On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Lane Rasberry <[email protected]> wrote:
> Max and others, > > I would participate in developing this. I think if I were to do this I > would want some other people to look with me and talk with me about what > training materials already exist in any form. I also am having problems > knowing what to do when people ask for these kinds of learning programs and > this sort of course may be a good resource. > > Also, why use this platform? What other options are there for platforms? > P2PU is probably a good platform for this type of thing, as that project has a bit of a grounding in the Free Culture community. Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 4:22 AM, Tomas Saorin <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Max >> >> I was thinking about a similar idea, but aimed to spanish speakers >> librarians. A kind of "Wikipedia for dummies" or for dummies librarians.... >> >> You say a mini-course, but perhaps it's better name it as mini-use cases: >> how-to do a pair of frequently needed task in library context. >> >> How-to insert a cite of a just-released local monograph? >> How-to update a bio of an academic of your university? >> How-to .... >> >> Tomás Saorín >> >> http://www.um.es/gtiweb/wikipedialab >> >> >> 2012/10/4 Klein,Max <[email protected]> >> >>> Open Access Week is upon us,**** >>> >>> I have been brainstorming about how to do something large for Wikipedia >>> Loves Libraries this Open Access Week. One such idea that I’ve discussed >>> with Creative Commons is to construct a mini-course on P2PU (peer to peer >>> University).**** >>> >>> For an example of such a pre-existing short form course see: >>> https://p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-webcraft/sets/webmaking-101/**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> The way I imagined it would be a 4 parter:**** >>> >>> **1. **Learning about talk, history, and users.**** >>> >>> **2. **Learning about wikitext, citations, infoboxes,**** >>> >>> **3. **Challenge, add citations and infoboxes,**** >>> >>> **4. **Extra challenge, upload to wikisource.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Is there anybody else that would want to help construct or promote this >>> course for the end of October? Or have any input on using the site, format >>> or content?**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Best,**** >>> >>> Max Klein**** >>> >>> Wikipedia in Residence**** >>> >>> [email protected]**** >>> >>> +17074787023**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Libraries mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> __ >> Tomás Saorín >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Libraries mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries >> >> > > > -- > Lane Rasberry > 206.801.0814 > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Libraries mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries > >
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