Comments on: Wikimania 2014: Wikipedia belongs in Education https://education.okfn.org/wikimania-2014-wikipedia-belongs-in-education/ Fri, 29 Dec 2017 15:34:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: Stevie Benton https://education.okfn.org/wikimania-2014-wikipedia-belongs-in-education/#comment-16439 Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:00:20 +0000 http://education.okfn.org/?p=530#comment-16439 Thank you very much for this post Marieke, I really enjoyed it. As someone who was involved in Wikimania, reading the reflections of those who came is incredibly useful.

What struck me is that there’s really a sense that the use of Wikipedia within educational settings has shifted from something that’s frowned upon to something that is now much more mainstream. Wikipedia definitely belongs in education!

I’m also really pleased with your comments about the Open Coalition. By working more closely together, our organisations interested in, say, open education, can achieve much more impact with our time, resources and efforts. There’s amplification there, and economies of scale. Bekka Kahn is doing a great job in getting the message out there and bringing together those with similar aims.

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