Josephine Fraser

Josephine Fraser

London, England, United Kingdom
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I lead ethical and inclusive digital transformation. I have advised and represented…

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Volunteer Experience

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    Regional Fund Committee Member, Northern & Western Europe

    Wikimedia Foundation

    - Present 1 year 3 months

    Science and Technology

    The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation provides the essential infrastructure for free knowledge. They host Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia, created, edited, and verified by volunteers around the world, as well as many other vital community projects. As a Regional Fund Committee Member I provide strategic thought partnership to help understand the complexities of Wikimedia Foundation Funding regions and to make funding decisions for grant applications in the regions, providing knowledge…

    The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation provides the essential infrastructure for free knowledge. They host Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia, created, edited, and verified by volunteers around the world, as well as many other vital community projects. As a Regional Fund Committee Member I provide strategic thought partnership to help understand the complexities of Wikimedia Foundation Funding regions and to make funding decisions for grant applications in the regions, providing knowledge and expertise to applicants to support successful movement activities.

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    Chair Of The Board Of Directors

    Wikimedia UK

    - 4 years 9 months

    Human Rights

    Elected Board Member and then Chair. Wikimedia UK believes that open access to knowledge is a fundamental right and a driver for social and economic development. As registered charity, it works with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects to enable people and organisations to contribute to a shared understanding of the world through the democratic creation, distribution and consumption of knowledge.

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    British Library Labs Advisory Board Member

    The British Library

    - 2 years 3 months

    Education

    Supporting and advising on the use of the British Library’s digital collections and data in open and innovative ways, through competitions, events and collaborative projects.

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    Information Literacy Award Judge

    CILIP: The library and information association

    - 4 years 3 months

    Education

    This annual award recognises an individual or group who develops the best new digital educational resource for promoting Information Literacy in the UK

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    Strategic Advisory Group Member

    Museum Data Service

    - Present 1 month

    Arts and Culture

    Museum Data Service is a transformative new service that aims to connect and share all the object records across all UK museums, providing the raw material for anyone to work with this wealth of knowledge.

    It is a joint initiative by Art UK, Collections Trust and the University of Leicester, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Honors & Awards

  • Honorary Life Membership

    Wikimedia UK

    Wikimedia UK are the UK charity for the global Wikimedia movement, supporting and promoting engagement with Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and all of the Wikimedia projects. They are the largest English speaking chapter in the global Wikimedia family. This award recognises the contribution I have made to open knowledge during my work as a Wikimedia UK Board Member and Chair (2015-2020) and throughout my career to date.

  • Honorary Life Membership

    Association for Learning Technology

    The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) awards Honorary Life Membership to individuals whom ALT believes have made an outstanding and sustained contribution to the advancement of ALT’s aims for the development of learning technology in a regional, national or international context through research, practice, policy-development, leadership, or a combination of these.

  • Digital Leaders 100 - Digital Skills

    The Digital Leaders 100

    Celebrating Leadership in a Digital Age: The 2015 Digital Leaders 100 list honours the highest digital achievements from across the UK’s public, private and non-profit sectors, celebrating individuals and organisations who are leveraging digital to transform the UK’s public services and its social and economic opportunities. The DigiLit Leciester project recognised in the Best Digital Skills or Service category.

  • 2014 Learning Technologists of the Year award - Team Award

    Association for Learning Technology (ALT)

    The ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award celebrates and rewards excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field.

    DigiLit Leicester Project Team - category runners up.

    The DigiLit Leicester Project is a two year collaboration between Leicester City Council, De Montfort University and 23 secondary schools. The project aims to support, promote and develop the confident and effective use of technology, based on a model of professional…

    The ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award celebrates and rewards excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning technology field.

    DigiLit Leicester Project Team - category runners up.

    The DigiLit Leicester Project is a two year collaboration between Leicester City Council, De Montfort University and 23 secondary schools. The project aims to support, promote and develop the confident and effective use of technology, based on a model of professional development which supports teacher agency and collegiality, through pedagogically grounded self-evaluation.

  • Digital Leaders 50 - Local Government

    The Digital Leaders 50

    Shortlisted for the 'Local Government' category of the Digital Leaders 50 award. The Digital Leaders 50, in association with Digital by Default News, recognises leaders and organisations who demonstrate a pioneering and sustainable approach to digital transformation.The winners will have shown leadership and innovation in harnessing digital technology and the internet as providers of information, key services and social interaction.

  • MacArthur & MIT Reclaim Open Learning innovation contest winner 2013

    MacArthur Foundation, Digital Media and Learning Hub, and MIT Media Lab

    An international competition designed to recognise and showcase the best open, online and networked learning globally.

  • Individual Award for 2008 Learning Technologist of the Year

    Association for Learning Technology (ALT)

    The aim of the Award is to celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding
    achievement in the learning technology field.

    The Award was presented at the ALT conference in Leeds on 10 September 2008 by David
    Cavallo, Chief Learning Architect for OLPC (One Laptop per Child).

    "Josie Fraser won the individual award for her wide-ranging, influential, and sustained contribution in the learning technology field across a spectrum of contrasting projects."

    JUDGES’…

    The aim of the Award is to celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding
    achievement in the learning technology field.

    The Award was presented at the ALT conference in Leeds on 10 September 2008 by David
    Cavallo, Chief Learning Architect for OLPC (One Laptop per Child).

    "Josie Fraser won the individual award for her wide-ranging, influential, and sustained contribution in the learning technology field across a spectrum of contrasting projects."

    JUDGES’ COMMENTS

    “Josie is responsible for groundbreaking work in the learning technology domain. Examples of
    her work include:
    Research and production of Childnet International’s Cyberbullying Guidance for schools, produced
    under contract with the Department for Children, Families and Schools;
    Leading Childnet’s Becta funded research on Young People and Social Network Services;
    Running, voluntarily, the Edublog Awards, an annual event to select the best education blogs of the
    year;
    Paying a prominent role from its inception in the JISC Emerge project, the aim of which is to support the creation of a sustainable community of practice (CoP) that will develop and exploit new emergent technologies (e.g. social software, pervasive computing) in educational settings.

    Josie demonstrates great enthusiasm and drive, and, through her work, has succeeded in raising
    the profile of learning technology as a career choice.”

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