משתמשת:Shai-WMIL/טיוטה לניסיונות

Collaboration on free content

This year, activities in schools and academic institutions grew significantly. The expansion of this activity was made possible thanks to the development of the courseware and training tools for teachers. Training tools helped teachers to promote Wikipedia writing projects almost independently, and helped volunteers be active in more organizations. The number of articles that were written by students during 2015 grew by nearly 500% compared the number of articles written in 2014 and by more than 200% compared to the work plan target!

Developing our collaboration with the Ministry of Education

Gifted studants

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In 2015, we have created an infrastructure which will enable a significant expansion of our activities in the future. Theis infrastructure includes strategic partnerships on the one hand, and on the other, the development of training materials for educators.

In the field of strategic cooperations, we've established and maintained, our liaison with influential educational institutions. Among these organizations are the Ministry of Education of the State of Israel, and the Municipal Educational Administration of Be’er Sheba, the connection with which was established in previous years. On top of these organizations, three new collaborations were added this year:

1. ORT Israel educational network, with over 200 schools and colleges across Israel and with students from Jewish and Arab communities.
2. Nobel Laureates for Excellence in Education - an association which operates in dozens of schools around Israel to promote students' exposure to scientific and technological content.
3. The Dov Lautman Unit for Science Oriented Youth - a unit at Tel Aviv University engaged in imparting science education to thousands of gifted youths.

In the field of training materials for educators, we have developed a variety of training and advance study materials: Wikipedia based educational activities, lesson and lecture plans, annual work plans for educational Wikipedia writing projects, an indicator for evaluating entries written by students, and written instructions to accompany the students in the writing process.

Next year, we hope to condense all this material and render it accessible for teachers in an attractive manner, together with marketing materials. In addition, we plan to share more of these materials with tge international community, an effort we have started this year.

Based on these partnerships and training materials, we believe that we can considerably expand our activities in schools and universities during 2016.

The cooperation with ORT Israel network started with a pilot project with three classes (ninth and tenth grades) from three different schools. The students are writing articles in various fields as part of their Hebrew language lessons. We are currently in the middle of the pilot.

The leading figure on behalf of ORT network is Dr. Deborah Harpaz, director of the Hebrew studies in ORT and one of the most prominent figures in the network. We interviewed Deborah to learn from her about Wikipedia’s educational opportunities, about the stages of the project’s work process, and its future horizon.

What attracted you to leading a project of this kind?

First of all I'm looking for ways to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in teaching and I perceived the project as an opportunity to do so. Secondly, I strive to promote ORT network’s learning communities. I feel that the learning process in the project is suitable for collaborative work within a community circle consisting of teachers, students and other learning partners. And thirdly, the project addresses my need for empowering teachers and student. On the one hand, I seek to expose teachers to additional teaching tools and to strengthen their sense of leadership and capability when it comes to teaching; On the other hand, I want to expose students to a substantial learning process.

Could you describe the main work stages?

The work process on the project included several stages. First, I contacted directors in the ORT Israel network in order to recruit schools and teachers that would participate in the project. I then constructed, with Wikimedia Israel, a teacher’s training that included face-to-face meetings, an online meeting, and assignments to be submitted. The training referred to academic-scientific writing, cultivating a learning community in the classroom, Wikipedia and its educational applications, and more.

In the next stage, teachers who participated in the training developed, in collaboration with myself and with Shai, Education and instruction coordinator a detailed annual work plan and a variety of lesson plans and activities. Then the project went underway and since then, along with Wikimedia Israel, I focus on regularly accompanying and supporting the teachers who lead the project in the participating schools: I visit schools, listen to any difficulties that arise in the field, and help in finding solutions.

What do you anticipate for the continuation of the project next year?

I would love for the number of students and teachers participating in the project to increase due to increased number of participating schools and expansion of the activities in each of the continuing schools. In addition, I aspire for the veteran teachers to become the project’s leaders in their schools. In fact, even at this stage I am already working on recruiting new teachers and schools for the continuation of the project next year.

Training teachers

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Higher Education

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Maintaining and developing the collaboration with the National Library

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Training

Developing training and instruction tools

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Free Knowledge Awareness

"Where’s my data?"

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Communication and Publicity

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Resources

Resources to plan for measurement

• Global metrics are an important starting point for grantees when it comes to measuring programmatic impact (Learning Patterns and Tutorial) but don’t stop there.
• Logic Models provide a framework for mapping your pathway to impact through the cause and effect chain from inputs to outputs to outcomes. Develop a logic model to map out your theory of change and determine the metrics and measures for your programs.
• Importantly, both qualitative and quantitative measures are important so consider both as you determine measures for your evaluation and be sure to ask the right questions to be sure to capture your program stories.

Resources for storytelling

• WMF storytelling series and toolkit (DRAFT)
• Online workshop on Storytelling. By Frameworks institute
  • The origin of storytelling
  • Story frames, with a focus on news-worthiness.
• Reading guide: Storytelling and Social change. By Working Narratives
  • The uses of the story.
  • Case studies.
• Blog: 3 Tips on telling stories that move people to action. By Paul VanDeCarr (Working Narratives), on Philanthropy.com
• Building bridges using narrative techniques. By Sparknow.net
  • Differences between a report and a story
  • Question guides and exercises.
• Guide: Tools for Knowledge and Learning. By Overseas Development Institute (UK).
  • Developing a strategy
  • Collaboration mechanisms
  • Knowledge sharing and learning
  • Capturing and storing knowledge.