On 13/06/12 18:05, Charles Matthews wrote:
On 13 June 2012 17:51, Gordon Jolygordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
On 13/06/12 16:02, Thomas Dalton wrote:
This sounds like a fantastic project. Thank you Charles for agreeing
to lead it and thank you WMUK for agreeing to support it.
What is the
On 14 June 2012 07:41, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
On 13/06/12 18:05, Charles Matthews wrote:
On 13 June 2012 17:51, Gordon Jolygordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
On 13/06/12 16:02, Thomas Dalton wrote:
This sounds like a fantastic project. Thank you Charles for agreeing
to lead it
On 14 June 2012 08:31, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
On 14/06/12 08:28, Charles Matthews wrote:
I question the assumption that money is likely to be the limiting
factor in building the online community: I think some things money
can't buy is a really good general explanation of
On 14/06/12 08:39, Charles Matthews wrote:
I'd like to
say that I'm not currently thinking of the VLE project as a vehicle
for accreditation.
Fine.
Gordo
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Train the Trainers Budget is actually 20K.
The bulk is for the weekend training sessions then some for setting up the
Virtual Learning Environment, some for organising sessions requested by
external organisations and the change goes for paying travel, accommodation
(hostel OR hotel!) etc.
Our
I have been asked to be project leader for Wikimedia UK's distance
learning project. Early days.
Let me try to clarify what all this is about. It is a subproject of
the training effort, which already has the actual training and
outreach calendar events, and the Training for Trainers (TfT) strand.
, but news ceases to be news.
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Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Distance learning project
From: Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com
Date: Wed, June 13, 2012 7:46 am
To: UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
I have been asked
On 13 June 2012 08:17, brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org wrote:
This sounds rather interesting Charles. Please do bear in mind that
Wikinews can be a good way of opening doors.
Thanks. For a journalist I think this is a man bites dog story based
on Wikimedia not reinventing the wheel, but adapting
Great to have you steering this Charles.
From my view as someone who has been editing for less than two years and
did it in isolation from any other wikimedians I would like to ahre a few
thoughts.
1. For me the BIG leap was to understand that I COULD edit. Many, many
people think we are a major
I agree with everything that Jon said. Editing for the first time is a bit
daunting, especially for people with zero online publishing experience. I
was quite lucky in that my first edits (of not very many at all, granted)
were removing vandalism and I'd worked as an online editor so felt
On 13 June 2012 09:19, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Great to have you steering this Charles.
Thanks for your input Jon, as well as support so far.
snip
Lesson - we need to support and protect our newbies. On-line support
material can do this to some extent.
100% agree. In
On 13 June 2012 09:30, Stevie Benton wrote
This is where good communication comes in and I think it has a valuable role
in supporting the work of the trainers. Charles, it would be great to come
and meet with you to discuss the work that's taking place in a bit more
detail and share some
On 13/06/12 09:30, Stevie Benton wrote:
I agree with everything that Jon said. Editing for the first time is a
bit daunting, especially for people with zero online publishing
experience.
That's why I have been promoting editing skills on a Mediawiki website
first before going into the lion's
On 13 June 2012 09:55, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
On 13/06/12 09:30, Stevie Benton wrote:
I agree with everything that Jon said. Editing for the first time is a bit
daunting, especially for people with zero online publishing experience.
That's why I have been promoting editing
I'll read this in full layer (on first glance it looks fine, but I'm
mobile).
How does it relate to Wikiversity?
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@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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On 13 June 2012 07:46, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
I have been asked to be project leader for Wikimedia UK's distance
learning project. Early days.
[snip]
This sounds like a fantastic project. Thank you Charles for agreeing
to lead it and thank you WMUK for
: [Wikimediauk-l] Distance learning project
On 13 June 2012 07:46, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
I have been asked to be project leader for Wikimedia UK's distance
learning project. Early days.
[snip]
This sounds like a fantastic project. Thank you Charles for agreeing
On 13 June 2012 15:46, Andy Mabbett pigsotw...@gmail.com wrote:
How does it relate to Wikiversity?
That's another good point. Wikiversity is a repository of teaching
material about all sorts. Moodle is a course management system, and so
various things can be done with it (e.g. embed a video
On 13 June 2012 16:02, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
On 13 June 2012 07:46, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
I have been asked to be project leader for Wikimedia UK's distance
learning project. Early days.
I have a question that really applies to the
On 13 June 2012 16:12, steve virgin st...@mediafocusuk.com wrote:
Thomas
Good question - it was part of my very initial conversation with the CIPR
(Chartered Institute of Public Relations). That body has certified training
programs for PR professionals all across the United Kingdom in a
On 13 June 2012 16:23, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
No, having started seriously Monday early I haven't got to everything
yet ... let's just say getting quality into teaching material is
probably harder than getting recognition of quality once it's there.
It might be
On 13 June 2012 16:38, Thomas Dalton
It might be worth talking to potential accreditors earlier rather than
later in the process (although not having already spoken to them two
days in is forgiveable!). One thing you'll need to agree with them in
the learning objectives, and they should be
On 13 June 2012 17:11, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
It might be worth talking to potential accreditors earlier rather than
later in the process (although not having already spoken to them two
days in is forgiveable!). One thing you'll need to agree with them in
the
On 13/06/12 16:02, Thomas Dalton wrote:
This sounds like a fantastic project. Thank you Charles for agreeing
to lead it and thank you WMUK for agreeing to support it.
What is the current budget?
Gordo
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On 13 June 2012 17:51, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
On 13/06/12 16:02, Thomas Dalton wrote:
This sounds like a fantastic project. Thank you Charles for agreeing
to lead it and thank you WMUK for agreeing to support it.
What is the current budget?
I'm making business cases for
On 13 June 2012 17:37, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote:
On 13 June 2012 17:11, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com
wrote:
It might be worth talking to potential accreditors earlier rather than
later in the process (although not having already spoken to them two
days
15k for the whole project, I believe?
Richard Symonds, Wikimedia UK
On Jun 13, 2012 5:52 PM, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote:
On 13/06/12 16:02, Thomas Dalton wrote:
This sounds like a fantastic project. Thank you Charles for agreeing
to lead it and thank you WMUK for agreeing to
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