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Leamos Wikipedia en Bolivia

summaryWe want for teachers to be able to use Wikipedia openly in the classroom to foster critical reading on line.

targetWikipedia in Spanish

amountplease add the amount you are requesting (USD)

grantee• Caleidoscopic• Alhen

contact• Caleidoscopic olga.lidigmail.com• wikimedistasgmail.com

organization• Wikipedistas de Bolivia

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created on15:11, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

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Project idea

What is the problem you're trying to solve?

What problem are you trying to solve by doing this project? This problem should be small enough that you expect it to be completely or mostly resolved by the end of this project. Remember to review the tutorial for tips on how to answer this question.

The learning process in Bolivia took a sudden turn and went online because of the pandemic, just as in almost any other country in the world. However, unlike most of them, Bolivia’s education system stopped altogether. Since the second wave is still hitting our country, there is a great need for teachers to apply new teaching techniques to the digital environment.

Wide internet access in Bolivia is still a very recent phenomenon, and it mostly takes place via mobile phones. Forced and fast migration to remote education presents important challenges both to students and teachers, who have to develop different skills needed for the teaching-learning process in the digital environment.Essential activities such as the development of critical reading skills in the research process online becomes key and the development of these skills should be done in parallel to the national curriculum. This process is reflected in additional costs and time for teachers who find themselves developing these skills by themselves as self-taught people.

The relationshp between the cost of internet access and the family income in Bolivia can result in the widening of the digital gap. Paired with the lack of reliable and organized information aligned with curricular needs in Bolivia even in ccooperative spaces such as Wikipedia is a challenge to fulfill the right to education. This is even more prevalent in rural settings and among indigenous peoples of Bolivia.

We believe that it’s evident we need to establish bridges between the communities with a wider experience in the use of digital tools and the education community in Bolivia. This way we can reduce the time it takes education actors to become familiar and comfortable in digital environments and to collaboratively develop the skills contained in UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy framework (MIL) in its 3 components: access, assessment, and creation of information and media content. 

What is your solution to this problem?

For the problem you identified in the previous section, briefly describe your how you would like to address this problem. We recognize that there are many ways to solve a problem. We’d like to understand why you chose this particular solution, and why you think it is worth pursuing. Remember to review the tutorial for tips on how to answer this question.

As part of a set of solutions to address this issue we propose the implementation of a evolved version of the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program(5) in Bolivia so we can increase the positive impact achieved among the community of Bolivian high school teachers engaged in the 2020 pilot.

The Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program led by the Wikimedia Foundation Education team in three countries including Bolivia during 2020 developed and adapted materials and methodology to integrate Wikipedia and the MIL framework. This program provided teachers with the knowledge and skills needed to use Wikipedia as a pedagogical tool to foster critical reading skills, to raise awareness about knowledge gaps, and to start their journey as Wikipedians with a high sense of responsibility and collaboration. The program contains 3 modules which are aligned with the MIL framework components and makes direct connections between Wikipedia practices and teaching methodologies. Each module includes a Teacher’s Guide with practical activities, reflection questions, and two training sessions. Three members of the Wikimedistas de Bolivia user group have served as local coordinators for the initiative and have gained the experience needed to deliver this training program by working closely with the Wikimedia Foundation Education team.

The evaluation stage that took place during December 2020 has shown us the wide and positive acceptance and satisfaction about the contents, methodology, and coordination team from the perspective of the participating teachers. Initially the program had 600 applicants from which we chose 100 to start this pilot cohort, so we are very encouraged to develop new versions of the program in 2021 to engage more teachers all over the country.

According to the experience we have acquired in the 2020 pilot (in which members of the Wikimedistas de Bolivia user group were directly involved as local coordinators) we propose two cycles of application of the program. We also propose to align more intentionally with the pillars (areas of focus) of the Bolivian education system:

• Decolonisation,
• Intra- and inter-culturalism along with plurilingualism,
• Productivity
• Community education.

General program improvements

Improving material resources:

• Printed educational resources
• Expansion of training sessions with a focus on editing skills
• Translation of resources to 3 original languages of Bolivia
• Adaptation of educational booklets created by Wikimedia Argentina

Supporting community building:

• Managing a WhatsApp group chat (requested by the teachers in the pilot)
• Funding the connectivity costs of at least 10 teachers in each cohort/stage
• Funding childcare cost for at least 10 teachers in each cohort/stage

• Improvinge the communication strategy to engage the active participation ofwith at leastss 30 teachers by cycle

Improving educational content on Wikimedia projectsresources:

• More emphasis in promoting content creation in local languages
• Using sister projects such as Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (according to teachers’ needs and interests)
• Fostering the exchange and use of free multimedia local resources (8)

(8)https://www.paginasiete.bo/gente/2021/2/3/profes-digitales-al-rescate-con-matematicas-en-tik-tok-historia-otros-en-youtube-283198.html

Project goals

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ODS alignment

4, quality educaction

Alignment with UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy framework

Strategy alignment:

Directions:

• For 2030 Wikimedia will have become an essential part of the open knowledge environment, so people sharing our vision can easily join the movement.
• Knowledge as a service: We believe that by implementing this program, we will foster the use of Wikipedia openly. By doing so, we will help teachers, students, and their circles to become aware of how knowledge is created, shared, and developed. It will provide the target population with tools to read critically and, in the long run, be able to create texts about their own community, city, and country.
• Equity of knowledge: We understand that the cognitive surplus in different parts of the world, can be freely used to reduce the knowledge gap in our country. The Reading Wikipedia project is a golden opportunity to help change the image that Wikipedia is unreliable, and in turn, become a source for reading, learning, and teaching.

Recomendations

Our projects is following the Strategy Recomendations:

• Proporcionar seguridad e inclusión
• Invertir en el desarrollo de habilidades y liderazgo
• Evaluar, iterar y adaptar

By the end of this project, the participating teachers will have a better understanding of how to use Wikipedia (and other Wikimedia projects) as a pedagogical tool to foster media and information literacy skills. The participating teachers will be able to guide their students to become critical readers of Wikipedia and to get a sense of ownership and responsibility towards the projects. This will in turn be the first step to integrate them into our local Wikimedia community as they take their first steps as Wikipedia editors. Moreover, we will be contributing to support key actors in our education sector as they encounter another year of uncertainty and challenges.

Project impact

How will you know if you have met your goals?

For each of your goals, we’d like you to answer the following questions:

1. During your project, what will you do to achieve this goal? (These are your outputs.)
2. Once your project is over, how will it continue to positively impact the Wikimedia community or projects? (These are your outcomes.)

For each of your answers, think about how you will capture this information. Will you capture it with a survey? With a story? Will you measure it with a number? Remember, if you plan to measure a number, you will need to set a numeric target in your proposal (i.e. 45 people, 10 articles, 100 scanned documents). Remember to review the tutorial for tips on how to answer this question.

Goals:

• The participating teachers have a better understanding of how to use Wikipedia (and other Wikimedia projects) as a pedagogical tool to foster media and information literacy skills.
• The participating teachers are able to guide their students to become critical readers of Wikipedia and to get a sense of ownership and responsibility towards the projects.
• The participating teachers are integrated into our local Wikimedia community and they take their first steps as Wikipedia editors.
• Measures:

Outputs:

• Develop the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program with revised resources which will include: Teacher’s guides (3) available in digital and printed format, adapted booklets developed by Wikimedia Argentina, a platform for support and exchange of learnings.
• Conduct training sessions and provide personalized support for participating teachers to critically navigate Wikipedia and develop editing skills.

To assess the impact of our project we will use the set of evaluation tools previously developed for the pilot in two stages:

• Pre-program needs assessment: surveys and interviews with teachers who are interested in the program to obtain a baseline of their knowledge about Wikipedia, MIL skills, and expectations
• Post-program evaluation: surveys and interviews with teachers who completed the program to see if their perspectives and knowledge about Wikipedia and MIL skills has improved, and to learn if we have met their expectations.

Outcomes:

• Based on the previous experience with the pilot, we have seen that this approach encourages and empowers teachers to become actively involved in the Wikimedia projects. Teachers participating from all over Bolivia will result in a greater contribution of our knowledges to the projects, and it will help sustain and grow the impact of our local user group.
• Moreover, the impact that these teachers will have on their students over the year will result in more young people being guided to value Wikipedia and use it with responsibility and actively.
  

Do you have any goals around participation or content?

Are any of your goals related to increasing participation within the Wikimedia movement, or increasing/improving the content on Wikimedia projects? If so, we ask that you look through these three metrics, and include any that are relevant to your project. Please set a numeric target against the metrics, if applicable.

• At least 2 new teachers from the pilot version as part of the organization of this year project
• At least 2 new teachers invoved in our community activities
• At least 60 new users accounts
• At least 40 new images in Wikimedia Commons from around the country.
• At least 40 teachers will finish the course successfully.

Project plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. What will you and other organizers spend your time doing? What will you have done at the end of your project? How will you follow-up with people that are involved with your project?

Before the implementation

• - partnership
• - research
• - needs assessment
• - design and localization of educational resources (teachers guide, slides)

During implementation, Group 1 and Group 2

• Revision of education resources
• learning platform
• Training Sessions

Activities and assignments assessment

• Teachers engagement
• Graduation

Post implementation

• Evaluation methods (survey and interview)

Budget

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ITEM	USD
Organization team
Conections Team
Graphic work and training material
Participants diversity support
Contingency
FINAL

Community engagement

How will you let others in your community know about your project? Why are you targeting a specific audience? How will you engage the community you’re aiming to serve at various points during your project? Community input and participation helps make projects successful.

Following the model developed during the pilot, we will be providing updates and presentations to the Wikimedistas de Bolivia community members as the project develops. For that we will use our Telegram channels, contacts list, social media, and . We will also be inviting members of the community to participate in different functions (guest speakers, moderators, etc.) to foster integration.

For teacher outreach we will be conducting a campaign on social media, contacting school principals, and reaching out to traditional media outlets in the country. We will also reach out to our new network of teachers who particiapted in the pilot to spread the word.

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Participants

Please use this section to tell us more about who is working on this project. For each member of the team, please describe any project-related skills, experience, or other background you have that might help contribute to making this idea a success.
User:Carlillasa

• Alhen,
• Caleidoscopic,
• Nahomy,
• Carlillasa,
• Julia
• Nayra
• Guille

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