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Understanding Wikipedia

Understanding Wikipedia 

Wikimedia Training Videos & How it Works 



10 Questions with Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dXk8wQ4c8w


Jimmy Wales: Time to rethink journalism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX2xGS2hzHw


Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales on the Alcove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1t88Bul5is


Why Wiki in Education

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=405zSk0Qagk

  

The GLAM-Wiki Revolution is a short documentary about the GLAM programme in the United Kingdom. The GLAM programme is a series of partnerships between Wikimedia UK, a charity which supports Wikipedia and its editors in the UK, and cultural institutions, known collectively as GLAMs (an acronym for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums). Many choose to play host to a Wikimedian-in-Residence, who acts as a liaison between the institution and the Wikimedia community and works to open up the resources held by the institution through Wikipedia and its sister projects. This documentary gives an overview of the GLAM project in the UK by visiting Wikimedians-in-Residence around the country to learn more about the projects they have run and their experiences in the role.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlNT16gqHyo&feature=youtu.be

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_GLAM-Wiki_Revolution.webm


An introduction to Wikidata by Ewan McAndrew | Wikimedia UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFh9gVUgbuA&feature=youtu.be



How to Download a Complete Offline Version of Wikipedia That You Can Read at Anytime

https://youtu.be/7Jhm-fJJgNw


How to Access Wikipedia Offline using Kiwix (Knowledge Prep)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inuT_YFCruU&feature=youtu.be

In this video, I will provide step by step instructions for setting up a full offline copy of Wikipedia (including images) to be used on your smartphone with the app Kiwix. This will allow you to access the full Wikipedia catalogue during a “Grid Down” situation, when the internet is no longer available for whatever reason. The most important preps are Knowledge and Skills. You can preserve much of human knowledge, which has been documented on Wikipedia, and have it stored on a tiny MicroSD card. This card can then be accessible from your smartphone, laptop, tablet or other computer system. Enjoy!


WikiBooks in Five Minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9N4Pcq-Ri4&feature=youtu.be

Five minutes on the advantages of WikiBooks for supplementing other teaching materials. There is also a two minute version putting across about 10 concise points.


Ted Talk - What we can learn from Open Source technology

https://youtu.be/sK3YH3-5nDo


WikiEdication

https://outreach.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Education/About



Watch "Creating A Book From Wikipedia" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/bDsDhGWHpYI


How to Create a Wikipedia Article

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CwiZIsaM7s


Wikipedia In Print - How to create custom books with a mix of content from the free encyclopedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1K03AZfpDM


Below link to sample of Wikipedia book, that I compiled using Wikipedia book creator. 


https://pediapress.com/books/show/93838be7165422d5691fc0e38e2067/

https://pediapress.com/books/setup/50937b27f3d817e7519b164808bda/

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