Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/ Events and Workshops/Open University - Teaching with Wikipedia

Info about the event
Millions of people every day seek access to knowledge through Wikipedia. The workshop aims to develop capability amongst participants (language teachers and researchers) in editing Wikipedia so that they can:
 * contribute to the availability of knowledge on language teaching and learning
 * increase their awareness of the pedagogical opportunities of involving students in editing Wikipedia

Contributing content to Wikipedia or making content available in multiple languages can give form and render visible the legacy of language teaching and learning research and practice, and in turn generate digital content that becomes available for researchers, teachers and learners. Involving students in editing Wikipedia can help them develop capability in writing, researching, and digital and collaboration skills, whilst engaging in a meaningful activity that has a real impact in the world beyond academia.

And did you know that most Wikipedia editors are male (around 85%), and that there are fewer and less extensive articles on Wikipedia about women? There are hundreds of female linguists, researchers, translators and educators in the field of language studies who meet Wikipedia’s standards for notability but don’t yet have a page. Maybe time to add some of them to Wikipedia!

Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in residence at The University of Edinburgh, and Dr Sara Thomas and Dr Richard Nevell from Wikimedia UK will deliver an introductory presentation on Teaching with Wikipedia, followed by a hands-on workshop to introduce Editing Wikipedia. The event will close with a demo on Translating Wikipedia.

Participants can attend any or all of the sessions.

Schedule
Wednesday 18th November 2020, starting at 1:30 and 3:30pm. Participants will have received an invitation with a link to join the session.

1:30 - 2:00pm Presentation - Teaching with Wikipedia - Ewan McAndrew, University of Edinburgh, and Dr. Richard Nevell, Wikimedia UK.

2:00 - 3:00pm Editing Wikipedia hands-on training from Dr Sara Thomas, Wikimedia UK

3:00 - 3:30pm - Break

3:30 - 4:30pm Translating Wikipedia demo from Ewan McAndrew, University of Edinburgh.

Editing
Questions about editing? Read the Wiki-editing FAQ!

Really simple edits you can try:
 * Add a name to a list such as List of linguists.
 * Add a citation of someone's work to improve a page about their field of research.

Some useful links on editing
Here are some useful links to help you with your editing:
 * Read up to find out more about sources and verifiability.
 * Check out the notability guidelines and what topics can be written about on Wikipedia.
 * Consider whether you have any conflicts of interest.
 * You can find advice on how to search for relevant sources on any scientist here.
 * All sorts of helpful guides and online resources can be found below:


 * You can add pictures for use on Wiki-pages and beyond on Wikimedia Commons. Your Wikipedia account will work on Commons too - as well as all the other Wiki-projects and different language versions of Wikipedia.

Here are some ways to keep track of your edits:
 * You can view all your contributions to Wikipedia by clicking "Contributions" (in the top right of this page).
 * The Pageviews tool is a great way of measuring how many people are looking at the page you created/edited. You can even export the data if you'd like it for reports, etc.

After today
Once you've learned the basics of editing using Wikipedia’s Visual Editor, I hope that you'll stay logged in and edit or create more articles.

Some useful links to teach with Wikipedia
Reasons to use Wikipedia

, a guide for students booklet

Case Studies: How Professors are Teaching with Wikipedia booklet

Wikimedia Education

More about editing Wikipedia
As a first step you may like to check out What Wikipedia is not along with its 5 guiding principles: The 5 pillars.


 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page - a fun tutorial introducing new editors to Wikipedia
 * Visual Editor user guide
 * Questions – a guide on where to ask questions
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages
 * The simplified ruleset – a summary of Wikipedia's most important rules
 * Is your topic notable enough for an article?
 * Be Bold!
 * Don't let grumpy users scare you off.
 * Learn from others
 * How to write a great article
 * A simplified manual of style


 * Please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes ( ~ ). This will automatically insert your "signature" (your username and a date stamp). The [[File:Button sig.png]] or [[File:Insert-signature.png]] button, on the tool bar above Wikipedia's text editing window, also does this.
 * If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills without changing the mainspace, the Sandbox is for you.
 * Check out upcoming Wikimedia in Scotland editing events.
 * Check out upcoming Wikimedia UK editing events.

Video guides to editing Wikipedia

 * Wikipedia - It's main policies & guidelines
 * Navigating Wikipedia's front page
 * How to structure an article on Wikipedia: the Featured Article
 * Wikipedia editing in 30 mins
 * How to edit an existing article the right way
 * How easy is Wikipedia's Visual Editor? 5 min walkthrough
 * How to edit using with Visual Editor Part 1: Creating an Account
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.1 Adding Headings
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.2 Adding bold & italics
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.3 Adding bullet points
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 1.4 Adding links
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.1 Adding citations and references
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.2 Further practice with citations (DOI and Pubmed IDs)
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor:Part 2.3 Adding an image
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 2.4 Adding categories
 * Editing Wikipedia using Visual Editor: Part 3 Creating a new article in the Sandbox
 * Editing Wikipedia: Communicating with others using the Talk page and Help Desk
 * Moving a drafted article into Wikipedia's live space.
 * Create visually dynamic timelines in minutes with Histropedia
 * Use the 'Find Link' tool to add links BACK to your page from other pages that SHOULD link to your page.