Annika Richterich is Assistant Professor in Digital Culture Literature & Art, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences aan de Universiteit Maastricht
Johan van der Zwaag heeft als vertaler gewerkt in het Wikimedia Educatieprogramma.
Arne Wossink werkt bij Wikimedia Nederland. Als projectleider houdt hij zich onder andere bezig met het opzetten en begeleiden van samenwerkingen tussen de Wikimedia-beweging en Nederlandse kennis- en erfgoedinstellingen.
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At Maastricht University, Vivian van Saaze and Annika Richterich organised a skills training on Wikipedia. It was part of the course “Sharing cultures” in the M.A. programme “Media Culture”. The skills training was offered twice so far, in autumn 2015 and 2016. In her lecture, Annika Richterich will present some insights into using Wikipedia as educational tool for university courses. The course “Sharing cultures” introduces students to practices of sharing facilitated by digital platforms and social media. The Wikipedia skills training had three main objectives: 1) to allow students to explore a form of digital knowledge sharing; 2) to familiarise them with principles of encyclopaedic writing; 3) to acquaint them with the use of MediaWiki and Wiki markup. Students wrote (or contributed to) a Wikipedia article on a concept relevant to the course theme, such as “sharing economy” or “collaborative consumption”. A main idea for the skills training was that students would not only encounter Wikipedia as online environment, but would gain insights into the knowledge sharing practices and communal dynamics underpinning this environment. In this form, the skills training would not have been possible without the support of dedicated Wikipedia volunteers, among them the users Romaine, Dick Bos, Taketa and WeeJeeVee. They joined the skills tutorials and shared their technical as well as practical knowledge. The Wikimedians helped students understand the work of the Wikimedia foundation and Wikipedia as community.
Het Wikimedia Nederland educatieprogramma bestaat sinds 2014. In deze periode zijn verschillende formats uitgeprobeerd, met zeer wisselende resultaten. Arne Wossink geeft hiervan een overzicht en zal ook inzicht geven in de richting waarin Wikimedia Nederland dit programma graag verder zou willen ontwikkelen.
Johan van der Zwaag zal zijn ervaringen bespreken in het kader van de samenwerking tussen Wikimedia Nederland en de ITV Hogeschool voor Tolken en Vertalen.
