Africa Eduwiki Podcast
By EduWiki Sub-Saharan Africa Podcast
Africa Eduwiki PodcastSep 07, 2022
For educators, is ChatGPT the new Wikipedia?
Welcome to the Eduwiki podcast! In this podcast we delved into a very interesting topic which has gained the attention of many and that is ChatGPT. While Some see it as a game-changer, others have concerns about its potential impact. Recently within the wikimedia community, there was a thought-provoking publication on how educators should approach tools like ChatGPT in a world where technology plays a dominant role. Joining us today is Nichole Saad from the Wikimedia Foundation Education Team, who provided insights on how educators should approach tools like ChatGPT in the 21st century. She recently published this thought provoking story on medium Title- “For educators, is ChatGPT the new Wikipedia?
Nichole Saad is an Education leader who has held about every type of role you can think of in the education sector. She wrote textbooks in Lebanon, started a bi-lingual school in Shanghai, trained teachers for the Ministry of Education in Malaysia, and supported refugee education with UNCHR, UNESCO, and other NGOs. Now, she leads a globally diverse team that works to ensure that everyone has access to knowledge for free and that they have the skills and tools they need to critically consume and contribute to information. Nichole's work is based on her belief that if we establish goals, build communities, and measure results the way the most impactful educators do, we'll accomplish more and build thriving workplaces centered on learning and belonging.
#WikiIndaba Special Episode 7
Listen to Wilson from the Igbo Wikimedians sharing his special insights about Wikiindaba
Igbo Wikimedians is a group of Wikimedians that are committed to working on various wiki projects related to Igbo language and culture. The group is open to collaborations with other organizations to promote Igbo language. It is an open membership group available to anyone that is literate in Igbo language at any level.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Igbo_Wikimedians_User_Group
#WikiIndaba Special Episode 6
Listen to Douglas talking about the WikiVibrance project
Wikivibrance aims to acknowledge and celebrate young Wikimedians advancing open knowledge through community engagement designed for creating synergies, sharing knowledge, and building capacities to contribute to the content of selected thematic areas across Wikimedia projects.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikivibrance
#WikiIndaba Special Episode 5
Listen to Nessima Sharing about the Wiki World Heritage project
Wiki World Heritage User Group is a Wikimedia user group initiated by Wikimedians interested in the documentation of UNESCO World Heritage around the world through Wikimedia projects.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_World_Heritage_User_Group
#WikiIndaba Special Episode 4
Listen to Patricia from Kenya sharing about her work as she presented it in Wikindaba
#WikiIndaba Special Episode 3
Listen to Tochi and Benedict discuss about their program the Wiki Mentors Africa (WMA) from Wikindaba
#WikiIndaba Special Episode 1
Listen to a first timer's perspective of the Wikindaba and how he felt about it from the perspective of a new member of the Wikimedia community in Rwanda
#WikiIndaba Special Episode 2
Listen to Olatunde Isaac Sharing his inputs about the WIkiIndaba in Kigali
Join us for the Second Sub-Sahara regional meeting (Learn what Eduwiki Collaborators network is all about)
In this Episode you will learn what the Eduwiki Collaborators network is all about as we invite you to attend the second Eduwiki Sub-saharan regional meeting. The regional office hours will provide you the opportunity to learn about some wonderful projects happening across the continent, learn about new projects, and exciting opportunities. The meeting is set to take place;
- Date: Tuesday 27th September 2022
- Time: 15:00 UTC/GMT
- Join via Zoom here- BiS1RlYzA4OTJPUT09
Why should you attend?
Regional education meetings are planned by the community specialists of the EduWiki Outreach Collaborators] (EWOC) and the Wikimedia Education Team to strengthen the EduWiki network, explore collaboration opportunities, and identify common practices or challenges that are faced by our community members in different regions of the world.
Register/Submit a session
- To register or submit a session kindly register here-https://forms.gle/4d3Hh18qeS3TktAV6
If you have other ideas, topics, or questions you can write to eduwikiafrica@gmail.com or leave them on the event meta page . We will try to answer them during the meeting. We are looking forward to seeing you there! This event will be live-streamed from Wikimedia Foundation Education Team’s Facebook Page. You can also join the event through the Zoom link, meeting link is available on our event page.
Join the network platform for the Region
If you are from the region, we encourage you to join our Facebook community group or Eduwiki Community Specialist Telegram group, Twitter @eduwiki_Africa, to keep you posted and supported.
You can also watch the first regional meeting held Feburary2022 here.
See you soon!
Bukola James share her experience about her participation in the Reading Wikipedia in the classroom program
Today in this episode, we will be having a very interesting conversation with an Aluminia of the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom.
Our guest for this podcast is Bukola James she will be sharing her experience on her participation in the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program. This program is one of the Wikimedia Foundation’s flagship teacher training programs.The whole idea is to help both educators and students to develop vital media and information literacy skills for the 21st century, and this also includes;
- Understanding how information is produced
- How to access and evaluate content online
- How to understand biases and knowledge gaps in the information they consume.
In 2020, Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom was piloted in three countries: Bolivia, Morocco, and the Philippines. Today we have seen participation from different other countries across the world and have proven to be a very essential program highly impactful.
Bukola James is a librarian training at the Kwara State University Malete and is also currently a virtual intern for IFLA-BSLISE. She has great experience leading different Wikimedia projects in GLAM institutions in Nigeria. In 2021, she became the first-ever certified trainer of the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program in Nigeria. Aside from volunteering for the Wikimedia community, she is also a member of the Creative Commons GLAM resources working group. She is also a Media Publicist for the National Association of Library and Information Science Students in Nigeria and an SDG advocate -SDGs 4, 8, & 12.
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Email – eduwikiafrica@gmail.com
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What the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Program is all about?
The Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Program is one of the Wikimedia Foundation’s flagship teacher training programs. The whole idea is to help both educators and students to develop vital media and information literacy skills for the 21st century, And this also includes;
- Understanding how information is produced
- How to access and evaluate content online
- How to understand biases and knowledge gaps in the information they consume.
In 2020, Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom was piloted in three countries: Bolivia, Morocco, and the Philippines. Today we have seen participation from different other countries across the world and have proven to be a very essential program highly impactful.
On this podcast episode we had a very interesting conversation about the program with Melissa Guadalupe Huertas.
Are you wondering what the program is all about and the opportunities it offers? Melissa has explained it all in this podcast.
Melissa Guadalupe Huertas serves as a Senior Education Program Officer at the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that hosts Wikipedia and its sister projects. Her work supports education actors and free-knowledge advocates with resources and strategies that help integrate Wikimedia projects as pedagogical tools. She has over 10 years of experience leading education initiatives in Latin America focused on education for community development, leadership, and cross-cultural collaboration. She’s a former Chevening Scholar and holds an MA in Education, Gender and International Development from University College London. She’s also the co-founder of the edtech organization MásEducaciónPe and co-author of the book “Educadoras sin Límites”.
Want to be hosted on our podcast show? Don't hesitate to write to us.
Email - eduwikiafrica@gmail.com
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Using Kiwix to reach the unreached experiences from Volunteers in Ghana
In this Episode you will learn about Kiwix, what it is and how 2 volunteers from Open Foundation West Africa are implementing it in Ghana. Read more about the Kiwix for school project by OFWA - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kiwix4Schools_Project, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-XEQYW_f1g
If you need more information or want to contact them, you can do so at info@ofwafrica.org.