EduWiki Conference 2013/Speaker guidance
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This page is for speakers and panelists at EduWiki Conference 2013.
Facilities
The conference rooms are very modern and well equipped, with a networked presentation laptop and audiovisual facilities. You can bring your own laptop, but remember to bring an adaptor if it needs one to connect to a VGA projector. If there is a piece of equipment that you need and think it may not be available please let Toni Sant know (toni.sant
wikimedia.org.uk).
Ground rules
- Be promotional...
If you're speaking at this conference, it's because you've worked on, or supported, something innovative and ground-breaking in education. Don't be shy about what you've done: tell us the benefits and opportunities for teachers and learners.
- ...but be honest
If you've been involved in a bold, ground-breaking project, there will inevitably have been problems and complications; issues you wish you'd anticipated, but hadn't. Tell us honestly about what went wrong, so we can learn the right lessons.
- Keep to time, but allow audience questions
The conference is geared to have lots of opportunities for audience contributions. The standard half-hour slot is normally expected to be a 20 minute talk with ten minutes for questions: a 45-minute keynote slot is normally 30 minutes of presentation and 15 minutes of discussion. You don't have to keep to this format: anything that keeps the audience engaged is welcome! The chair will move on to the next slot when the total time has elapsed: if the audience have unanswered questions, they will be encouraged to talk to you during the breaks.
- The audience
The participants will be coming from various backgrounds - some will be Wikipedians interested in education, some will be people from the education sector either already working with Wikipedia or interested in finding out more. So the level of knowledge of your topic will be quite varied.
Recording and social media
We will be recording sessions on video for later sharing. We will also be encouraging the use of Twitter and other social media during all the sessions, using the #eduwiki hashtag. If there is anything in your talk or slides that you do not want recorded, then talk to Toni Sant beforehand. If some of the audience seem to be preoccupied with their mobile devices, it's because they are thinking about what you've just said and how to digest it into 140 characters.
We will also be recording short interviews exploring your opinions on open education and Wikipedia - if you are interested in participating you can let us know now, or get involved on the day.
Presentation materials and other content
All of Wikimedia UK's activities try to create or promote material that is freely and openly licensed for reuse - even meeting minutes! We hope you'll share any presentation materials, or example materials from your course or give us a pointer to online open materials you're already created (if you're a Wikimedian, this will be easy as pie). We'll be able to host certain kinds of material on this site or on sister sites such as Wikiversity or Wikimedia Commons. The conference organisers can help.
Practical arrangements
- Even if you are presenting on one day only, you are mostly welcome to stay for both days.
- Unless requested and explicitly confirmed with Wikimedia UK, we do not cover any expenses (travel, per diem, accommodation).
- We are expecting the speakers to book their accommodation. Some guidance is available here
- All the directions can be found on the main page of this event.
- Free parking is available but it's a good idea to check with the venue before arriving as there are several other events taking place in the area during the same days as EduWiki.
- If you are a Wikimedia UK volunteer coming to deliver a talk we may be able to support you further with regards to expenses - please check with Toni.
Emergency contact
In case of emergency during the conference, please feel free to contact Toni Sant with any queries on 07885 980 536, leaving your name and best way to reach you if you get the voice mail service.