In my personal opinion, all MOOCs suffer from, not the coursework per se, but the lack of an open and accomodating governance model.  Governance is usually the *last* part of any network that is implemented, so early adopters are mostly  ostracized by game players whose only goal is to enforce their view through a keener knowledge of the methods.



-----Original Message-----
From: Derrick Coetzee <dc@moonflare.com>
To: Wikimedia Education <education@lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wed, Feb 13, 2013 8:03 am
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Massive open online course(s) about Wikipedia

My current research at UC Berkeley involves MOOCs, and I think one on Wikipedia could be really effective.  As mentioned below, this is one area where the synchronous cohort model seems particularly poorly-suited, since editing Wikipedia - and the "on-the-job" learning that happens there - is itself an asynchronous and perpetual process, so I think it makes sense to structure the course this way as well. Although I don't think I'll have time to file for the IEG and run the entire course myself, I would love to participate in TA-style tasks like helping to set up course content and exercises, create videos, lead discussions, and/or moderate the forums. 

On a related note, another very different MOOC that would also be of interest to many people is a mini-course on the Wikipedia dataset and analysis of it, e.g. the dumps and their formats, past research on this set, etc.

-Derrick

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <ezalvarenga@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Good, Sage! Spreading your proposal to the Portuguese speakers community!

Tom

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipedia@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey folks! I just put up an Individual Engagement Grant proposal for
> an idea I've been kicking around for a while now: getting a course
> about Wikipedia onto one of the big 'massive open online course'
> systems that have been so successful lately (Coursera, Udacity, edX).
> Coursera classes typically have tens of thousands of students, so
> there's huge potential for recruiting new Wikipedians and bringing
> together a lot of the knowledge we've developed about teaching *about*
> Wikipedia.
>
> If you're interested, have a look at the proposal:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikipedia_Massive_Open_Online_Courses
>
> And if you have an interest in *leading* a MOOC, let's talk.
>
> Cheers,
> Sage Ross (in a volunteer capacity)
>
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