Lexicon

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Lexicon
The free children's dictionary
Wiki and lexicon based on Wikipedia model for children
languages German
editorial staff Registrated user
items 2,850 (April 2020)
Registration Mandatory, on request
programming language MediaWiki
On-line December 2014 (currently active)
http://klexikon.zum.de
The Klexikon logo contains an owl as a symbol of wisdom and knowledge
The two Klexikon founders Ziko van Dijk (r.) And Michael Schulte (l.)
Monthly access figures (2015-2018)
A dictionary day at the Technical University of Dortmund with a lecture and workshop

Klexikon is an online dictionary that was created in December 2014 and is aimed at children between the ages of six and twelve. The name Klexikon stands for children (K) and Lexicon. The dictionary is based on the Wikipedia model , uses the MediaWiki software, publishes all texts under the free Creative Commons license CC-BY-SA (attribution, distribution under the same conditions), uses free images from the Wikimedia media collection Commons and has some special basic rules that are also intended to do justice to the special target group children. This includes that all articles are appropriate, understandable and child-friendly. In addition, new authors have to register with an email in order to receive a user account.

After one year the dictionary had over 1,000 articles, after two years 1,500 and after just under three years 2,000 articles. The dictionary community collectively determines which articles should be written next. This is to ensure that the dictionary covers the most important topics, school subjects and areas of interest of children.

For the year 2017, the operator gave 2,564,239 page views ( page views on).

The Klexikon-Wiki was founded by the journalist Michael Schulte and the historian Ziko van Dijk, who was the chairman of Wikimedia Nederland from 2011 to 2014. The website is now run by the non-profit association Central for Educational Media in the Internet (ZUM), which also operates other wikis.

The Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth classifies the Klexikon as a “useful” children's dictionary. The voluntary self-regulation of television sees the advantage in the dictionary that, unlike Wikipedia, it is specially written for children. The Austrian school portal describes the Klexikon as a "great reference work", it provides content specially tailored for children. The German portal Lehrer-Online speaks of a "Wikipedia alternative for children". Other supraregional institutions and media also recommend the Klexikon as an online dictionary for children. The Flensburger Tageblatt noted that the dictionary is a reference work and not a textbook .

In the project phase before and after the launch of the website, the dictionary was supported by Wikimedia Germany ; The focus was on a concept for an online encyclopedia for children. In addition, the Klexikon concept was further developed in cooperation with the Technical University of Dortmund and the Technical University of Cologne .

Awards

  • 2015: Pedagogical Media Prize
  • 2016: Nomination for the OER Award in the category "Education in Fusion"
  • 2017: OER-Award in the category "School Education"
  • 2018: “Innovation for Germany” in the Land of Ideas competition

Web links

Commons : Klexikon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "2850. Article on April 30th, 2020 “ Documentation of article growth in the dictionary . In: Klexikon - The Free Children's Lexicon . Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ Klexikon homepage ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / klexikon.zum.de
  3. ↑ Help: Free Knowledge - Klexikon - The Free Children's Lexicon . In: Klexikon.zum.de . Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ Basic rules in the dictionary
  5. ↑ Participate in the dictionary
  6. ↑ Wikipedia for children: Where's the Pups? . In: Die Zeit, December 14, 2015.
  7. ↑ Data on the dictionary
  8. ↑ List of articles and article requests in the dictionary .
  9. ↑ Help: Documentation. In: Klexikon - The Free Children's Lexicon. Retrieved August 7, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Interview: Klexikon.de - Wikipedia for children . In: geo.de / GEOlino . March 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  11. ↑ Klexikon imprint
  12. ↑ Brochure Growing Up With Media as PDF .
  13. ↑ Article of the voluntary self-control television on the Klexikon
  14. ↑ Sabrina Mayrhofer: Wikipedia for children. schule.at, June 15, 2016, accessed on April 21, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Klexikon: A Wikipedia alternative for children . In: Teacher Online . November 30, 2015. Accessed March 30, 2017.
  16. ↑ Media coverage of the dictionary
  17. ↑ Klexikon: If you are thirsty for knowledge on the Internet, ask shz.de, December 30, 2016
  18. ↑ Ed Erhart: The Klexikon: a new wiki encyclopedia for children - Wikimedia Blog. Wikimedia Foundation, July 15, 2015, accessed April 21, 2017 .
  19. ↑ Event flyer "On the way to a Wikipedia for children - possibilities for German lessons", TU Dortmund
  20. ↑ Klexikon-Projekt at the Technical University in Cologne
  21. ^ Pedagogical Media Prize for Klexikon.de 2015
  22. ↑ OER Award 2016 - competition and oer.academy . In: OERinfo - open-educational-resources.de . ( open-educational-resources.de [accessed on April 9, 2017]).
  23. ↑ OER Award - OERinfo - OER information center . In: OERinfo - OER information center . ( open-educational-resources.de [accessed December 11, 2017]).
  24. ↑ Excellent places in the land of ideas . In: Land of Ideas . ( land-der-ideen.de [accessed June 26, 2018]).