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  • From: Kelsey Wiens <kelseywiens AT gmail.com>
  • To: CC Africa mailing list <ccAfrica AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [ccAfrica] #OpenAfrica15 now accepting applications
  • Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 16:25:27 +0200

Hello CC Africa 

Our partner WikiAfrica is pleased to announce #OpenAfrica15 

Please see details below - don't miss out

Thanks!

K


The Goethe-Institut Johannesburg and WikiAfrica is proudly hosting the week-long (5 day) #OpenAfrica15 – a Wikipedian in Residence training course – in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The #OpenAfrica15 training is a course for Wikipedians in Residence aimed at supporting and expanding the skill sets of existing Wikipedians across the continent. It will take place at the Goethe-Institut in Johannesburg from the 30th November to the 4th December 2015.

Chosen delegates will be tasked with pre and post course takes that include engaging with content-rich institutions and training and supporting local Wikipedian volunteers. Delegates will be drawn from the following countries: KenyaEthiopiaCameroonGhanaCote d’Ivoire and South Africa.

For more on WikiAfrica, please visit www.wikiafrica.net.

This is a call for applications from Wikip/medians who would like to be instructed in all aspects of Wikipedia and Wikimedia interaction.

#OpenAfrica15

The training session will host 8 delegates with the aim of activating them as Wikipedians in Residence from countries across Africa, and South Africa. The training session will take 5 days of intensive introduction to the following subjects:

  • Wikipedia, Wikimedia Projects, and the Wikimedia landscape in Africa,
  • The Open Movement and its impact in Africa,
  • Working with partners to extract citable content,
  • Leveraging networks to build community and aggregate content,
  • Using Wikimedia tools, e.g. GLAM tools, Wikimetrics and Wiki Data,
  • Event planning, marketing and communication for engagement,
  • Project planning, grants, accountability and budgets, and
  • Tracking and metric tools and evaluation.

The expected outcomes will be:

  • Complete immersion in and understanding of the Wikimedia projects.
  • A road map for engagement with local partners, networks and community.
  • The ability to determine the extent of information available in their country and how to draw that information onto Wikipedia.
  • A plan for how to access the needed information effectively and efficiently.
  • A sustainable strategy for the critical evaluation of the information and its sources.
  • Plan the incorporation and expansion of all selected information into the Wikimedia projects.
  • Have a proactive understanding of the economic, legal, and social issues that impact the Open Movement and develop an ethical and legal strategy to engage access and use information in 3-5 countries across Africa.
- See more at: http://www.wikiafrica.net/call-for-applications-wikipedian-training-at-openafrica15/#sthash.uOBTBURg.dpuf


Kelsey Wiens
Creative Commons Public Lead 
Cape Town, South Africa

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  • [ccAfrica] #OpenAfrica15 now accepting applications, Kelsey Wiens, 10/26/2015

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