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Forthcoming Talks on Wikipedia in Edinburgh

Brian Kelly — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:32:18 +0000

Yesterday was the first anniversary since I started work at Cetis. During that period I have been involved in two main areas of work: supporting the outreach and engagement aspects of the LACE (Learning Analytics Community Exchange) project and promoting use of open educational practices and in particular, use of Wikipedia. Later today I will […]

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Wikipedia and Information Literacy Article in CILIP Update

Brian Kelly — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:18:49 +0000

Wikipedia and Information Literacy

The current issue of CILIP Update (access restricted to CILIP members and subscribers) features a two-page article entitled “Wikipedia and Information Literacy“. The article, which was written by myself, Nancy Graham and Andrew Gray is based on the Wikipedia workshop sessions and talks which we gave at the LILAC 2014 conference in Sheffield in April 2014.

The article is aimed at librarians, especially those with interests in information literacy. As we described in order to address the pressures to do more in the time available for learning information literacy:

It is a good idea to consider use of resources and methods which are: a) already in widespread use; b) with which readers already have a positive relationship; and c) which can be used to demonstrate multiple aspects of information literacy within a single context.

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Open Education and Wikipedia: Developments in the UK

Brian Kelly — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:00:37 +0000

The third annual Open Education Week (#openeducationwk) takes place from 10-15 March 2014. As described on the Open Education Week web site “its purpose is to raise awareness about the movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide“.

Cetis staff are supporting Open Education Week by publishing a series of blog posts about open education activities. Cetis have had long-standing involvement in open education and have published a range of papers which cover topics such as OERs (Open Educational Resources) and MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses).

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What I Know Is

Lorna Campbell — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:06:01 +0000

A Research Symposium on Online Collaborative Knowledge Building

The University of Stirling will host a one day research symposium on online collaborative knowledge building tomorrow, Wednesday 19th February. Further details are available here: What I Know Is

Dogma concerning the use of the Wikipedia has, for many of us working in Higher Education, tended to dictate a lukewarm and grudging acknowledgement of its existence at best; at worst, a belief that any and all uses of it ought to be expunged from academia forever. This attitude to the Wikipedia, and its umbrella organisation in the UK, Wikimedia UK, has in recent years mellowed and in some disciplinary circles it has now been appropriated as a tool for Learning and Teaching.

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Facilitating a Wikipedia Editing Session; the #solo13 Experience

Brian Kelly — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:03:49 +0000

The Wikipedia Editing Workshop Session at the SpotOn 2013 Conference

This has been my second extended week of conferences. As described in a post on my Reflections on the EduWiki 2013 Conference on Friday and Saturday, 1 and 2 November 2013, I attended the EduWiki 2013 Conference. On last Friday and Saturday, 8 and 9 November I attended SpotOn 2013, the Science, Policy, Outreach and Tools Online conference.

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