On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Sue Gardner <sgard...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On 13 November 2011 08:46, Bishakha Datta <bishakhada...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > As conceived, the IEP and its parent the PPP (pardon the acronyms), were > > about contributing to wikipedia, about learning how to contribute, and > about > > having fun while learning. > > > Hi Bishakha, > > This is a bit of a derail from your e-mail, but I wanted to clarify > your use of the past tense (they *were* about contributing). I think > the thread title here may be creating some confusion about what has > actually happened. That, or else I may be confused myself :-) > > Hey Sue, I used 'were' not because I think IEP and yes, thanks, GEP :) are dead - but to point out how they 'were' conceived. Anyway, it's great that you clarified this, given the thread's title. > The IEP as I understand it is not over: > contrary to the subjectline of this thread, it hasn't "died." A number > of schools have participated in the pilot phase of the IEP. My > understanding is that the project has been mostly successful, except > for one school, or set of schools, at which there were serious > problems with plagiarism that, despite repeated efforts, the team > couldn't get resolved. > > I'm hoping we'll hear more about the successes of the project, and eventually come to a balanced understanding of what worked and what didn't. At this stage, we're hearing much more about what didn't work, so it's hard to assess the pilot meaningfully. Cheers Bishakha
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