>From about 2009 - 2012 I was part of a small group attempting to create a type of networked course around the PhD qualification. Our approach was to draw out some sort of common/standard criteria based on what we could gather at our respective institutions. We also used Open Badges to guide peer to peer assessment and mark milestones. We made it as far as "Candidature". See here: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy
On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 2:37 AM Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 < >> [email protected]> 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: [email protected] >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> > <mailto:[email protected]?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: [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 > _______________________________________________ > Wikiversity-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l > -- -- Leigh Blackall <http://about.me/leighblackall> +61(0)404561009
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