Programme/Education Pre Conference

Calling educators, education policymakers, instructional technologists, students, librarians, and anyone else interested in the intersections between Wikimedia projects and education: You're invited to join the Wikimania Education Pre-Conference, which will take place on Wednesday, July 15 and Thursday, July 16 of 2015 in the Hilton Hotel Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico.

The Education Pre-Conference is an event held prior to Wikimania, the largest annual gathering in the wiki world. It provides a space to share experiences, take part in workshops and learn about tools and resources to start using Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects as a pedagogical tool in an academic setting.

We would love to hear from you about how Wikipedia can contribute to education. Whether you are a beginner to the Wikimedia world or whether you already use Wikipedia in the classroom, we would love to have you participate. There will be opportunities for everyone to start, grow or improve their use of Wikipedia in the classroom.

Attendance is free, but you need to register here because space is limited.

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Schedule

Below is a tentative schedule. This is subject to change. Updates will be posted on this page as they develop.

Wednesday, July 15

09:00 – 09:15: Wikipedia, free knowledge and open culture (introduction by Paola Ricaurte)
09:15 - 11:00: Editing Workshops (choose one)

• Editing basics (Daniela Perez Michel)
• Advanced editing (Pepe Flores)

11:00 – 11:15: Coffee Break

11:15 – 11.45: Education Extension (Anna Koval)
11:15 – 12.45: Metrics and Documentation 13:00 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 15:45: Educational experiences in Latin America (panel session, in Spanish, moderated by Melina Masnatta)
15:45 – 16:00: Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00: Expert talk: Alejandro Piscitelli (Argentina)

Thursday, July 16

09:00 – 11:00: Ambassador training
11:00 – 11:15: Coffee Break
11:15 – 13:00: Ambassador training (continued)
13:00 – 14:00: Lunch
14:00 – 15:45: Educator strategies to start working with Wikipedia (Workshop, in Spanish, conducted by Adriana Álvarez, Francisco Barrón and Paola Ricaurte)
15:45 – 17:00: World café
15:45 – 17:00: Hackathon to share lessons learned through Learning Patterns