Piotr, those Prezi slides are great! The parts that zoom in on
collaboration and interaction with other users are excellent; that
might be a good starting point for the modules on those topics for the
MOOC.

-Sage

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Piotr Konieczny <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good news. I am curious if you see a synergy between the course and my Prezi
> lectures I developed?
>
> --
> Piotr
>
>
> On 2/19/2013 11:03 PM, Sage Ross wrote:
>>
>> The proposal is a little more fully baked now, and has progressed
>> considerably since my first message. Most importantly, it looks like
>> we've found a professor to head it, and we're shooting to develop the
>> content beginning in June and start the course around September, on
>> Coursera.
>>
>> The format we're looking at is one where different modules are
>> delivered by various guest lecturers with particular expertise in some
>> aspect of Wikipedia. So if there's something Wikipedia-related that
>> you're keen on sharing with a few thousand students, let me know (or
>> sign up on the grant page).
>>
>> The community discussion phase of the grants process goes on until
>> February 22, so if you'd like to see it go forward, please leave a
>> message explaining why. (Likewise, if you think it's a terrible idea,
>> now's the time to have your voice heard.)
>>
>> -Sage
>>
>> 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)
>>
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