The proposal is a little more fully baked now, and has progressed
considerably since my first message. Most importantly, it looks like
we've found a professor to head it, and we're shooting to develop the
content beginning in June and start the course around September, on
Coursera.
The format we're looking at is one where different modules are
delivered by various guest lecturers with particular expertise in some
aspect of Wikipedia. So if there's something Wikipedia-related that
you're keen on sharing with a few thousand students, let me know (or
sign up on the grant page).
The community discussion phase of the grants process goes on until
February 22, so if you'd like to see it go forward, please leave a
message explaining why. (Likewise, if you think it's a terrible idea,
now's the time to have your voice heard.)
-Sage
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Sage Ross
<ragesoss+wikipedia(a)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_Cou…
And if you have an interest in *leading* a MOOC, let's talk.
Cheers,
Sage Ross (in a volunteer capacity)