Category: Blog
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From Wikimedia Volunteer to Open Education Advocate: My fellowship with the Open Learning Collective
An edit-a-thon at my high school in Dhaka, Bangladesh sparked my journey into the realm of free and open knowledge, leading to my certification as a Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom trainer and a fellowship with the Open Learning Collective (OLC). My volunteer work with Wikimedia transformed my views on copyright and the societal impact…
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Are Open Educational Resources Sustainable?
The Case of Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom In 2019, I was tasked with implementing the learnings from the large scale Wikimedia & education needs assessment I conducted in 2018. Learning that stakeholders (Wikimedia community leaders, volunteers, and education sector stakeholders like educators, school leadership, and advocates) needed more guidance on how to integrate Wikipedia…