Wikipedia:WikiProject Open Barn Raising 2014

Event details

 * Event: A Wikipedia "Barn Raising!" We worked to improve Wikipedia articles related to OER and openness in education.
 * When & Where: Saturday July 19, 2014, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Pacific Time); Impact Hub, Oakland, and online
 * Etherpad page (tool for real-time collaboration): etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/OERBARN
 * Hashtag for Twitter and social media: #oerbarn
 * Join the wikiproject: WikiProject Open team



To prepare for the event
We look forward to having you! Please do the following ahead of time, if possible:
 * If you do not already have a Wikipedia account, please create one.
 * Consider what topics or articles you might want to work on. Review the existing articles, and their talk pages, to determine what kind of work might be needed; and add the article(s) to our list below.
 * Reference materials, if you have them: books about education, bookmarks to important online resources, etc.
 * If you have any relevant digital photos (that you have taken, or that you know are freely available for use on Wikipedia) that you would like to use on Wikipedia, have them ready for uploading.

If attending in person

 * Bring a laptop if you can (we can provide a few if needed)
 * Or, if you don't have any of the above, just bring yourself :-)

If participating online

 * We welcome online participants from around the world. Our hub for collaboration is etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/OERBARN. We also have a video feed.
 * Please contact us on (on Pete's User Talk page or by email) if you are unable to participate, but would like to do something like this in the future.

Further event contribution notes
A few articles edited at the event not captured in the live updates above:
 * User sandbox draft that with some more work can replace 20 Million Minds Foundation redirect.


 * Mountain Heights Academy (new article)
 * Udacity
 * Open educational resources policy
 * For good measure Tahitian Drumming

Some articles we may work on
This list will be honed by project participants in the run up to the event, with specific articles and sections identified beforehand. Please add your feedback and specific suggestions on the WikiProject talk page. More specific tasks at etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/OERBARN.
 * Open educational resources (main article)
 * Outline of open education
 * Open education / open learning
 * Open educational practices
 * Open content
 * Open textbooks
 * MOOC
 * OpenCourseWare
 * Open Access
 * Open educational resources policy
 * Open license

Tips for new editors

 * The Editing Wikipedia brochure (PDF) is a concise introduction.
 * The Wikipedia Cheatsheet is a good reference for wiki markup code.
 * Our School of Open "Writing Wikipedia Articles" (WIKISOO) course materials contain helpful information.