Wikiducation Belgium

	Wikiducation Belgium

	On this page you will find background information the Wikiducation project by Wikimedia Belgium, if you wish to be kept informed by e-mail about news and press releases, send us an e-mail at wmbewikimedia.org with the request.

Attention ! The Wikiducation.BE project will be run the first year a Sideproject to Wiki Loves Art 2016.

Target audience

Wikiducation.BE is aimed at

professional educators : schools, universities, teachers, lecturers, students, and adult education organizations
individuals and small informal groups of : existing or potential wiki-contributors, illustrators, photographers and associations that have an interest in getting to know / getting to grips with the wiki projects .
Volunteer Personal Development Initiative(VPDI) for off-wiki volunteers

Wikiducation.BE objectives are :

raise awareness
- about the Wikipedia and the Wikiprojects in general
- about correct use, usefullness and pitfalls of wikipedia in education
- in the educational sector about the Wikipedia professional education platform has to offer
provide and support the use of Wikipedia professional education platform for educators to work with, using Wikipedia as an educational tool and educational environment
dissipate anti-wikipedia bias in education sector
provide support for educators to use Wikipedia as an educational environment
provide support for students to use Wikipedia correctly as a learning tool
recruit new wiki(pedia)contributors : editors to write articles, illustrators to illustrate articles, translators correctors
recruit photographers to make pictures for the contest
set up a mentorship program by existing wikipedians for the newbees before they get bashed in the "wicked world of wikipedia"

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