Awesome idea, Sage; and about time. I'm all for it! SJ On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:18 PM, 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
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