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Health/Offline Health Resources - expanding content for Internet in a Box
Tu · Friday 15:30 - 16:30


Description

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This session is a round table workshop to brainstorm sources of additional content for Internet in a Box. The session will begin with a brief overview of currently available content and licensing and technical challenges in acquiring it. This will be followed by a working session to identify potential content contributors and a plan for soliciting their participation.

Relationship to the theme

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This session will address the conference theme — Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals — in the following manner:

  1. SDG 3 - Quality Health and Well-being - It is hoped that making a growing range of offline health material available in a low cost format will lead to better health outcomes.
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education - Easily accessible offline health resources contribute to a quality education.

Session outcomes

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At the end of the session, the following will have been achieved:

A Google doc with group contributions (CC licensed) containing:

  • A list of target sources for new offline health content.
  • A plan for approaching each source in order to gain access to the content.
  • Additional ideas for expanding offline health content/

Session leader(s)

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  • Tim Moody


Session type

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Each Space at Wikimania 2019 will have specific format requests. The program design prioritises submissions which are future-oriented and directly engage the audience. The format of this submission is a:

  • Lightning talk
  • Workshop to identify and try to solve problem
  • Roundtable discussion forum

Requirements

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The session will work best with these conditions:

  • Room:

Round-table seating

  • Audience:

Open to any and all interested persons.

  • Recording:


Interest

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If you would like to attend this session, please express your interest by signing ~~~~ below

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