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_Cour...
And if you have an interest in *leading* a MOOC, let's talk.
Cheers, Sage Ross (in a volunteer capacity)
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