Grants:Conference/Wikimedia Serbia/EduWiki Conference 2020/Community Engagement Survey Report
 | This survey report consolidates responses of the Community Engagement Survey conducted by the board of Wikipedia & Education User Group. The User Group is the host for EduWiki Conference 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia, along with Wikimedia Serbia. The Community Engagement Survey has been conducted from 25 December 2019 to 10 January 2020, as part of developing a Conference & Event Grant proposal to the Wikimedia Foundation. The purpose of the community engagement survey is to help organizers demonstrate how important it is to the community to have this event. The survey will also help gather consensus on what topics or priorities the community wants to focus on at the event. The number and quality of survey responses will influence the size of the event, so it is important to make sure you community knows this. |
With what gender do you identify?[edit]
How likely are you to attend EduWiki Conference ?[edit]
Please mention the affiliate(s) you are associated with, if any[edit]
Participants of the survey represent/are part of the following Wikimedia affiliates;
| AfroCROWD | Azerbaijan Wikimedia User Group | Basque Wikimedians User Group | GLAM Macedonia and Education User Group |
| Hindi Wikimedians User Group | Karavali Wikimedians User Group | Open Foundation West Africa | Punjabi Wikimedia User Group |
| Punjabi Wikimedians User Group | Wikimedia Armenia | Wikimedia Bangladesh | Wikimedia CH |
| Wikimedia Community User Group Greece | Wikimedia Ghana User Group | Wikimedia Indonesia | Wikimedia Israel |
| Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group | Wikimedians of the Levant User Group | Wikimedia Medicine | Wikimedia Mexico |
| Wikimedia Serbia | Wikimedia Spain | Wikimedia UG Georgia | Wikimedia User Group Nigeria |
| Wikimedia and Libraries User Group | Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group | Wikimedians of Nepal | Wikimédia France |
| Wikipedia & Education User Group |
To which Wikimedia projects do you usually contribute to?[edit]
I am / was ...[edit]
Participants of the survey come from the following broad categories/areas of work in the context of EduWiki;
| Category | Description of work | Percentage of survey participants | ||
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| educators | using Wikimedia projects in classroom | 47.1%
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| with general interest in Wikimedia & Education space | 32.4%
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| students | contributing to Wikimedia projects as part of an EduWiki program | 11.8%
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| Wikimedians | running an EduWiki program | 55.9%
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| with general interest in Wikimedia & Education space | 54.4%
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| researchers | researching about intersections between Wikimedia & Education | 22.1%
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| developers | building tools for management of EduWiki work | 4.4%
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| Staff of Wikimedia affiliates | running/coordinating an EduWiki program in staff capacity | 5.9%
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How long have you been in involved with EduWiki?[edit]
What are your expectations from EduWiki Conference 2020?[edit]
| Expectation | Percentage of choice | ||
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| Learn about EduWiki and meet the Wikimedia community | 75%
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| Improving my skills that help me to improve my EduWiki work | 82.4%
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| Sharing my work / thoughts /skills regarding EduWiki or related aspects | 70.6%
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| Participate and trying to resolve issues persistent with EduWiki community | 69.1%
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Please select any five of the below listed broad themes that are of your interest[edit]
| Theme | Percentage of choice | ||
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| External fund raising for Wikimedia activities and organisations | 25%
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| GLAM-Wiki (Using Wikimedia projects in/with cultural organisations) | 55.9%
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| Gender gap, diversity, and anti-harassment | 51.5%
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| Governance within Wikimedia movement (Movement affiliates, Volunteer committee, WMF etc.) | 35.3%
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| Internal and external communications (Wikimedia Space, Social Media best practices etc.) | 33.8%
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| International / regional projects and collaboration | 55.9%
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| Learning & Evaluation (evaluating your activities and organisations) | 54.4%
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| On-Wiki technical skills (Automated tools, templates etc.) | 36.8%
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| Organising for Wikimedia projects (Grants, project management, logistics etc.) | 44.1%
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| Sustainability initiative | 27.9%
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| Wikimedia 2030 Movement Strategy | 41.2%
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What are the most important topics that your community needs to discuss in person?[edit]
Responses from the participants have been clustered into four broad themes, and relevant specifics for each theme are listed below;
| Broad theme | Specific topics |
|---|---|
| Advocacy | Developing a communication strategy to explain about Wikipedia, for educators to stop saying, “Don’t use Wikipedia”, without further context |
| Using the larger concept of MOOCs for EduWiki work | |
| Capacity development | |
| Capacity development of other community members to be able to run EduWiki programs | |
| Cross-community collabs; how can small community effectively connect with large communities/affiliates to learn from their experience | |
| Role of WMF Education Team in supporting the EduWiki community | |
| Partnerships | Building EduWiki programs around GLAM and other cultural institutions |
| Drafting long term plans for a partnership | |
| External fundraising to support EduWiki programs | |
| MoUs with educational establishments | |
| Planning and management of EduWiki programs | Balancing between the goals of EduWiki programs – Quality of content, skill development of participants, user retention |
| Best practices to teach about copyrights and plagiarim to participants of an EduWiki program | |
| Building team of volunteers to support a execution of a program | |
| Designing EduWiki programs around Wikidata | |
| Designing EduWiki programs for higher education | |
| Designing EduWiki programs for research candidates (PhD etc.) | |
| Evaluation of EduWiki projects/programs | |
| Maintaining quality of content produced in large scale education programs | |
| Methods and practices to run EduWiki programs in the areas with low internet connectivity | |
| Sustainability of EduWiki programs – being able to run even after the initiator who is longer available |
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Responses from the participants have been clustered into three broad themes, and relevant specifics for each theme are listed below;
| Broad theme | Specific topics |
|---|---|
| Planning and execution of EduWiki programs | Audio version of Wikisources – through Education programs |
| Development of EduWiki in Asian region | |
| Establishing best practices to ensure good quality content | |
| Exploring Wikimedian-in-Residence model for EduWiki | |
| Negotiations with government bodies – a win win situation | |
| Using GLAM-Wiki for EduWiki programs | |
| Using various kinds of automated Wiki-tools for EduWiki programs | |
| Using Wikidata in Education programs and as a teaching aid | |
| Wikicamps for people not receiving any formal education | |
| Skills & Capacity Development | |
| Event management | |
| Leadership skills | |
| Low-threshold scientific communication | |
| Motivating newcomers | |
| Press & media relations | |
| Project management | |
| Social media communication | |
| Tools and technical skills | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Petscan | |
| Program and Events Dashboard | |
| Semantic MediaWiki | |
| Translatewiki | |
| Visual Editor | |
| Wikipedia & Wikidata tools for Google Sheets |
What are the top three things that would like to learn at EduWiki Conference 2020?[edit]
Responses from the participants have been clustered into four broad themes, and relevant specifics for each theme are listed below;
| Broad theme | Specific topics |
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| Diversity of projects in EduWiki programs | Multilingual EduWiki programs |
| Role of Wikiversity in EduWiki programs | |
| Wikidata for EduWiki | |
| Wikisource for EduWiki | |
| Wikivoyage for EduWiki | |
| Planning & execution of EduWiki programs | |
| Alinging EduWiki programs with 2030 strategic direction | |
| Collaborating with GLAMs for Education programs | |
| Convincing institutions and students | |
| Designing Education programs to improve language skills of the participants | |
| Developing short duration projects | |
| Editor retention post-completion of a program | |
| Evaluating the impact of Education programs | |
| Increasing participation from Global South | |
| Skills & Capacity Development | |
| Conflict resolution | |
| International collaborations | |
| Negotiating partnerships | |
| Project management | |
| Public relations | |
| Leadership skills | |
| Tools & technical skills | |
| Creating on-Wiki templates | |
| Program & Events Dashboard | |
| Querying Wikidata | |
| Wikicite |
What is the most important goal, problem, or obstacle you think this community should focus on in the next 12 months?[edit]
Responses from the participants have been clustered into a broad theme and the rest into miscellaneous, and relevant specifics for each theme are listed below;
| Broad theme | Specific topics |
|---|---|
| Planning & execution of EduWiki programs | Align Education programs plan to produce content according to local needs |
| Developing Education programs with focus work area to serve students from marginalised communities | |
| Planning programs by keeping in view of Wikimedia 2030 strategy | |
| Running Education programs in areas with low internet connectivity | |
| Using Moodle for EduWiki project management | |
| Misc | Central repository of resources (handbooks, tutorials, videos, learning patterns etc.) required to plan, implement, and scale up an education program |
| Developing communication strategies to minimise the stigma around the use of Wikipedia in academia | |
| Sustainability initiative |
What are the technological features that are missing in the tools you're already using for your EduWiki work, or what are the completely new technological tools that you believe should be developed to support your work so it is more efficient and less manual?[edit]
Auto-translation/transliteration of medical or scientific terms
Sandboxes exclusive to Education programs
“Country” field for P&E Dashboard – for metrics per country
Assign articles to participants directly on Wiki – without the help of P&E Dashboard
Being able to calculate metrics from Incubator Wikis
Automated or semi-automated localisation of templates
WYSIWYG tool for template development
Easier ways to develop an offline ZIM file for use with Kiwix
P&E Dashboard being able to track other namespaces other than “0”
Limiting sandbox pages to be edited by a certain group of users or from defined list
How would you prioritize the time we spend together at the conference?[edit]
- Strategic conversations: discussing issues affecting your community that need to be resolved
- Working groups: working on projects that are difficult to plan online
- Capacity building: learning skills that will help your community achieve its goals
- Community building: meeting people, learning about new projects, sharing your talents, and having fun