engage teachers, guardians and students in the use Wikipedia and its sister projects for educational purposes. We leverage the power of social networking platforms to promote the resources, highlight participants’ learning experiences, and promote new learning ideas from volunteers around the world.

By engaging with the Wikimedia projects students develop digital citizenship and information literacy skills, and start a journey of lifelong learning. Online learning experiences can be enhanced by using and contributing to free knowledge! 91 Look for the hashtag #EduWiki on or to find more. New challenges every week! Look for the hashtag #EduWiki on Twitter or Facebook to find more. New challenges every week! Lesson plans for remote learning:

They are a set of learning experiences designed for teachers and guardians to include in their remote learning strategies. There are lesson plans available for different age groups and learning objectives, and they can respond to different subjects in the curriculum.

94 Example from Uzoma Ozurumba - Nigeria education.wikimedia.org Reading Wikipedia

4 in the Classroom Philippines

Imelda Brazal Reading Wikipedia Philippines Local Coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation In the information era, learning how to read Wikipedia should be as integral to the education experience as learning your abc’s.

This year, the Wikimedia Foundation is partnering with volunteers in Bolivia, Morocco and the Philippines to promote the inclusion of Wikipedia in the classroom as a

Wikimedia Finland [CC BY-SA 2.0] tool for information literacy. This project introduces a model that facilitates collaboration between civil society actors in the open knowledge sector with teachers and government authorities to form a coalition that seeks to advance the competencies in UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy framework, and therefore SDG 4 -- Quality Education.

All of this through the power of Wikipedia! Constanza Verón (WMAR) [CC BY-SA 4.0] This project will introduce teachers to the communities and practices behind Wikipedia.

It will help both educators and students to develop vital information literacy skills for the 21st century: understanding how information is produced, how to evaluate knowledge integrity, and how to understand biases and

Pavanaja [CC BY-SA 4.0] knowledge gaps in the information they consume. To achieve the project goals, partner schools will benefit from:

- A localized toolkit for teachers on how to use Wikipedia to develop information literacy skills - Teacher development training for selected teachers in the use of the toolkit - Ongoing support from local coordinators to teachers implementing these resources and practices in their classroom - Professional development recognitions for participating teachers and schools Ayelén Libertchuk [CC BY-SA 4.0] - Integration to the international network of Wikimedia education leaders Why Wikimedia Projects? Eiffel Tower

Guy de Maupassant Now, would you like to try using Wikimedia projects in your classroom? Get in touch!

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