[Open-education] Reminder! "Wikipedia Barn Raising" OER Event July 19

Mon Jul 14 15:27:55 UTC 2014

For those who are interested, just a reminder to please *register
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RgXfFfjo0Zjd1nu1NAX-cDQPmWa8-GWvt59n87JwDvQ/viewform>
*for
this fun Saturday event, offered *online *or *in person*! (*Click here*
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Bay+Area+WikiProject+Open+Barnraising&iso=20140719T11&p1=224&ah=5>
for
a local time zone check.) Please feel free to contact me or Pete Forsyth (
pete at wikistrategies.net) with any questions.

Best
Sara

On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Sara Frank Bristow <sara at salientresearch.net
> wrote:

>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Please join us for a free "Wikipedia Barn Raising" event on Saturday July
> 19th, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific Time, at the Oakland Impact Hub, 2323
> Broadway, Oakland, California -- *or online*. Lunch and refreshments will
> be provided for those joining us in person. *Register here
> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RgXfFfjo0Zjd1nu1NAX-cDQPmWa8-GWvt59n87JwDvQ/viewform>.*
>

> Since 2012, we've been working -- with substantial help from many of you
> -- to strengthen Wikipedia's coverage of Open Educational Resources (OER)
> and related topics. We've worked to build a community around this goal: at
> conferences in the field, through our online "Writing Wikipedia Articles"
> (WIKISOO) course, and through the formation of WikiProject Open.
>
> At the Barn Raising, we will focus on improving high-priority Wikipedia
> articles about OER, and consider ways to strengthen WikiProject Open as a
> resource for staying connected as the funded period of Communicate OER
> comes to a close.
>
> We welcome online participants from around the world, with collaboration
> tools and scheduled video check-ins.
>
> Registration link:
>
> Barn Raising registration form
> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RgXfFfjo0Zjd1nu1NAX-cDQPmWa8-GWvt59n87JwDvQ/viewform>
>
> Event page:
> WikiProject Open Barn Raising
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Barn_Raising_2014>
>
>
> We hope to see you there, online or in person!
>
> Best regards
>
> Sara Frank Bristow
> Pete Forsyth
> Communicate OER/WikiProject Open
>
>
> *Communicate OER is funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation*
>
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