Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Virginia/Scholia for education August 2020
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 2020 |
| Time | noon-1 EDT |
| Where: | remote! |
| slides | Scholia for Education |
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A team from the University of Virginia School of Data Science is presenting Scholia for Education, a presentation of the Wikipedia tool Scholia as it profiles academic data related to education research. Wikipedia is a highly consulted source of information on all sorts of topics including in education. Complementing Wikipedia, Wikidata is in the process of indexing the entirety of academic literature in a free and open collection for use on the open web. Attendees of this event will see how Scholia profiles topics in education and provides an option for global access to information in this field.
No preparation or prior Wikipedia experience required!
This talk and all attendee participation will be recorded and available here after the event.
Schedule
[edit]- 0:00-0:05 - Welcome
- 0:05-0:25 - presentation on Wikipedia
- 0:25-0:45 - Discussion and demos
- 0:45-0:55 - Questions?
- 0:55-1:00 - wrap up and thanks!
Support
[edit]Community organizations contributing to the success of and fun of this presentation include the following:
- University of Virginia, and especially the School of Data Science and Library, encourage the development of Wikipedia for academia
- Wiki Education Foundation sponsors the infrastructure which assists academic development of Wikipedia, including the metrics tracking
- Wikimedia New York City has piloted many university collaborations in its region, and supports the University of Virginia after this model
Presenters are
- Brian Wright, Assistant Professor in the Curry School of Education and the School of Data Science
- Daniel Mietchen, Data Scientist for Open Data, School of Data Science
- Lane Rasberry, Wikimedian in Residence, School of Data Science