Wikipedia:Education Board/Transition needs


See Wikipedia:Wiki Education Foundation for more current information on the organization that these pages refer to.


This page outlines a list of knowledge, functions, and materials that the Working Group has identified as needing to transfer from the current program to the new organization in order to have a successful transition by May 2013:

  • methods to evaluate classes and hold them accountable
  • methods for incentivizing volunteers
  • information about past problems and resolutions with classes, Ambassadors, professors, etc.
  • suggestions for engaging key Wikipedians—both those who support and those who oppose the program
  • history of the Wikipedia Education Program
  • promising practices for organizing conferences, Ambassador trainings, summits, etc.
  • contact lists of professors, Ambassadors, trainers, and other volunteers
  • list of available and relevant online resources
  • list of past classes and participating universities
  • list of key supporters in Academia, Wikipedia, etc.
  • list of funders and potential funders
  • information about ties to academic organizations
  • information about past presentations and conferences
  • building WikiEd Groups, which includes organizing existing participants into the new model
  • needed campus visits
  • outreach to new Ambassadors and professors
  • reconceptualizing online support
  • fundraising
  • legal support for the program and administrative functions
  • liaise with program members and participants
  • continued communication with Wikimedia Foundation