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Blog Entry Varsha Kavlekar on Konkani Wikipedia Incubator
by Nitika Tandon published Dec 12, 2013 last modified Dec 31, 2013 10:56 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As part of this program it organised the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Program recently.
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Blog Entry Pooja Tople on Wikimedia Projects
by Nitika Tandon published Dec 17, 2013 last modified Dec 31, 2013 11:04 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) in collaboration with the Goa University is working to build Konkani Wikipedia. As part of this program it organised the Konkani Vishwakosh Digitization Program recently.
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Blog Entry CIS-A2K: Work Accomplished on Konkani Wikipedia
by Nitika Tandon published Dec 31, 2013 — filed under: , , , , , ,
The Centre for Internet and Society’s Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K team) is pleased to share with you the key accomplishments about the work it accomplished on Konkani Wikipedia from September to December 2013 in this report. In accordance with the Centre for Internet and Society’s Access to Knowledge Program’s (CIS-A2K) Konkani Work Plan 2013-14 the program has invested time and effort to build Konkani Wikimedia community and projects.
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Blog Entry First ever Train-the-Trainer Program in India
by Nitika Tandon published Dec 05, 2013 last modified Dec 31, 2013 12:18 PM — filed under: , , ,
Access to Knowledge Programme at the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS-A2K) organized the first ever Train the Trainer Program in India. 20 Wikimedians from 8 different language communities and 10 different cities across India attended CIS-A2K’s Train the Trainer (TTT).
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Blog Entry Konkani Vishwakosh Encyclopedia released under Free License
by Nitika Tandon published Dec 08, 2013 last modified Dec 31, 2013 12:42 PM — filed under: , , ,
Upon Centre for Internet & Society’s Access to Knowledge Programme (CIS-A2K)‘s explicit request, Goa University has approved the re-release of Vishwakosh under Creative Commons License (CC-BY-SA 3.0) to make it freely available to public, giving them the right to share, use and even build upon the work that has already been done. This is a huge step to help preserve Konkani language and culture in the digital era.
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Blog Entry Wikipedia Editing as Assessment Tool in the Indian Higher Education Classroom
by Dr. Tejaswini Niranjana, Ashwin Kumar A.P. and T. Vishnu Vardhan published Jan 30, 2014 last modified Jan 30, 2014 10:06 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
Getting students to create and edit Wikipedia entries in English and Indian languages can be a comprehensive assessment tool at the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. Both levels of higher education require the demonstration of the ability to present knowledge in encyclopaedic form, which can be done by a good review of relevant literature and the showcasing of key arguments in the field.
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Blog Entry CIS-A2K, KIIT University and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences sign MoUs
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Jan 11, 2014 last modified Feb 03, 2014 06:24 AM — filed under: , , , ,
KIIT University, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoUs) for furthering Odia Wikipedia.
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Blog Entry WikiSangamotsavam 2013 brings Indian Wikimedians together
by Netha Hussain and Subhashish Panigrahi published Jan 14, 2014 last modified Feb 03, 2014 06:57 AM — filed under: , , , ,
WikiSangamotsavam, the annual conference of Malayalam Wikimedians, took place in Alappuzha, Kerala from December 21 to 23, 2013. The conference brought together around 200 Wikimedians and well-wishers from all over India.
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Blog Entry Wikipedia at Forefront in Christ University
by Syed Muzammiluddin published Jan 29, 2014 last modified Feb 04, 2014 05:08 AM — filed under: , , ,
Wikipedia has entered Indian undergraduate language classroom in Christ University, Bangalore. Recently the Access to Knowledge team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS-A2K) organized a series of events in Christ University. This blog post provides a brief analysis of the outcome.
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Blog Entry Odia Wikipedia: Three Years of Active Contributions Gives Life to a Ten Year Old Project
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Jan 31, 2014 last modified Feb 04, 2014 08:56 AM — filed under: , , ,
Odia Wikipedia has carved its mark as the largest online encyclopedia in Odia language that is edited by a volunteer editor community.
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