Presentation of the project Wikipedia Primary School at Wiki Indaba, 22 June 2014.

1. Wikipedia Primary School
!
Providing on Wikipedia the information necessary
to complete the cycle of primary education in the
languages used by the different education systems
WikiIndaba, Johannesburg 22/06/2014

2. Primary Education?

4. Kiwix,Wikipedia offline.

5. http://education.wikia.com/wiki/Education:Main_Page.

6. Framasoft et Wikimedia France proposent en 2012 une clé USB contenant l'encyclopédie libre Wikipédia accompagnée de plusieurs dizaines de logiciels libres.

9. We want to make Wikipedia a better education resource.

10. Identify content
gap from school
programs
Trigger the
production of
content: new
articles,
improvements,
editing of existing
OER
Peer review
process on
Wikipedia, with
the involvement
of journals, with
the involvement
of experts
New content
available on
Wikipedia or for
Wikipedia
SCHOOL
PROGRAMS
SCHOOL
PROGRAMS
SCHOOL
PROGRAMS

11. Article (not a stub)
The content of the article corresponds to the title
The summery summarizes the article
It is understandable (high school level)
It has examples from the world (international)
The structure is easy to navigate
The article is not too heavy (lengths)

12. Content gap [A]
[missing topics]
Create new content
Review
Propose new
content to
Wikipedia
New article on non-existing topic
New article replacing a stub
Rewrite “from scratch” existing article
Improve an existing article
Peer review in a journal
Peer review by wikipedians
Peer review by experts from the project
The review system depends on content
Accept
able for
WP?
Covered content
[existing topics]
Excellent according
to WP [D]
To be improved
according to WP [C]
Stub only [B]
Review of NCS
Check on WP
List of 100 topics (incl. 50 edu systems)
List of 100 articles by category
Approv
al from
SC
Translations

13. Why
1.We are already distributing Wikipedia as an educational tool
3. It is more and more accessible (online, mobile, offline)
4. Making sure it provides (good) content related to education
5. Improving underrepresented content
6.Taking advantage of existing resources and expertise
7. Supporting Wikipedia and its (potential and new) communities (readers
and contributors)

14. What we are not going to do
1.We do not break Wikipedia rules.
2.We do not work for governments and ministries of education.
3.We do not consider Wikipedia a schoolbook.
4.We do not promote Wikipedia as a stable and passive resource.
5.We do not centralize all the activities, and in any case we can’t.
!

15. Conclusion

16. © Mounir Fatmi, Les connexions, 2003-2004, installation

17. Wikipedia Primary School: Providing on Wikipedia the information necessary to complete the cycle of
primary education in the languages used by the different education systems
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Primary_School
cc by-sa all, Johannesburg 22/06/2014
!
!
Mobile A2K, photo Zetalab for lettera27, Dakar, 2010, cc by-sa.

18. Identify content
gap from school
programs
Target: 100
Trigger the
production of
content: new
articles,
improvements,
editing of existing
OER
Peer review
process on
Wikipedia, with
the involvement
of journals, with
the involvement
of experts
New content
available on
Wikipedia or for
Wikipedia
SCHOOL
PROGRAMS
SCHOOL
PROGRAMS
SCHOOL
PROGRAMS

19. Wikipedia
Wikipedia
community
Schools
Content
requirements
Teachers
Pupils
Teaching
requirements
Authors
Write articles
Journals (SciELO), Wikipedians, experts for peer-review)
Project team
Select topics
Authors
Improve existing articles
SciELO
Translators
Translate existing articles30
40
30
PEERREVIEW
Mini-portal
access to relevant
articles + support
Project
Project team
Existing content from projects30
Scientific Committee
Approves topics
SCHOOL
PROGRAMS
SCHOOL
PROGRAMS
SCHOOL
PROGRAMS
FOCUS
Geographically: South Africa and Switzerland curriculum statements
Topicwise: Geography, History, Science, Technologies
School systems of African countries

20. Wikipedians
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikiversity
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikimedia South Africa
Wikimedia user group
Tunisia
WikiAfrica
Afripedia
Nigeria
Cameroon
South Africa
Tunisia
Ghana
Ethiopia
Egypt
Algeria
Libya
France
Wikimedia Foundation
WikiAfrica
Cameroon
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
USA
…
…Namibia
Zimbabwe
The Wikimedia movement online offline, individuals, groups and institutions. cc by-sa.

21. Offline
Wikimedia user group
Wikimedia chapter
Wikimedia
Foundation
The current recognition systems in the Wikimedia movement. cc by-sa.
Online
User contribution
Discussion pages
User page
Experience
Projects
Commissions
Geriatric hierarchy
“I know you”
“I am an editor since…”
“I have … edits”
Newsletters
Mailing lists
meta
Reports
Projects funded by Wikimedia Foundation
Events
WikiGLAMs
Projects in the field of education
Report
Fundings
Blog
Edit count

22. The challenges of the current recognition systems in the Wikimedia movement. cc by-sa.
Offline
Online
Online there is a system - Offline there is no specific system
!
CHALLENGES OFFLINE
Criteria based on the online system
Difficult entrance point for new volunteers
Offline-relevant skills not considered
No system to recognize individual offline contribution
No system to recognize “BAD” individual offline contribution
Request of acknowledgment

23. © Bili Bidjocka, Ecriture Infinie, http://www.ecritureinfinie.org.