Hello everyone,
The Community Development team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development> is pleased to
announce the courses that were delivered during the WikiLearn Pilot
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiLearn> are now available for
self-guided study on the new WikiLearn platform <https://learn.wiki/>,
based on the free software Open edX.
<https://www.edx.org/?g_acctid=724-505-4034&g_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas&g_campaignid=16772388216&g_adgroupid=140810411408&g_adid=562435444795&g_keyword=edx&g_keywordid=kwd-89882436&g_network=g&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=edx&hsa_acc=7245054034&hsa_cam=16772388216&hsa_grp=140810411408&hsa_ad=562435444795&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-89882436&hsa_kw=edx&hsa_mt=e&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=CjwKCAjw9LSSBhBsEiwAKtf0n1bwsYmA8VKTTsJnwIR2_8Z_BQd6S1pQWgUItNyY-gI8bRSE27LgbBoCiQYQAvD_BwE>
Open edX
<https://www.edx.org/?g_acctid=724-505-4034&g_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas&g_campaignid=16772388216&g_adgroupid=140810411408&g_adid=562435444795&g_keyword=edx&g_keywordid=kwd-89882436&g_network=g&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=edx&hsa_acc=7245054034&hsa_cam=16772388216&hsa_grp=140810411408&hsa_ad=562435444795&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-89882436&hsa_kw=edx&hsa_mt=e&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=CjwKCAjw9LSSBhBsEiwAKtf0n1bwsYmA8VKTTsJnwIR2_8Z_BQd6S1pQWgUItNyY-gI8bRSE27LgbBoCiQYQAvD_BwE>
is a free software learning management system that was started in 2012, and
is developed in Python using the Django framework.
The platform will host courses developed by Wikimedia Foundation teams on a
variety of topics relevant to doing Wikimedia work. The intended audience
of the platform is Wikimedia contributors of all kinds, and all you need to
access the platform is your existing Wikimedia account. As we continue to
evolve some governance mechanisms for the platform, it will become open
for contribution from all Wikimedia contributors.
You can access the platform at learn.wiki <https://learn.wiki/>
The courses currently available from the Community Development team are:
1.
Introduction to Building Partnerships - This course will provide an
in-depth curriculum on how to develop meaningful programmatic and
organizational partnerships within the movement and with external partners.
1.
Addressing Harassment Online - This short, introductory course will
focus on developing skills that will help volunteers empathetically respond
to online harassment.
These courses are self-paced and graded by the original instructors of the
live course. A computer graded version of these courses will be available
shortly. The current courses are published in English with potential
translation possible in FY 22-23
Please note that the self-paced/human-graded format will return marked
assignments on a bi-weekly/monthly basis depending on capacity.
Each course has been adapted from its original live format to be suitable
for self-paced study. The Identifying and Addressing Harassment course was
authored and taught by Simona Ramkisson
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SRamkisson_(WMF)>. The Introduction
to Partnership Building course was authored and taught by Asaf Bartov
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Asaf_(WMF)>.
All Wikimedians with an active Wikimedia account can login to the WikiLearn
platform using their Wikimedia identity (OAuth) without needing a separate
account.
If you have any questions or concerns about the courses or the learning
management system Open edX
<https://www.edx.org/?g_acctid=724-505-4034&g_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas&g_campaignid=16772388216&g_adgroupid=140810411408&g_adid=562435444795&g_keyword=edx&g_keywordid=kwd-89882436&g_network=g&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=edx&hsa_acc=7245054034&hsa_cam=16772388216&hsa_grp=140810411408&hsa_ad=562435444795&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-89882436&hsa_kw=edx&hsa_mt=e&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=CjwKCAjw9LSSBhBsEiwAKtf0n1bwsYmA8VKTTsJnwIR2_8Z_BQd6S1pQWgUItNyY-gI8bRSE27LgbBoCiQYQAvD_BwE>,
please email the Community Development team at comdevteam(a)wikimedia.org
Thank you,
The Community Development Team
Cassie Casares
Program Support Associate
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org