Hi everyone, Applications for each course *close January **14* and not January 1 as listed in our previous email.
Best, Cassie Casares Project Coordinator Community Development Wikimedia Foundation [email protected] On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 10:38 AM Cassie Casares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > The Community Development > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development> team at the > Wikimedia Foundation is launching the WikiLearn (Online Learning Pilot) > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn>, a > capacity-building project. This project will deliver two courses over an > 8-week period that will begin on February 1, 2021. Courses are free to take > part in and will be hosted on Moodle <https://moodle.com/>. During this > pilot project, each course will be taught, and assignments are to be > prepared, in English. At the end of the pilot, we will be making course > materials available for anyone interested in self-study, and for > translation. > > The two courses we will be launching on February 1, 2021, are: > > > 1. > > Identifying and Addressing Harassment > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Identifying_and_Addressing_Harassment_Online>: > This course will focus on developing skills that will help volunteers > respond to on- and off-wiki harassment. > - > > This course will combine scheduled sessions and independent study. > The weekly commitment of this course is 2-3 hours per week. > - > > Target Audience: Volunteers with administrator or other advanced > user rights. > > > > 1. > > Partnership Building: > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/WikiLearn/Partnership_Building> > This > intensive course will provide an in-depth curriculum on how to develop > meaningful programmatic and organizational partnerships within the movement > and with external partners. > - > > This course will consist of scheduled sessions and individual > assignments with a weekly total commitment of up to 6 hours. > - > > Target Audience: Volunteers with intermediate-level experience > contributing to Wikimedia projects and beginner-level experience with > building partners with Non-Wikimedia groups and organizations. > > > To ensure our small team can provide each learner individual support, we > are limiting each course in this pilot to 40 participants. We ask that all > interested applicants commit to attending weekly for the full course. > > All efforts will be made to ensure that scheduled sessions are time-zone > friendly to the greatest number of enrolled participants. However, with the > wide distribution of volunteers, that may not always be possible. > > Key Dates: > > > - > > Applications open Today (December 15, 2020) and will close on January > 1, 2021. > - > > Successful applicants will be notified on January 18, 2021. > - > > The first session for each course will be held on February 1, 2021. > > > To Take Part in the Online Learning Pilot: > > To participate in the Partnership Building online course, fill out this > application form > <https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cYEpR0q2CoodQTX>. > > To participate in the Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online > course, fill out this application form > <https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e99EaQJPKUlhwDX>. > > For more details on the Online Learning Pilot, please see our Meta page. > Feel free to ask questions on the project Talk > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Community_Development/WikiLearn&action=edit&redlink=1> > page or contact us at [email protected]. > > Best, > > The Community Development Team > > Cassie Casares > Project Coordinator > Community Development > Wikimedia Foundation > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Education mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
