Indeed... there is no wikiversity phd. Nor is one planned in the near future in any language, as far as I know. Getting WV courses onto accredited platforms seems like a step towards alignment (or perhaps first: working w/ an existing set of accredited courses and getting their materials onto WV as a non-accredited space to find and learn from those materials!)
On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 8:35 PM Thomas Shafee <thomas.sha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Amirouche, > > It's definitely possible to write articles in WikiJournals without a PhD ( > example <https://doi.org/10.15347/wjs/2018.006>). External peer reviewers > are invited in the same way whether the author is some top prof or an > undergrad. > > I definitely think that WikiJournal articles can be useful for Wikiversity > courses (example <https://doi.org/10.15347/wjm/2017.006>, example > <https://doi.org/10.15347/wjs/2018.005>). Bu I think that the two projects > have different technical needs. > > As far as I know, Wikiversity is currently not accredited in any country - > a process usually tightly regulated by governments (Australia example > <https://www.teqsa.gov.au/>). Wikiversity is therefore more like P2PU > <https://www.p2pu.org/en/about/> than Open University > <http://www.openuniversity.edu/courses>, in that it can offer courses and > provide completion badges, but not yet award formal PhDs. I don't now > whether there are any users working on it, but accreditation for > Wikiversity courses would probably be most easily achieved by partnering > with established accredited universities, a bit like coursera > <https://www.coursera.org/degrees>, but that would still be a pretty major > project. > > Hope that is useful info! > All the best, > Thomas > > On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 15:39, Amirouche Boubekki < > amirouche.boube...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am new to the mailing list and more generaly on wikipedia as > contributor > > and as student in wikiversity. > > > > I did not know about WikiJournals as part of Wikiversity. My only remark > > will be that the wikiveristy > > PhD program is in poor shape. I was lost in the various tools I had to > use > > and broken links. > > Most if not all conversation are old-ish and doesn't say the PhD program > is > > active or working > > at all. (French wikiveristy is in much better shape). > > > > I am certain that the implementation of wikijournal as sister project > will > > have more impact for WikiJournal. > > My point is with a better english wikiversity, both could have more > impact. > > > > > > I think, forking wikijournals outside wikiverity will have a bad impact > on > > wikiversity. > > > > Also, is it possible to write a publication in the journal without prior > > PhD? > > Can publication in the wikijournal help obtain the wikiveristy PhD? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Amirouche ~ amz3 > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
