WikiED Training Uganda 2023
1. Briefly describe how your strategies and activities proposed were implemented and if any changes to what was proposed are worth highlighting?
The strategy here was to get 3 teachers from 2 secondary level schools, they had to have some level of computer proficiency. This was aimed at ensuring that little time would be spent on improving their IT skills overall to ensure a fast paced training experience. However a total of 5 trainees were confirmed by the onset of the training. 3 from one school, 1 from another and one community member who lacked the necessary trainining were approved and training initiated on 6th May 2023. I continued looking out for another teacher from any other school and identified one that would now complete the desired total of 6. This one was identified in the second week of training. I had to look beyond the two previously identified schools to manage to reach the target, with this I realised that it's important to be prepared for eventualities and be ready to be flexible depending on the situation you presented with.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you feel are being effective in achieving your goals?
Targeting the begining of the training to be in the holiday time helped, however I soon realised that not all schools set off for holidays at the same time and that some of the identified teachers continued being busy even during this hitherto thought to be a less busy period. I had to reachout to each and understand their unique circumstances and gauge on which aspects of the programme I could tweak to ensure all of them feel comfortable and have live sessions where everyone could attend.
3. What challenges or obstacles have you encountered so far?
The biggest challenge has been that the teachers were totally unaware of the foundation and we had to start with the basics and water their interest in the training objectives over time.
Most of the identified teachers have extra curicula activities at schools and there are times when it get's really impossible for them to attend sessions.
There is an identified gap in communication, at times you get regrets when the session is supposed to be ongoing. This creates logistical challenges due to these unforeseen twists.
4. Please describe how different communities are participating and being informed about your work.
Before the beginning of the training a comunication was sent out notifying membership about what was planned. This was done through the community WhatsApp groups, Telegram group, Twitter accounts to where used for this purpose. Videos of the training sessions are uploaded and links shared for the community to be abreast with how the sessions are going.
5. Please share reflections on how your efforts are helping to engage participants and/or build content, particularly for underrepresented groups.
All the sessions curried out so far have been virtual, we have taken advantage of the Zoom remote meeting application, recordings of which have been properly editing using a video editing software and there after uploaded on YouTube. The content is vailed to the general community for followup and use as part of the general learning experience and archiving for posterity.
7. What are the next steps and opportunities you’ll be focusing on for the second half of your work?
| Open Metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
| N/A | Individuals who attend various community organized events | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | Individuals who contribute to Wikimedia's projects : | 60 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | Individuals that are engaged in and support community activities but are not necessarily editors | 5 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Additional Metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
| Number of editors that continue to participate/retained after activities | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Number of organizers that continue to participate/retained after activities | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Number of strategic partnerships that contribute to longer term growth, diversity and sustainability | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Feedback from participants on effective strategies for attracting and retaining contributors | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Diversity of participants brought in by grantees | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Number of people reached through social media publications | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Number of activities developed | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Number of volunteer hours | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Core metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
| Number of participants | Community volunteers who attend or benefit from the usergroup's activities throughout the year | 6 | 5 | This is an ongoing process | First identified teachers in schools, now looking at other options |
| Number of editors | Editors who edit various Wikimedia projects, creating and improving content | 9 | 8 | ||
| Number of organizers | Change agents and implementors of what has been learned | 3 | 3 | This target was successfully achieved |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
| Wikipedia | |||||
| Wikimedia Commons | |||||
| Wikidata | |||||
| Wikisource |
9.Are you having any difficulties collecting data to measure your results?
10. Are you collaborating and sharing learning with Wikimedia affiliates or community members?
10a. Please describe how you have already shared them and if you would like to do more sharing, and if so how?
11. Documentation of your work process, story, and impact.
- Below there is a section to upload files, videos, sound files, images (photos and infographics, e.g. communications materials, blog posts, compelling quotes, social media posts, etc.). This can be anything that would be useful to understand and show your learning and results to date (e.g., training material, dashboards, presentations, communications material, training material, etc).
- Below is an additional field to type in link URLs.
Twitter Posts:
https://twitter.com/WikiUganda/status/1654200519882072064
https://twitter.com/Tamdra_Ug/status/1653808972657307661
YouTube: