EduWiki Week 2022/Submissions/Wikimedia in Education

• Your username: Rangan Datta Wiki
• Presenters: Rangan Datta
• Email address: rangan@rangan-datta.info
• Affiliation: West Bengal Wikimedia User Group

Session details

• Title of the session: Wikimedia in Education
• Summary of the session: Introduction wikimedia in Indian academic curriculum
  • Introducing Wikimedia as a part of compulsory curriculum in Media Studies / Journalism streams
  • Formation of Wikimedia clubs in institutions
  • GLAM project in institutions that have a lot of old documents and records
  • encouraging teacher to upload their reasearch thesis and publication in Wikibooks
• Outcome of the session: Making Wikimedia as part of the curriculum
  • Creating awareness of Wikimedia among students and teachers. Making wikimedia an integral part of academic activity and curriculum
• Language: English
  • A PPT presentation lasting 30 mins

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