Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Malayalam Wikimedia Educational Program (ID: 22113994)/Final Report
Report Status: Accepted
Due date: 2023-11-20T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: Malayalam Wikimedia Educational Program
- Username of Applicant: Akbarali
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 4762.06
- Amount spent: 4714.7 USD, 392891.61 INR
Part 1 Understanding your work edit
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
Our activities were mainly focused on the educational institutions in the Kerala, which include Secondary school, senior secondary school, graduate and post graduate students in different places. This broad approach has allowed us to reach students and educators at various stages of their academic journeys. We focused students as well as teachers and professors in these institutions. This holistic approach ensures that knowledge dissemination and the spirit of collaboration extend to both students and their mentors. Educational institutions have been taken these programmes as their prestigious events and cooperated well with the keen enthusiasm to the freedom of knowledge that Wikimedia movements always strives for. We have instilled a sense of enthusiasm among students and educators for the freedom of knowledge that Wikimedia movements stand for and they have been constantly keeping editing in wikidata and Wikipedia pages.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
Targeted Editing Topics:
Our approach to editing on Wikidata involved a deliberate selection of topics, taking into consideration both the relevance to the participants' academic level and the appropriateness of the content. For instance, at Malayalam University, where participants were graduate and postgraduate students specializing in history, our editing efforts were focused on preserving historical knowledge. Consequently, the tasks primarily revolved around enhancing and expanding historical articles on Wikipedia.
Similarly, at the Senior Secondary School, where students were preparing for civil service examinations, we concentrated on building Wikidata items for renowned civil servants from Kerala, particularly District Collectors, who did not yet have Wikidata entries. This approach ensured that our training aligned with the students' career aspirations and provided them with valuable experience in data creation and contribution to the platform.
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
Field to type in URLs.
1. Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University wikimedia workshop 11th July 2023 [ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Kerala/Events/Thunchath_Ezhuthachan_Malayalam_University_wikimedia_workshop_2023 ]
2.The oxford School Wikimedia Education Programme 12th July 2023 [ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Kerala/Events/The_oxford_School_Wikimedia_Education_Programme ]
3.The Springs International School Wikimedia Education Programme 27th July 2023 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Kerala/Events/The_Springs_International_School_Wikimedia_Education_Programme
4. The Springs International School Wikimedia Education Programme 27th July 2023
5. Wikimedia Education Programme for Kerala Teachers 6th Auguest 2023
6. Wikimedia Education Programme for Kerala Teachers, 6th August
2023https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Kerala/Events/Wikimedia_Education_Programme_at_PMSM_Campus
4. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with the support of this Fund? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals.
| A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups | Strongly agree |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | Strongly agree |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | Agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Agree |
5. Is there anything else you would like to share about how your efforts helped to bring in participants and/or build out content, particularly for underrepresented groups?
N/A
Part 2: Your main learning edit
6. In your application, you outlined your learning priorities. What did you learn about these areas during this period?
1. 80% participants who participated across the educational programme is able to understand and familiar with various Wikimedia projects and their potential as educational resources.And they also had trial run with wikidata, wikipedia and commons for the educational purpose.
2. 80% participants responded to the workshop very actively. During the time of interactive presentation majority of them asked doubts and questions appropriately. 20% participants had no devices such as laptops or mobile phons so that they were joining with other participants to fill the gap.
3. Workshop encouraged participants to actively contribute to Wikimedia projects. As per the current data 41 active participants who edit in Wikidata, Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
4. The workshop contributed to increased awareness and understanding of free knowledge and open educational resources in the local community. If so, how many participants continued to contribute after the workshop?
7. Did anything unexpected or surprising happen when implementing your activities?This can include both positive and negative situations. What did you learn from those experiences?
Yes. , when we coordinated an educational program at Face Campus, the authorities embraced this initiative with enthusiasm, considering it a prestigious event. Consequently, they arranged a grand ceremony for prize distribution, graced by renowned civil service dignitaries who honored the awardees curated by our organizing team. The award ceremony witnessed the attendance of hundreds of individuals. I learned that this kind of session would be helpful if we can arrange for prize distribution so that wider community will be aware about Wikimedia and participants will feel proud.
8. How do you hope to use this learning? For instance, do you have any new priorities, ideas for activities, or goals for the future?
Indeed. We will use this strategy for the coming programmes and I will write about this programme in blog. And we also will talk about this in different conferences. So that other community members also will get an inspiration.
9. Documentation of resources: Use this space to upload any documents that would be useful to share with others (e.g. communications material, training material, presentations).
Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
https://quizizz.com/admin/presentation/64aee02d7d5add001d880613?searchLocale=
Part 3: Metrics edit
10a. Open Metrics reporting
In your application, you defined some open metrics and targets (goals). You will see a table like the one below with your metric in the title and the target you set in your proposal automatically filled in. Use the tables to report the result. Use the comments column to describe any aspects of this result that you find relevant. If the results were different from the initial target (goals) then you can explain why and what you learned from this. You can also provide any qualitative analysis regarding these results. In the last column please describe the tools and methodology used to collect this data and any difficulties you might have had.
| Open Metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles | General number of articles | 100 | 134 | N/A | https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Kerala_Education/Wikimedia_Education_Programme |
| Images in commons | General number of photos | 200 | 485 | N/A | https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Kerala_Education/Wikimedia_Education_Programme/students/overview |
| Wikidata | Items,labels and descriptions | 500 | 132 | This is still under processing and will be creating more number in coming months. | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
10b. Core Metrics reporting
In your application, you defined targets for some core metrics and targets (goals). You will see a table like the one below with each core metric in the title and the target you set in your proposal automatically filled in. Use the tables to report the result. Use the comments column to describe any aspects of this result that you find relevant. If the results were different from the initial target (goals) then you can explain why and what you learned from this. You can also provide any qualitative analysis regarding these results. In the last column please describe the tools and methodology used to collect this data and any difficulties you might have had. Note: a table will appear for each Wikimedia project content contribution you defined in your proposal.
| Core metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | General participants | 75 | 218 | https://quizizz.com/admin/reports/64ad0ca9805f80001d140013/players
https://quizizz.com/admin/reports/64af690c40fadb001d6fe6f6/players https://quizizz.com/admin/reports/64c227574716ed001d78bfff/players https://quizizz.com/admin/reports/64cf311c5433a6001e2e19f4/players https://quizizz.com/admin/reports/64ccc3abe83e35001efefb92/players | |
| Number of editors | Experienced editors | 20 | 41 | ||
| Number of organizers | Experienced organizers | 5 | 6 |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
12. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? This could include things like a lack of time or resources, or the expertise in your team to collect this data. It could also include difficulties with particular data collection tools.
No
12a. State what difficulties you had.
N/A
12b. How do you hope to overcome these challenges in the future? Do you have any recommendations for the Foundation to support you in addressing these challenges?
N/A
13. Use this space to upload any documents and provide links to any tools you have used that would be useful to understand your data collection (e.g., surveys you have carried out, communications material, training material, program and event dashboard link, project page on Meta).
Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
https://quizizz.com/admin/reports/64ad0ca9805f80001d140013/players
https://quizizz.com/admin/reports/64af690c40fadb001d6fe6f6/players
https://quizizz.com/admin/reports/64c227574716ed001d78bfff/players
https://quizizz.com/admin/reports/64cf311c5433a6001e2e19f4/players
https://quizizz.com/admin/reports/64ccc3abe83e35001efefb92/players
14. Have you shared these results with other Wikimedian communities (either affiliates, user groups, volunteers, etc., different to yours)? This can include things such as data and direct outcomes, lessons you have learned, or information on how to run or recreate your programs.
Yes
14a. If yes or partially, please describe how you have already shared them and if you would like to do more sharing, and if so how.
All events are updated in the event page of our Wikimedia affiliate user page.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Kerala/Events
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance edit
15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
392891.61 INR
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
4714.7 USD
17. Please report the funds received and spending in the currency of your fund.
17a. Upload a financial report file.
17b. Please provide a link to your financial reporting document.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_i-fm1ouhb1DzfTYsvBjT2qwWMAbXVh3CwZ_oTMponA/edit?usp=sharing
As required in the fund agreement, please report any deviations from your fund proposal here. Note that, among other things, any changes must be consistent with our WMF mission, must be for charitable purposes as defined in the grant agreement, and must otherwise comply with the grant agreement.
17c. If you have not already done so in your budget report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal.
N/A
18. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?
No
18a. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
INR : 7753.39 This was unspent due to the reduction of amount in allotted for food .
18b. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
B. Propose to use them to partially or fully fund a new/future grant request with PO approval
18c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
We would like to purchase and print User group logo on umbrellas for our active volunteers. So that we can provide 8 umbrellas for our volunteers during our edit-a-thon.
19. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?
Yes
20. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?
Yes
21. Are you in compliance with provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Funds as outlined in the grant agreement? In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the WMF mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.
Yes
22. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here.
NA
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