Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/Cycle 2/Engaging in the Knowledge Ecosystem
We will build relationships with a wide variety of organizations dedicated to the ideals of free knowledge. Wikimedia communities will work with allies that they didn’t know they had. Our content and technology will become a central part of formal and informal education around the world. We will partner with leading institutions in education, arts, entertainment, civil society, government, science, and technology. Together, we will invite a new generation of people who learn, create, and care for a growing library of free knowledge for all.
Theme: Engaging the knowledge ecosystem (Participating in the knowledge network)
Cycle 2 of the discussion is now closed. Please discuss the draft strategic direction (link coming soon).
Sub-themes
This theme was formed from the content generated by individual contributors and organized groups during cycle 1 discussions. Here are the sub-themes that support this theme. See the Cycle 1 Report, plus the supplementary spreadsheet and synthesis methodology of the 1800+ thematic statements.
- Education
- Institutions
- Educators
- Existing programs
Insights from movement strategy conversations and research
Insights from the Wikimedia community (from this discussion)
Insights from partners and experts
- Summary of 20 expert interviews from India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Egypt, Brazil and Mexico (2017)
- Summaries of salons, meetings, and interviews with experts and partners
Insights from user (readers and contributors) research
Other Research
About education
- World Bank: http://data.worldbank.org/topic/education
- United Nations Education: http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/education
- Brookings: While overall literacy will rise, global access to post-secondary education will remain out of reach for billions of people: https://www.brookings.edu/research/why-wait-100-years-bridging-the-gap-in-global-education
- Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies: Burns, M. and Lawrie, J. (Eds.). (2015). Where It’s Needed Most: Quality Professional Development for All Teachers. New York, NY: Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies.
- UNESCO: Miao, Mishra and McGreal (2016). Open Educational Resources: Policy, Costs and Transformation. Paris, UNESCO.
- UNESCO: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002164/216451E.pdf
- Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2015/09/whos-benefiting-from-moocs-and-why
Questions
These are the main questions we want you to consider and debate during this discussion. Please support your arguments with research when possible. We recognize you may not have time to answer all the questions; to help you choose where to focus, we have listed three types of questions below. The primary questions are the ones most important to answer during this discussion cycle.
- Primary questions
- What impact would we have on the world if we follow this theme?
- Note that if you already submitted key ideas that answer this question for this theme in the previous discussion, consider just adding a link to that source page versus rewriting the whole statement. (see spreadsheet). If you have something new to add to a comment you made previously, however, please do.
- How important is this theme relative to the other 4 themes? Why?
- Secondary question
- Focus requires tradeoffs. If we increase our effort in this area in the next 15 years, is there anything we’re doing today that we would need to stop doing?
- Expansion questions
- What else is important to add to this theme to make it stronger?
- Expansion questions
- Who else will be working in this area and how might we partner with them?
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