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Wikipedia and Education in the Time of the “Crisis of Information” Symposium

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In the age of the infodemic and growing distrust towards the institutions of liberal democracy there can be little doubt that information is in crisis. The Wikipedia and Education in the Time of the “Crisis of Information” Symposium brings together academics who use Wikipedia as part of their teaching practice or analyse wiki data, and key actors bridging the academia-Wikipedia divide. Participants will share their experiences, address Wikipedia’s potential to address the “crisis of information”, and critically reflect on what role educational institutions can play in this respect.

The symposium will begin with the launch of the book Six Fact-Checking Lessons for Kids, which compiles educational resources developed as part of the Co-Developing a New Approach to Media Literacy in the Attention Economy research project. This project is part of the Affiliated Schools Research program, in which researchers from the University of Canberra collaborate with ACT school teachers. This project was supported by funding from an ACT Education Directorate-UC Affiliated Schools Research grant; by a University of Canberra DVCRI seed industry grant; and by a US Embassy (Australia) Public Affairs grant.

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Convenor

  • Mathieu O’Neil, NMRC, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra

Keynotes

  • LiAnna Davis, Deputy Director, Wiki Education
  • Thomas Shafee, Swinburne University - Editor, WikiJournal of Science  

Participants

  • Rachel Cunneen, Faculty of Education, University of Canberra
  • Toby Hudson, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney
  • Amanda Lawrence, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S), RMIT University
  • Pru Mitchell, Wikimedia Australia
  • James Neill, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra



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Schedule

8:45am
Coffee
9:00am

Welcome to country, Symposium aims, Launch of Six Fact-Checking Lessons for Kids

Mathieu O’Neil, University of Canberra
 

9:15am
Morning keynote: Addressing Wikipedia’s content gaps

LiAnna Davis, Wiki Education

10:00am
Getting structured data about anything and everything

Toby Hudson, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney

10:30amBreak 
10:45am
Using Wikiversity for teaching and learning

James Neill, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra

11:15am
Using Wikipedia in Class

Pru Mitchell, Wikimedia Australia

11:45am
Wikipedia and information literacy in ACT schools

Rachel Cunneen and Mathieu O’Neil, University of Canberra

12:15pm
Panel

12:30pm
Break

1:30pm
Afternoon keynote: Wikipedia as a key research outreach and teaching platform

Thomas Shafee, Swinburne

2:15pm

Wikimedia and the evidence ecosystem

Amanda Lawrence, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S), RMIT University

2:45pm
Break

3:00pmPanel discussion: Summing up and moving forward: What new strategies are needed to confront misinformation

  • Mathieu O’Neil, University of Canberra
  • Toby Hudson, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney
  • Amanda Lawrence, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S), RMIT University
  • Pru Mitchell, Wikimedia Australia
  • James Neill, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra

4:00pmEnd 

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