On 13 June 2012 15:46, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: > > How does it relate to Wikiversity?
That's another good point. Wikiversity is a repository of teaching material about all sorts. Moodle is a course management system, and so various things can be done with it (e.g. embed a video clip, set quizzes). If we start here on Moodle we'll never hear the end of it, but a Moodle developer assures me that it is likely to able to do all we have in mind right now, and if not we scare up some PHP programming (playing to our community strength in software engineering). What I call "wikimodule" (silly name because no actual wiki involved, but still) is figuring out how to get a typical system for managing modules run by a community with our values. If this works out for modules about Wikimedia stuff, there is no reason why it should be restricted by subject matter, of course. So you could get a fancier version of Wikiversity by transcluding bits into a Moodle site run in a "wikimodule" way, I guess. All pie in the sky right now. The real point seems to be that each subject matter area needs a separate "trainer" status class. I think the serious training point I'd like to make is the extreme "passivity" of the wiki model of distance learning. In the form "encourages curiosity" (where does this link lead?) I would never want that changed. But framed as "WP rather relies on people being curious about reading the instructions" you start to see the issue. Charles _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
