Wikimania 2022/Individual Reports/Olani Olabimpe
Welcome back from Wikimania 2022! Please write your report here. Once you have completed the application, please email the link to wikimania
wikimedia.org (by 20 September 2022). If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email us.
- Username
- Olani Olabimpe
- How did you attend Wikimania (virtually or in-person)?
Virtually and In-Person (Wikimania SDGs 2022)
- What did you spend the scholarship funds on?
Data packages, Transportation fare to 3days in-person event, Small hardware expenses to support access, and miscellenous.
- Takeaways – choose 3 specific Wikimania sessions you attended and describe your key take-aways per session.
- Speakers: Krishna Chaitanya Velaga and Ciell
- Getting started with organising Wiki Loves Monuments
- Key takeaways per session: Understanding the goals and importance of WLM, Getting to know the basics of organizing WLM in a country for the first time or with a new team and Understanding the support available for the organizing and form necessary connections.
2. Speakers: Rocío Aravena
- Wiki tools for Cultural Heritage Education”: an OER created by Wikimedia Chile
- Key takeaways per session: This session exposed me to the intersection between Cultural Heritage, Education and the Wikimedia projects. I gained first-hand experience on how to create an Open Educational Resource in alliances with other institutions; it planning stage, strategies, and design. I also learned about the experience of using the Open Educational Resource with educational communities and how to achieve tips for generating similar initiatives.
3. Speakers:Patricia Díaz Rubio
- WikiGLAM in Latam: the challenges that remain
- key take-aways per session: Recurrent arguments (lack of technical and human resources, fear of losing audiences, misunderstanding of open access policies) that WikiGLAM promoters find among regional cultural institutions when trying to propose open access projects and the future common strategies that can be developed to keep promoting WikiGLAM projects successfully.
- How did you connect with other people during Wikimania 2022? How did you celebrate at Wikimania 2022?
I connected with Wikimedians from other states in Nigeria at the Wikimania SDGs held in Ilorin. I acted as a guest speaker and discussed new project ideas and the possibilities of youth development and growth within the Wikimedia movements with participants in attendance. I celebrated with other participants by engaging them in career talks, participating in Wiki quiz, and lots of games. I had an interesting time learning about WikiJournals and its impacts in promoting open access journals and free access to research resources.
- (Optional) Please share link(s) to your social media post(s) about Wikimania