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Wikipedia Edit-a-thon workshop & Talks on Gender Gap in Wikipedia: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 04, 2014 — filed under: Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Event, Access to Knowledge
Open Minds (a student group advocating free and open movement) in association with the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team is holding a workshop at Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Science and Technology, Gandipet, Serilingampalle, Andhra Pradesh on March 8, 10.00 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
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Wikipedia edit-a-thons to add content on LGBTs: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 07, 2014 — last modified Jul 28, 2014 06:41 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
From Monday, Wikipedia will hold a series of “edit-a-thons” to encourage people to add content to the site about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
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Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History at CBIT, Hyderabad: by Syed Muzammiluddin — published Mar 08, 2014 — last modified Apr 07, 2014 01:32 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
“Wikipedia Editathon on India Women's History” and “Work-Life Balance: Women in Engineering” were organized parallelly at Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology (CBIT), Hyderabad on March 8, 2014. These events had a common session during the morning and a separate sessions in the afternoon.
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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: Social Media, Higher Education, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness
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.
Located in Openness / Blog
Wikipedia Event in Mangalore: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 20, 2016 — filed under: CIS-A2K, Kannada Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
The article was published by Vijaya Karnataka on December 18, 2016.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Wikipedia Gains Massive Traffic Thanks To Vernacular Languages: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 01, 2013 — last modified Aug 19, 2013 04:18 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
The blog post was published in Before It's News on August 1, 2013. T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted.
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Wikipedia Hackathon at BITS Hyderabad: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 25, 2012 — last modified Oct 25, 2012 08:42 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Event Type
CIS - A2K team and BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus are organizing a hackathon for their tech fest — ATMOS on October 26 - 27, 2012, from 6.00 p.m. on October 26 to 6.00 a.m. on October 27.
Located in Openness / Events
Wikipedia in Indian Languages on Mobile Phones: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 25, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Wikipedia in India's regional languages and accessible over mobile phones is revolutionising the way Internet content is used in this multi-lingual country, say information technology (IT) experts.
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Wikipedia in St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa: by Nitika Tandon — published Jan 19, 2013 — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:33 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
A three hour Wikipedia workshop was organized by the Centre for Internet & Society, Delhi, in the morning of December 14, 2012 at St. Xavier's College in Mapusa, Goa. Over 30 participants attended the session.
Located in Openness / Blog
Wikipedia in the Classroom: A Study of the Wikimedia in Education at CHRIST (Deemed to be University): by Ananth Subray — published Dec 31, 2020 — last modified May 15, 2021 12:33 PM — filed under: A2K Research, Access to Knowledge
This is a short study on the Wikimedia in Education (WIE) at Christ University, Bengaluru, which aims to offer an overview of the key objectives and challenges of this project and map its impact on teaching-learning practices in multilingual classrooms. The report has been authored by Ananth Subray, with editorial oversight and support by Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and external review by Sumandro Chattapadhyay. This is part of a series of short-term studies undertaken by the CIS-A2K team in 2019–2020.
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