[Open-education] Wikimania 2014: Wikipedia belongs in Education

Tue Aug 12 11:04:25 UTC 2014

Hi Marieke, 

Thanks for sharing this really great write up of Wikimania.  I was really disappointed not to be able to get there myself, so this is the next best thing! 

It sounds like education is very firmly at the heart of Wikimedia's mission, which I certainly see as a good thing.  

I'm also really interested to see the issue of reciprocity being discussed in relation to "free" and "open".  This comes up from time to time, but I think it warrants  greater exploration, particularly at a time when it's increasingly difficult for some colleagues to engage with voluntary and un-funded open education initiatives. 

Cheers
Lorna

On 12 Aug 2014, at 11:13, Marieke Guy wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> We had a great time at Wikimania last week. It was lovely to meet so many of you at our community stand and hopefully get some new recruits for the working group too! There were lots of great sessions on education and open learning and teaching practice. We've written two posts about the event:
> Wikimania 2014: Wikipedia belongs in Education
> Wikimania 2014: Wikidata all the way
> If you attended how about sharing your thoughts and take homes!
> Marieke
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