Lucy-Crompton Reid (Wikimedia UK Chief Executive) delivers keynote speech at OER17 on The Politics of Open

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OER17: The Politics of Open
4 - 5 April 2017, Resource for London
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Welcome
8th Annual OER Conference

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OER17: The Politics of Open
5 - 6 April 2017, Resource for London
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Keynote: Lucy Crompton-Reid - Opening up
Wikimedia content and communities
Thur. 6 April 2017
09:30-10:15BST

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OPENING UP WIKIMEDIA
CONTENT AND COMMUNITIES

4. “Wikipedia is the greatest open
educational resource of all time”
Jim Groom, OER16
CC by SA 3.0, Jorge Royan

5. Facts Matter
CC by SA 3.0, Jacek Halicki

7. Creators of
knowledge
not passive
consumers
Margaret Hamilton with the
computer code she wrote for the
Apollo Project (1969) - Public Domain

8. Supporting learners
to understand and
engage with open
knowledge

9. Developing digital
literacy
CC by SA 4.0, Zachary McCune

10. “The work in Edinburgh has
improved the quality and
quantity of open knowledge and
embedded information literacy
skills in the curriculum...(editing
Wikipedia) enables students to
understand sources and
copyright and also leads into
discussions about the privilege
and geography of knowledge.”
Melissa Highton
Wikimedia UK Education Summit
February 2017
CC by SA 4.0, Defacto

11. "I have never seen my
students as motivated
as when they were
explaining the work
they had done to upload
pictures and videos to
Wikipedia."
Educator at Universidad
Católica del Ecuador
(PUCE)

12. "We contribute
so that these
people are not
forgotten"
Student in Brazil

13. It isn't only the WikiCamps that
motivate me to be active on
Wikipedia but the knowledge I
get and share while editing each
line. Both WikiCamps and
Wikipedia have changed my
whole life for the better. I won't
stop editing Wikipedia because I
want to have my contribution in
the development of Armenian
science and education."
Student in Armenia

14. "My favorite part about
writing for Wikipedia
was knowing that the
information being
presented is valuable to
someone else”
Student in Alberta,
Canada
Life Science Database, CC BY-SA 2

15. Increasing the quality
and quantity of
coverage of subjects
that are currently
underrepresenated on
Wikipedia and the
other Wikimedia
projects
Public Domain, Geoff McNally

16. Building an inclusive
online community
CC by SA Henry Iddon/BBC

17. Closing the gender
gap
CC by SA 4.0, Zachary McCune

18. Playing an active role
in achieving universal
education
CC by SA Vicky Francis/DfID

19. What do we want to build
or achieve by 2030?
“By 2030 the Wikimedia
movement takes an active
role in universal education
and supports the
contributors of learners to
the Wikimedia projects
globally”
CC by SA 4.0, Zachary McCune

20. Advocating for
change in policy and
practice

21. Open as a political act
NASA, public domain

22. THANK YOU

23. Lucy Crompton-Reid
Chief Executive, Wikimedia UK