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Blog Entry WikipediansSpeak with Dr. Kishore Kumar Rai Sheni: Tulu Wikipedia in the making
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Sep 12, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:06 PM — filed under: , ,
Dr. Kishore Kumar Rai Sheni, Principal, Shri Ramakrishna P.U. College, Mangaluru shares with Dr. U.B. Pavanaja of the Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge (CIS-A2K) programme his insights on bringing more contributors of different corners of the society to grow Tulu Wikipedia. Tulu Wikipedia is in Incubator at present and there are a bunch of contributors who are expanding the project to bring it live.
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Edit-a-thon to improve Kannada-language science-related Wikipedia articles
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Aug 19, 2015 — last modified Sep 04, 2015 09:06 AM
A Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon is planned to improve science-related articles that are part of the Government of Karnataka's high school syllabus.
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Blog Entry Edit-a-thon to improve Kannada-language science-related Wikipedia articles
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Aug 21, 2015 — last modified Sep 04, 2015 08:25 AM — filed under: , , ,
A three-day Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon was conducted for science lecturers of institutions who gathered at the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Bengaluru this August 18. The idea of this event was to improve science-related articles that are part of the Government of Karnataka's high school syllabus.
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ವಿಕಿಪಿಡಿಯ ಮುಕ್ತವಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಿ: ಡಾ.ಪವನಜ
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Aug 14, 2015 — last modified Sep 06, 2015 12:03 PM
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS-A2K) has ongoing partnership with SDM College, Ujire. Students of Masters in Communication and Journalism will be writing articles in Kannada Wikipedia. This academic year’s programme was inaugurated on August 12. It was followed by hands-on workshop. Karavali Karnataka, a Karnataka news portal has reported this in an article published on August 14, 2015.
Located in Openness / News & Media
ವಿಕಿಪಿಡಿಯಾ ಬಳಕೆಯಿಂದ ನಮ್ಮ ಭಾಷೆ ಮತ್ತು ಶೈಲಿ ಸುಧಾರಣೆಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ - ಡಾ. ಯು.ಬಿ. ಪವನಜ
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Aug 13, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:21 PM — filed under: , , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS-A2K) has ongoing partnership with SDM College, Ujire. Students of Masters in Communication and Journalism will be writing articles in Kannada Wikipedia. This academic year’s programme was inaugurated on August 12. It was followed by hands-on workshop. Mangalorean.com, a Karnataka portal has reported this on August 13, 2015.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Upload More Kannada Articles on Wikipedia
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Jul 05, 2015 — last modified Sep 13, 2015 06:09 AM — filed under: , ,
Uploading information in Wikipedia helps to develop language, said Indian Languages Programme Manager U B Pavanaja here on Saturday. The article was published in Indian Express (Mangaluru edition) on July 5, 2015.
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Tulu Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Mangalore
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Sep 14, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:06 PM — filed under: , ,
This edit-a-thon is aimed to encourage more Tulu speakers to contribute to Tulu Wikipedia which is currently in incubator. The edit-a-thon is being organised by the Tulu Wikimedia community in Mangalore.
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Blog Entry Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Mangalore to bring Tulu Wikipedia live
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Aug 18, 2015 — last modified Sep 15, 2015 09:07 AM — filed under: , , , ,
A Wikipedia edit-a-thon was organised in Mangalore, Karnataka this 14th to encourage more Tulu-language speakers to contribute to Tulu Wikipedia. Tulu Wikipedia is is currently in the Incubator but the enthusiastic editor community is putting their best effort to bring it live out of Incubator. This edit-a-thon is one of the many activities the Tulu Wikimedia community has organised.
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Workshop on digital collaborations in Tamil-language, Tamil Virtual University, Chennai
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Sep 14, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:13 PM — filed under:
A two-day workshop on digital collaborations in Tamil-language has been organised by Tamil Virtual University, Anna University Campus, Chennai. I have been invited to participate in this event on behalf of the CIS-A2K programme.
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Blog Entry Journalism Students of the SDM College Ujire Enrich Karnataka’s Folklore And Folk Art in Kannada Wikipedia
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Aug 18, 2015 — last modified Sep 15, 2015 09:09 AM — filed under: , , ,
As part of an ongoing partnership with the Shree Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) College Ujjire, with active support from a few Kannada Wikipedia editors, CIS-A2K began an outreach programme so that the journalism students could help many Kannada readers about Karnataka’s rich folklore and folk art.
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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