My current research at UC Berkeley involves MOOCs, and I think one on Wikipedia could be really effective. As mentioned below, this is one area where the synchronous cohort model seems particularly poorly-suited, since editing Wikipedia - and the "on-the-job" learning that happens there - is itself an asynchronous and perpetual process, so I think it makes sense to structure the course this way as well. Although I don't think I'll have time to file for the IEG and run the entire course myself, I would love to participate in TA-style tasks like helping to set up course content and exercises, create videos, lead discussions, and/or moderate the forums.
On a related note, another very different MOOC that would also be of interest to many people is a mini-course on the Wikipedia dataset and analysis of it, e.g. the dumps and their formats, past research on this set, etc. -Derrick On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga < [email protected]> wrote: > Good, Sage! Spreading your proposal to the Portuguese speakers community! > > Tom > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Sage Ross <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hey folks! I just put up an Individual Engagement Grant proposal for > > an idea I've been kicking around for a while now: getting a course > > about Wikipedia onto one of the big 'massive open online course' > > systems that have been so successful lately (Coursera, Udacity, edX). > > Coursera classes typically have tens of thousands of students, so > > there's huge potential for recruiting new Wikipedians and bringing > > together a lot of the knowledge we've developed about teaching *about* > > Wikipedia. > > > > If you're interested, have a look at the proposal: > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikipedia_Massive_Open_Online_Courses > > > > And if you have an interest in *leading* a MOOC, let's talk. > > > > Cheers, > > Sage Ross (in a volunteer capacity) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Education mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > -- > Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) > "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more > useful than a life spent doing nothing." > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >
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