Presented by: Sophie Fitzpatrick & Amy O'Riordan
This is a workshop (45 min): This session will introduce teachers and participants to the Wiki Women Erasmus+ Toolkits and lesson plans that are freely accessible to all. It will introduce the project and demonstrate how it has been successfully piloted in three minority language communities, namely, Ireland, The Basque Country and Friesland.
Then participants will have their chance to do some hands-on bilingual editing on Wikipedia or the Irish language Wikipedia (Vicipéid). With demonstrations on how to use the world’s biggest digital encyclopedia and see how easy it is to teach these vital skills to students and also help to close the gender gap in information at the same time!
The facilitators ask that you create a Wikipedia account ahead of this session if you do not have one already. You can select the ‘request account’ option input your username and email. If you already have a Wikipedia account, you can simply join the session by logging in via the link.
You can access the presenters’ slides here: CESIcon 2025
Presenter Biography:
Sophie Fitzpatrick is the Projects and Communications Manager at Wikimedia Community Ireland. She oversees the running of the community and organises various educational projects, collaborations, outreach and events. She runs educational
programs in universities across Ireland and is involved in the WikiWomen Eramsus+ Project and more recdently Full Stack Feminism. Her background is in International Human Rights law and she is passionate bout intersectional feminist approaches to knowledge sharing and access to information.
Is í Amy O’Riordan an tOifigeach Gaeilge le Pobal ÉIreann Wikimedia ó Iúil 2023. Bhain sí céim BA amach sa Fhraincis agus sa Ghaeilge ó Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Phort Láirge (OTO anois) i 2013, Dioplóma Iarchéime i Síceolaíocht Fheidhmeach ó COC i 2020, agus MA i Stair Réigiúnach na hÉireann ó SETU i 2023. Díríonn a ról mar OG ar chur chun cinn na Gaeilge trí thionscadail éagsúla Wikimedia agus imeachtaí PÉW, lena n-áirítear an obair ar fhorbairt Vicipéid agus tacú leis an bpobal.
Amy O’Riordan is the Irish Language Officer at Wikimedia Community Ireland since July 2023. She holds a BA in French and Irish from Waterford Institute of Technology (now SETU) in 2013, a Higher Diploma in Applied Psychology from University College Cork (2020), and an MA in Regional Irish History from SETU (2023). Her role focuses on promoting the Irish language across various Wikimedia projects and WCI activities, including the development of Vicipéid and supporting the community.