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== Outputs from events ==
== Outputs from events ==
[https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/open_knowledge__university_of_st_andrews/programs Overall campaign dashboard (Open Knowledge + University of St Andrews)]
[[wmfdashboard:campaigns/the_idea_network/programs|Overall campaign dashboard (The IDEA Network)]]


=== The IDEA Network Events History: ===
== IDEA Network events ==

=== Upcoming events ===
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|[https://theideanetwork.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2024/09/16/idea-network-launches-the-role-of-universities-in-the-ethical-digital-nation-project/ The Role of Universities in the Ethical Digital Nation]
|[[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/Wiki_Workshop_for_Youth_Scotland_(Winter_2024)|Wiki Workshop for Youth Scotland]]
|01/24 - 02/24
|08/24 - 12/24
|University of St Andrews
|'''Purpose''': To explore how universities can play a pivotal role in addressing digital challenges through collaborative research, training programs, and the development of socio-technical solutions.
|[[User:Abd_Alsattar_Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]], and [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]]
|-
|[[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/Digital_Inclusion_2024_-_Digital_Poverty_Alliance_Training_2024|Digital Poverty Alliance Training 2024]]
|29/11/24
|Online
|Online
|'''Purpose''': To deliver specialised training for the Digital Poverty Alliance, equipping participants with skills to enrich Wikipedia's content on digital inclusion.
|'''Purpose''': train youth workers as editors, and introduce them to the breadth of opportunities posed by the Wikiprojects.
|[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]]
|[[User:Abd_Alsattar_Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]], and [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]]

|-
|-
|[[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/Digital_Inclusion_WikiConnect_2024_(Autumn_2024)|Digital Inclusion WikiConnect 2024]]
|Lost in Translation STEP 2024
|06/24 - 08/24
|09/24 - 11/24
|Online
|Online
|'''Purpose''': train undergraduates in Wiki editing, supporting them to make their first translations
|'''Purpose''': collaboratively train St Andrews staff and students in Wiki editing, specifically around digital literacy and digital poverty
|[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and Pauline Souleau
|[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], [[User:Abd_Alsattar_Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]], Sara Thomas
|-
|Antibiotics Under Our Feet STEP 2024
|06/24 - 08/24
|Online
|'''Purpose''': train undergraduates in Wiki editing about microorganisms
|[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and Clarissa Czekster
|}
|}

=== Past events ===

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|[[wmfdashboard:courses/New_Scot_Wiki_Workshop_2024_(5_November_2024)|Wikipedia Training: Empowering Communities through Collaborative Knowledge]]
| Launch of the IDEA Network || 01/04/2021 || Online || '''Purpose''': bring together staff, students, and potential external collaborators to share experiences of using Wikipedia and her sister projects in research, teaching, knowledge exchange and public engagement. It was followed by a new editor training session. || [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], [[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]] and [[User:Sara Thomas (WMUK)|Sara Thomas]]
|05/11/24
|University of Edinburgh
|'''Purpose''': To introduce participants to Wikipedia editing as part of the "New Scots Digital Connect" project, enhancing digital literacy and fostering collaborative knowledge-sharing skills.
|[[User:Abd_Alsattar_Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]], [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], and Ewan McAndrew
|-
|-
|[[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/WikiCommons_Fun_Palace_2024_(September_-_October_2024)|Wikicommons Fun Palaces 2024]]
| [[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/EXPLORATHON_72_hour_editathon_(24-26_September_2021)|EXPLORATHON 2021 72 hour Editathon]]|| 23/09/21 - 26/09/21 2021 || Online || '''Purpose''': build capacity by recruiting new editors from Italy, Malta, Spain, Sweden, and UK/Ireland. 5 editor training sessions were delivered in the run up to a 72-hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 57 people registered for the training, 44 editors signed up to the [[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/EXPLORATHON_72_hour_editathon_(24-26_September_2021)|Dashboard]], and 13 edited over the course of the weekend. || [[User:drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and [https://www.explorathon.co.uk EXPLORATHON], Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
|09/24 - 10/24
|Online
|'''Purpose''': introduce folks to Wikicommons so they can upload photos to Wiki Loves Monuments photo competition
|[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]]
|-
|-
|[[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/Festival_of_Modern_Languages_Wiki_Workshop_2024_(Autumn_2024)|Festival of Modern Languages Wiki Poetry Workshop]]
| Open Research Launch || 22/11/21|| Online|| '''Purpose''': raise awareness of Wikipedia and her sister projects at the University of Strathclyde.||[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]]
|06/24 - 08/24
|Onsite
|'''Purpose''': train those who write in multiple languages to plug knowledge gaps connected to poetry.
|[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and Pauline Souleau
|-
|-
|[[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/Healthcare_Translation_Task_Force_STEP_2024_(Summer)|Healthcare Translation Task Force STEP 2024]]
| [https://www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk/events/scottish-refugee-festival-meets-wikipedia-finding-a-home-as-a-wikipedia-editor/ Scottish Refugee Festival 2021]|| 19/06/21 || Online || '''Purpose''': enable participants at the [https://www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk/ Refugee Festival Scotland] to find out where their knowledge might improve Wikipedia and make it a better place for everyone. || [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], [[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]] and [https://www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk/ Refugee Festival Scotland]
|06/24 - 08/24
|Online
|'''Purpose''': train undergraduates in Wiki editing, supporting them to make their first translations.
|[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], [[User:Abd_Alsattar_Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]], Sara Thomas
|-
|-
|[[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/Antibiotics_Under_Our_Feet_STEP_2024_(Summer)|Antibiotics Under Our Feet STEP 2024]]
| [[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/SGSAH_Mind_The_Gender_Gap_Wiki_Workshop_(21st_June_2022)|Scottish Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities Mind the (gender) gap]]|| 21/06/22|| Online|| '''Purpose''': train arts and humanities postgraduate researchers in Wiki editing. || [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]]
|06/24 - 08/24
|Online
|'''Purpose''': train undergraduates in Wiki editing, supporting them to make edits about microorganisms.
|[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], Clarissa Czekster
|-
|-
|[[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/Plugging_the_gaps_on_Wikidata_STEP_2024_(Summer)|Plugging the gaps on Wikidata STEP 2024]]
| [https://helen.global-share.org/events/3 Contributing to Open Knowledge: Mind The (Gender) Gap Wiki Workshop]|| 23/04/22 || Online || '''Purpose''': [https://www.chevening.org/ Chevening] organisation, [https://global-share.org/ Global Share] social enterprise & the IDEA Network hosted a Wiki Workshop where they worked together on adding biographies of women to Wikipedia. Those who took part developed new skills and challenge systemic biases at the same time. || [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], and [[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]]
|01/24 - 02/24
|Online
|'''Purpose''': train undergraduates in Wikidata editing to plug knowledge gaps found during the CS3099 module.
|[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], [[User:Abd_Alsattar_Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]], Ian Gent
|-
|-
|[[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/Wiki_Workshop_for_Youth_Scotland_(Winter_2024)|Wiki Workshop for Youth Scotland]]
| [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_St_Andrews/Wiki_Workshop_for_STEP_students_(15_June_2022)/%7CDashboard Wiki STEP Project 2022]|| 06/22 – 07/22 || Online || '''Purpose''': fill knowledge gaps in English and Simple English Wikipedia relating to topics such as soil microbes, historians, and mathematicians. 19 students and 2 staff members received new editor training, and everyone edited over the summer. || [[User:drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and CEED at the University of St Andrews
|01/24 - 02/24
|-
|Online
| [[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/EXPLORATHON_72_hour_editathon_(30_Sept_-_2_October)|EXPLORATHON 2022 72-hour pan-European Editathon]]|| 30/09/22 - 02/10/22 || Online || '''Purpose''': build capacity for editing Wikipedia by recruiting new editors from Croatia, Italy, Malta, Spain, Sweden, and UK/Ireland then running 5 editor training sessions in the run up to a 72 hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 73 people registered for the training, 30 editors signed up to the dashboard, and 8 edited over the course of the weekend. || [[User:drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and [https://www.explorathon.co.uk EXPLORATHON], Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
|'''Purpose''': train youth workers as editors, and introduce them to the breadth of opportunities posed by the Wikiprojects.
|-
|[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]]
| [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_St_Andrews/WikiLovesMonuments_Fun_Palace_2022_(September_2022)%7CDashboard WikiLovesMonuments Fun Palace]|| 30/09/22 - 02/10/22 || Online || '''Purpose''': encourage folks to added photos of listed buildings to WikiCommons by offering asynchronous training on the Fun Palace website over September 2022. This was very much a last-minute Fun Palace! 3 editors signed up to the dashboard, and 2 edited over the course of the weekend. || [[User:drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and [https://funpalaces.co.uk Fun Palaces]
|-
| [[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_Strathclyde/EXPLORATHON_72_hour_editathon_(30_September_-_2_October_2022)|EXPLORATHON 2022 72-hour CDT Editathon]]|| 30/09/22 - 02/10/22 || Online || '''Purpose''': build capacity for editing Wikipedia by recruiting new editors from UKRI Centres for Doctoral Training or Doctoral Training Partnerships by running 3 editor training sessions in the run up to a 72-hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 30 people registered for the training, 8 editors signed up to the dashboard, and 3 edited over the course of the weekend. || [[User:drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], OPTIMA CDT, and [https://www.explorathon.co.uk EXPLORATHON], Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
|-
| [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_Strathclyde/Mind_the_Gap/%7CDashboard Mind The Gap] || 19/10/22 || Onsite || '''Purpose''': introduce trainee primary teachers to the possibilities offered by Wikipedia and her sister projects. 16 editors were trained, 8 signed up to the dashboard, and 5 edited over the course of the session. || [[User:drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and [[User: Jane_Essex|Jane Essex]], both of the Erasmus+ project, [https://dissi.org/ Diversity in Science and Science Inclusion (DiSSI)]
|-
|[[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/Melting_Pot_Wiki_Workshop_(10-06-2022)/students/overview|Melting Pot Wiki Workshop]]
|10/06/22
|Hybrid
|'''Purpose''': introduce those in the Syrian Scottish Network to editing Wiki. 8 editors were trained, all signed up to the dashboard, and 6 edited over the course of the session.
|[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], [[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]] and [[User:Sara Thomas (WMUK)|Sara Thomas]]
|-
|[https://sachi.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/08/24/collaborate-and-celebrate-the-first-female-alumni/ Collaborate and Celebrate the First Female Alumni]
|12/08/22
|Hybrid
|'''Purpose''': encouraging members of the Postgraduate Society at the University of St Andrews Students' Association to collaborate on researching digitised archival information about St Andrew’s first female alumni.
The event aimed to spark a discussion and encourage attendees to become “knowledge activists” by looking for additional information about these women.
|[[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati,]] [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and [https://www.yourunion.net/ University of St Andrews Students' Association]
|-
|[https://sachi.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/12/05/user-troubles-during-shoot-st-andrews-to-green/ User Troubles during “Shoot St Andrews to Green”!]
|20/08/22
|Onsite
|'''Purpose''': encourage students and residents of St Andrews to improve Wikicommons by uploading photographs of listed buildings.
|[[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]] of The IDEA Network and [https://www.yourunion.net/ University of St Andrews Students' Association]
|-
|[https://twitter.com/ScienceCeilidh/status/1596942981176885248 Whose knowledge counts session for the New Scots men's group.]
|27/11/22
|Onsite
|'''Purpose''': introduce those from the ''New Scots Connect'' program to Wiki editing. The program supports a community based and youth work-based approach with children and adults from diverse migrant and refugee backgrounds to support confidence, wellbeing, English and general communication skills through workshops focused on Engineering.
|[[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]], [https://www.scienceceilidh.com/ Science Ceilidh], [https://www.mcfb.org.uk/ Multicultural Family Base], and [https://www.napier.ac.uk/ Edinburgh Napier University]
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WkXJhps9MQ PCST Wiki Workshop with the IDEA Network]|| 15/04/23 || Online || '''Purpose''': introduce public engagement professionals to the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects, and to register as editors. || [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and[[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]]
|-
|-
|[[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/Wiki_Workshop_for_Youth_Scotland_(Winter_2024)|Wiki Workshop for Youth Scotland]]
|[[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/Wiki_Workshop_for_Youth_Scotland_(Winter_2024)|Wiki Workshop for Youth Scotland]]
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|[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]]
|[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]]
|-
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WkXJhps9MQ PCST Wiki Workshop with the IDEA Network]|| 15/04/23 || Online || '''Purpose''': introduce public engagement professionals to the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects, and to register as editors. || [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and[[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]]
|
|
|-
|[https://twitter.com/ScienceCeilidh/status/1596942981176885248 Whose knowledge counts session for the New Scots men's group.]
|
|27/11/22
|
|Onsite
|
|'''Purpose''': introduce those from the ''New Scots Connect'' program to Wiki editing. The program supports a community based and youth work-based approach with children and adults from diverse migrant and refugee backgrounds to support confidence, wellbeing, English and general communication skills through workshops focused on Engineering.
|[[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]], [https://www.scienceceilidh.com/ Science Ceilidh], [https://www.mcfb.org.uk/ Multicultural Family Base], and [https://www.napier.ac.uk/ Edinburgh Napier University]
|-
| [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_Strathclyde/Mind_the_Gap/%7CDashboard Mind The Gap] || 19/10/22 || Onsite || '''Purpose''': introduce trainee primary teachers to the possibilities offered by Wikipedia and her sister projects. 16 editors were trained, 8 signed up to the dashboard, and 5 edited over the course of the session. || [[User:drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and [[User: Jane_Essex|Jane Essex]], both of the Erasmus+ project, [https://dissi.org/ Diversity in Science and Science Inclusion (DiSSI)]
|-
| [[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/EXPLORATHON_72_hour_editathon_(30_Sept_-_2_October)|EXPLORATHON 2022 72-hour pan-European Editathon]]|| 30/09/22 - 02/10/22 || Online || '''Purpose''': build capacity for editing Wikipedia by recruiting new editors from Croatia, Italy, Malta, Spain, Sweden, and UK/Ireland then running 5 editor training sessions in the run up to a 72 hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 73 people registered for the training, 30 editors signed up to the dashboard, and 8 edited over the course of the weekend. || [[User:drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and [https://www.explorathon.co.uk EXPLORATHON], Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
|-
| [[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_Strathclyde/EXPLORATHON_72_hour_editathon_(30_September_-_2_October_2022)|EXPLORATHON 2022 72-hour CDT Editathon]]|| 30/09/22 - 02/10/22 || Online || '''Purpose''': build capacity for editing Wikipedia by recruiting new editors from UKRI Centres for Doctoral Training or Doctoral Training Partnerships by running 3 editor training sessions in the run up to a 72-hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 30 people registered for the training, 8 editors signed up to the dashboard, and 3 edited over the course of the weekend. || [[User:drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], OPTIMA CDT, and [https://www.explorathon.co.uk EXPLORATHON], Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
|-
| [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_St_Andrews/WikiLovesMonuments_Fun_Palace_2022_(September_2022)%7CDashboard WikiLovesMonuments Fun Palace]|| 30/09/22 - 02/10/22 || Online || '''Purpose''': encourage folks to added photos of listed buildings to WikiCommons by offering asynchronous training on the Fun Palace website over September 2022. This was very much a last-minute Fun Palace! 3 editors signed up to the dashboard, and 2 edited over the course of the weekend. || [[User:drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and [https://funpalaces.co.uk Fun Palaces]
|-
|[https://sachi.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/12/05/user-troubles-during-shoot-st-andrews-to-green/ User Troubles during “Shoot St Andrews to Green”!]
|20/08/22
|Onsite
|'''Purpose''': encourage students and residents of St Andrews to improve Wikicommons by uploading photographs of listed buildings.
|[[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]] of The IDEA Network and [https://www.yourunion.net/ University of St Andrews Students' Association]
|-
|[https://sachi.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/2022/08/24/collaborate-and-celebrate-the-first-female-alumni/ Collaborate and Celebrate the First Female Alumni]
|12/08/22
|Hybrid
|'''Purpose''': encouraging members of the Postgraduate Society at the University of St Andrews Students' Association to collaborate on researching digitised archival information about St Andrew’s first female alumni.
The event aimed to spark a discussion and encourage attendees to become “knowledge activists” by looking for additional information about these women.
|[[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati,]] [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and [https://www.yourunion.net/ University of St Andrews Students' Association]
|-
| [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_St_Andrews/Wiki_Workshop_for_STEP_students_(15_June_2022)/%7CDashboard Wiki STEP Project 2022]|| 06/22 – 07/22 || Online || '''Purpose''': fill knowledge gaps in English and Simple English Wikipedia relating to topics such as soil microbes, historians, and mathematicians. 19 students and 2 staff members received new editor training, and everyone edited over the summer. || [[User:drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and CEED at the University of St Andrews
|-
| [[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/SGSAH_Mind_The_Gender_Gap_Wiki_Workshop_(21st_June_2022)|Scottish Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities Mind the (gender) gap]]|| 21/06/22|| Online|| '''Purpose''': train arts and humanities postgraduate researchers in Wiki editing. || [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]]
|-
|[[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/Melting_Pot_Wiki_Workshop_(10-06-2022)/students/overview|Melting Pot Wiki Workshop]]
|10/06/22
|Hybrid
|'''Purpose''': introduce those in the Syrian Scottish Network to editing Wiki. 8 editors were trained, all signed up to the dashboard, and 6 edited over the course of the session.
|[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], [[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]] and [[User:Sara Thomas (WMUK)|Sara Thomas]]
|-
| [https://helen.global-share.org/events/3 Contributing to Open Knowledge: Mind The (Gender) Gap Wiki Workshop]|| 23/04/22 || Online || '''Purpose''': [https://www.chevening.org/ Chevening] organisation, [https://global-share.org/ Global Share] social enterprise & the IDEA Network hosted a Wiki Workshop where they worked together on adding biographies of women to Wikipedia. Those who took part developed new skills and challenge systemic biases at the same time. || [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], and [[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]]
|-
| Open Research Launch || 22/11/21|| Online|| '''Purpose''': raise awareness of Wikipedia and her sister projects at the University of Strathclyde.||[[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]]
|-
| [[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/EXPLORATHON_72_hour_editathon_(24-26_September_2021)|EXPLORATHON 2021 72 hour Editathon]]|| 23/09/21 - 26/09/21 2021 || Online || '''Purpose''': build capacity by recruiting new editors from Italy, Malta, Spain, Sweden, and UK/Ireland. 5 editor training sessions were delivered in the run up to a 72-hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 57 people registered for the training, 44 editors signed up to the [[wmfdashboard:courses/University_of_St_Andrews/EXPLORATHON_72_hour_editathon_(24-26_September_2021)|Dashboard]], and 13 edited over the course of the weekend. || [[User:drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]] and [https://www.explorathon.co.uk EXPLORATHON], Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
|-
| [https://www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk/events/scottish-refugee-festival-meets-wikipedia-finding-a-home-as-a-wikipedia-editor/ Scottish Refugee Festival 2021]|| 19/06/21 || Online || '''Purpose''': enable participants at the [https://www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk/ Refugee Festival Scotland] to find out where their knowledge might improve Wikipedia and make it a better place for everyone. || [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], [[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]] and [https://www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk/ Refugee Festival Scotland]
|-
| Launch of the IDEA Network || 01/04/2021 || Online || '''Purpose''': bring together staff, students, and potential external collaborators to share experiences of using Wikipedia and her sister projects in research, teaching, knowledge exchange and public engagement. It was followed by a new editor training session. || [[User:Drkirstyross|Kirsty Ross]], [[User:Abd Alsattar Ardati|Abd Alsattar Ardati]] and [[User:Sara Thomas (WMUK)|Sara Thomas]]
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Latest revision as of 14:59, 16 November 2024

Outputs from events

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Overall campaign dashboard (The IDEA Network)

IDEA Network events

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Upcoming events

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Upcoming events
Event name Date Location Event details Organiser
The Role of Universities in the Ethical Digital Nation 08/24 - 12/24 University of St Andrews Purpose: To explore how universities can play a pivotal role in addressing digital challenges through collaborative research, training programs, and the development of socio-technical solutions. Abd Alsattar Ardati, and Kirsty Ross
Digital Poverty Alliance Training 2024 29/11/24 Online Purpose: To deliver specialised training for the Digital Poverty Alliance, equipping participants with skills to enrich Wikipedia's content on digital inclusion. Abd Alsattar Ardati, and Kirsty Ross
Digital Inclusion WikiConnect 2024 09/24 - 11/24 Online Purpose: collaboratively train St Andrews staff and students in Wiki editing, specifically around digital literacy and digital poverty Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati, Sara Thomas

Past events

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Past events
Event name Date Location Event details Organiser
Wikipedia Training: Empowering Communities through Collaborative Knowledge 05/11/24 University of Edinburgh Purpose: To introduce participants to Wikipedia editing as part of the "New Scots Digital Connect" project, enhancing digital literacy and fostering collaborative knowledge-sharing skills. Abd Alsattar Ardati, Kirsty Ross, and Ewan McAndrew
Wikicommons Fun Palaces 2024 09/24 - 10/24 Online Purpose: introduce folks to Wikicommons so they can upload photos to Wiki Loves Monuments photo competition Kirsty Ross
Festival of Modern Languages Wiki Poetry Workshop 06/24 - 08/24 Onsite Purpose: train those who write in multiple languages to plug knowledge gaps connected to poetry. Kirsty Ross and Pauline Souleau
Healthcare Translation Task Force STEP 2024 06/24 - 08/24 Online Purpose: train undergraduates in Wiki editing, supporting them to make their first translations. Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati, Sara Thomas
Antibiotics Under Our Feet STEP 2024 06/24 - 08/24 Online Purpose: train undergraduates in Wiki editing, supporting them to make edits about microorganisms. Kirsty Ross, Clarissa Czekster
Plugging the gaps on Wikidata STEP 2024 01/24 - 02/24 Online Purpose: train undergraduates in Wikidata editing to plug knowledge gaps found during the CS3099 module. Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati, Ian Gent
Wiki Workshop for Youth Scotland 01/24 - 02/24 Online Purpose: train youth workers as editors, and introduce them to the breadth of opportunities posed by the Wikiprojects. Kirsty Ross
Wiki Workshop for Youth Scotland 01/24 - 02/24 Online Purpose: upskill teaching staff and youth leaders from Youth Scotland. Kirsty Ross
European Researchers' Night - Middle Ages 14/09/23 Online Purpose: upskill Middle Ages researchers to understand the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects, and to get them signed up as editors. Kirsty Ross
School of Modern Languages Wiki Workshop & beyond 31/08/23 Onsite Purpose: upskill those in the School of Modern Languages to understand the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects, and to get them signed up as editors. Kirsty Ross
Work experience for High School students 07/23 - 08/23 Online Purpose: one to one support for summer high school work experience. Kirsty Ross
Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme 06/23 - 01/24 Online Purpose: consultancy project with the cross-university Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme researchers. Enable them to understand the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects, and to get them signed up as editors. Kirsty Ross
American Society for Micobiology Day of Wiki Editing 04/05/23 Online Purpose: connected to the Antibiotics Under our Feet STEP Programme, this international day of editing focused on microbiology topics. Kirsty Ross
PCST Wiki Workshop with the IDEA Network 15/04/23 Online Purpose: introduce public engagement professionals to the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects, and to register as editors. Kirsty Ross andAbd Alsattar Ardati
Whose knowledge counts session for the New Scots men's group. 27/11/22 Onsite Purpose: introduce those from the New Scots Connect program to Wiki editing. The program supports a community based and youth work-based approach with children and adults from diverse migrant and refugee backgrounds to support confidence, wellbeing, English and general communication skills through workshops focused on Engineering. Abd Alsattar Ardati, Science Ceilidh, Multicultural Family Base, and Edinburgh Napier University
Mind The Gap 19/10/22 Onsite Purpose: introduce trainee primary teachers to the possibilities offered by Wikipedia and her sister projects. 16 editors were trained, 8 signed up to the dashboard, and 5 edited over the course of the session. Kirsty Ross and Jane Essex, both of the Erasmus+ project, Diversity in Science and Science Inclusion (DiSSI)
EXPLORATHON 2022 72-hour pan-European Editathon 30/09/22 - 02/10/22 Online Purpose: build capacity for editing Wikipedia by recruiting new editors from Croatia, Italy, Malta, Spain, Sweden, and UK/Ireland then running 5 editor training sessions in the run up to a 72 hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 73 people registered for the training, 30 editors signed up to the dashboard, and 8 edited over the course of the weekend. Kirsty Ross and EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
EXPLORATHON 2022 72-hour CDT Editathon 30/09/22 - 02/10/22 Online Purpose: build capacity for editing Wikipedia by recruiting new editors from UKRI Centres for Doctoral Training or Doctoral Training Partnerships by running 3 editor training sessions in the run up to a 72-hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 30 people registered for the training, 8 editors signed up to the dashboard, and 3 edited over the course of the weekend. Kirsty Ross, OPTIMA CDT, and EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
WikiLovesMonuments Fun Palace 30/09/22 - 02/10/22 Online Purpose: encourage folks to added photos of listed buildings to WikiCommons by offering asynchronous training on the Fun Palace website over September 2022. This was very much a last-minute Fun Palace! 3 editors signed up to the dashboard, and 2 edited over the course of the weekend. Kirsty Ross and Fun Palaces
User Troubles during “Shoot St Andrews to Green”! 20/08/22 Onsite Purpose: encourage students and residents of St Andrews to improve Wikicommons by uploading photographs of listed buildings. Abd Alsattar Ardati of The IDEA Network and University of St Andrews Students' Association
Collaborate and Celebrate the First Female Alumni 12/08/22 Hybrid Purpose: encouraging members of the Postgraduate Society at the University of St Andrews Students' Association to collaborate on researching digitised archival information about St Andrew’s first female alumni.

The event aimed to spark a discussion and encourage attendees to become “knowledge activists” by looking for additional information about these women.

Abd Alsattar Ardati, Kirsty Ross and University of St Andrews Students' Association
Wiki STEP Project 2022 06/22 – 07/22 Online Purpose: fill knowledge gaps in English and Simple English Wikipedia relating to topics such as soil microbes, historians, and mathematicians. 19 students and 2 staff members received new editor training, and everyone edited over the summer. Kirsty Ross and CEED at the University of St Andrews
Scottish Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities Mind the (gender) gap 21/06/22 Online Purpose: train arts and humanities postgraduate researchers in Wiki editing. Kirsty Ross
Melting Pot Wiki Workshop 10/06/22 Hybrid Purpose: introduce those in the Syrian Scottish Network to editing Wiki. 8 editors were trained, all signed up to the dashboard, and 6 edited over the course of the session. Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati and Sara Thomas
Contributing to Open Knowledge: Mind The (Gender) Gap Wiki Workshop 23/04/22 Online Purpose: Chevening organisation, Global Share social enterprise & the IDEA Network hosted a Wiki Workshop where they worked together on adding biographies of women to Wikipedia. Those who took part developed new skills and challenge systemic biases at the same time. Kirsty Ross, and Abd Alsattar Ardati
Open Research Launch 22/11/21 Online Purpose: raise awareness of Wikipedia and her sister projects at the University of Strathclyde. Kirsty Ross
EXPLORATHON 2021 72 hour Editathon 23/09/21 - 26/09/21 2021 Online Purpose: build capacity by recruiting new editors from Italy, Malta, Spain, Sweden, and UK/Ireland. 5 editor training sessions were delivered in the run up to a 72-hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 57 people registered for the training, 44 editors signed up to the Dashboard, and 13 edited over the course of the weekend. Kirsty Ross and EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
Scottish Refugee Festival 2021 19/06/21 Online Purpose: enable participants at the Refugee Festival Scotland to find out where their knowledge might improve Wikipedia and make it a better place for everyone. Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati and Refugee Festival Scotland
Launch of the IDEA Network 01/04/2021 Online Purpose: bring together staff, students, and potential external collaborators to share experiences of using Wikipedia and her sister projects in research, teaching, knowledge exchange and public engagement. It was followed by a new editor training session. Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati and Sara Thomas