[17:05:00] Hi all! The research showcase will be starting in about 25 minutes. You can view the livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKODaHgmQWw. The topic is Online Education Landscapes. More information: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#December_2021 [17:28:00] we will be starting in a few minutes. I will be collecting questions for the Q&A here and in the YouTube chat. [17:30:57] live [17:32:13] wikimedia research fund https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund [17:32:58] wikiworkshop 2022 https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/ [17:34:22] if you have questions for the speakers feel free to drop them here and I'll do my best to relay them on to the speakers during Q&A. [17:53:15] (not a question, just to echo something the speakers mentioned: yeah my daughters here in Mexico also hear that negative view of WP from teachers, sadly) [17:55:43] yeah, our education folks are doing awesome work building formal Wikipedia-based activity/curricula but it seems like this negative view is unfortunately slow to disappear (though in general, very onboard with reading with caution) [18:04:02] ah interesting, thx isaacj and mgerlach :) [18:06:46] see the report on "reading wikipedia in the classroom" https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reading_Wikipedia_Final_Report.pdf [18:08:31] a blogpost with more background: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/04/02/a-three-module-teachers-guide-about-reading-wikipedia-in-the-classroom-is-now-available-on-commons/ [18:28:47] ah cool! [18:55:44] thanks everyone for joining and your comments