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cohesion at sleepyhead

Jun 13, 2008, 8:55 PM

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Wikipedia trainers

http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/06/13/wikimedia-trains-older-volunteers-as-wikipedia-trainers/

This is a great idea. Is there any information about this anywhere? It
says it was started on monday, where? Is there a link or something? :\

Judson
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frank.schulenburg at gmail

Jun 14, 2008, 2:39 AM

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Re: Wikipedia trainers [In reply to]

Hi Judson,

the opening for the online course took place at Düsseldorf, Germany.
There are some nice photos on Commons which give you a first
impression of the atmosphere:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_in_Senioreninternetcafes

There's some information online - currently only in German [1].

But I will keep you informed on this in my next Public outreach report
and newsletter.

Best
Frank

[1] http://www.forum-seniorenarbeit.de/index.phtml?sNavID=373.120&mNavID=373.117&&ffsm=1&ffmod=tx&object=tx%7C373.2201.1&La=1&FID=373.2201.1

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2008/6/14 Judson Dunn <cohesion [at] sleepyhead>:
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/06/13/wikimedia-trains-older-volunteers-as-wikipedia-trainers/
>
> This is a great idea. Is there any information about this anywhere? It
> says it was started on monday, where? Is there a link or something? :\
>
> Judson
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cohesion
>
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cohesion at sleepyhead

Jun 14, 2008, 6:09 AM

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On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 4:39 AM, Frank Schulenburg
<frank.schulenburg [at] gmail> wrote:
> Hi Judson,
>
> the opening for the online course took place at Düsseldorf, Germany.
> There are some nice photos on Commons which give you a first
> impression of the atmosphere:
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_in_Senioreninternetcafes
>

Cool, that looks really great. One of my co-workers is older and
heavily involved in computer user groups. In the US, probably
everywhere, they were really popular a while ago, and still serve a
lot of older users. She has recently become interested in Wikipedia,
and I've showed her some things. He user groups want to learn more
about it also though.

Anyway, I say all that just to show that I think there would be a real
interest in this in many places. I certainly look forward to the
content contributions of older users also! :)

Judson
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frank.schulenburg at gmail

Jun 18, 2008, 2:30 AM

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Re: Wikipedia trainers [In reply to]

Hi all,

due to the huge interest in the online course "Wikipedia in internet
cafés for older people" I've started a page on Meta:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Trainers

Please feel free to ask more questions about the project and our first
experiences.

Frank Schulenburg
Public outreach coordinator

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zvandijk at googlemail

Jun 18, 2008, 3:04 AM

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Re: Wikipedia trainers [In reply to]

These problems sound familiar to me, but it is interesting to hear
about such a meeting. My training experiences are more
person-to-person.
It seems that your trainees are quite computer experienced, Frank,
because mine had even problems how to search things on Wikipedia.
Maybe in future Wikimedia could produce teaching aids or how-to DVD films?
Ziko

2008/6/18 Frank Schulenburg <frank.schulenburg [at] gmail>:
> Hi all,
>
> due to the huge interest in the online course "Wikipedia in internet
> caf�s for older people" I've started a page on Meta:
>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Trainers
>
> Please feel free to ask more questions about the project and our first
> experiences.
>
> Frank Schulenburg
> Public outreach coordinator
>
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Jun 18, 2008, 5:46 AM

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2008/6/18 Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk [at] googlemail>:
> It seems that your trainees are quite computer experienced, Frank,
> because mine had even problems how to search things on Wikipedia.

Yes, indeed. All participants are experienced internet trainers
already volunteering in internet cafés for older people. This is the
most important aspect: I don't know how many lectures I held in my
time as board member of Wikimedia Deutschland. But that doesn't scale.
As we want to reach out to a broader public we need to train people as
Wikipedia evangelists. People who have some teaching experience
already and who are willing to stage Wikipedia workshops on their own.

> Maybe in future Wikimedia could produce teaching aids or how-to DVD films?

I agree. Video tutorials make learning much easier than printed
material or online help pages. We are about to produce two short
how-to films, 2 to 3 minutes each (see my last report and newsletter).

Frank Schulenburg
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