Thanks for this update, Jami.
The extension is really wonderful btw; thanks to everyone working on
it. It makes both getting a snapshot and explaining what's happening
to others much easier. All it needs now is a way to filter up a
measure of activity to that top-level snapshot.
SJ
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Jami Mathewson <jmathewson(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi, Ambassadors!
I've been looking through the new Education Extension[1] to see how things
are going so far this semester, and it looks like some professors are still
learning the ropes (as we all are!). There are quite a few classes whose
students have not yet enrolled on the Course Pages, so please do encourage
any professor you are working with to have them "enroll" as soon as
possible. This will help us all monitor their contributions, provide
feedback, and keep up with the work our awesome students are doing on
Wikipedia! On that note, please do make sure your classes have a Course Page
in general!
There are also still some classes without Online Ambassadors (unless you
have not signed on to the class yet), so I made a list of those (see below).
If you still have the capacity to work with a class or two this semester and
are interested in any of these classes, please sign on :)! If the professor
is unresponsive on-wiki (or if you prefer communicating via email), please
email me for the correct contact information!
Don't forget: if you still haven't added yourself to the list of Campus
Ambassadors or Online Ambassadors, please add your request to this user
right request page[2] and then create your relevant profile[3][4]. This
should help us create a permanent database of all of our program
participants, which will be very useful down the line.
Thanks for all the hard work you guys have already been doing this semester!
I've seen a ton of your welcome messages, guidance, and support all over our
students' talk pages and sandboxes! If anyone has any questions, class
updates, concerns, exciting news, or anything else to discuss, don't forget
that you can post to this mailing list! Also, if you have some awesome
student work you'd like to profile, please remember to update the Trophy
Case[5]!
Thanks, all!
Jami
[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Courses
[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Ambassadors/Become_an_ambassador
[3] CA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CampusAmbassadorProfile
[4] OA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:OnlineAmbassadorProfile
[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Courses/Trophy_case
Classes looking for Online Ambassadors:
"Developmental Biology", Boston University, Professor Laura Hake
"Discover New York", St. John's University, Professor Ben Turner
"Global Enterprise and Sustainable Development", University of Michigan,
Professor Ming Xu
"Globalization and Peace" , McMaster University, Professor Nancy Doubleday
"History of Psychology", Ball State University, Professor David Perkins
"Information Fluency in the Digital World," California Maritime Academy,
Professor Michele VanHoeck
"Intercultural Communication," Millersville University of Pennsylvania,
Professor Lisa Schreiber
"Islamic Jurisprudence," Colgate University, Professor Aisha Musa
"Personality," Pepperdine University, Professor Steve Rouse
"Social Work Practice with Community and Social Systems," University of
Michigan, Professor Desmond Patton
"Technical Writing", Clemson University, Professor Trish Fancher
"Women in Medieval Culture and Society", University of Maryland, Professor
Janna Bianchini
TL;DR:
1. Some classes still need Course Pages; many Course Pages still need
enrolled students.
2. Please check out the list of classes looking for an OA and sign on if
available.
3. Don't forget to create an Ambassador profile, add any great work to the
Trophy Case, and continue being as awesome as you all are!
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Wikimedia Foundation
jmathewson(a)wikimedia.org
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