Mike,

As I understand it, this platform is for curated courses related to editing Wikipedia. Wikiversity has a much wider scope. I don't see a conflict between them.

Best,
Rae

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On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 6:50 PM Mike Peel <email@mikepeel.net> wrote:
But if WMF is choosing to actively support and develop a new platform for this kind of activity, and continues to not support Wikiversity to do the same, that’s quite a clear message?

Thanks,
Mike

On 12 May 2022, at 22:57, Asaf Bartov <abartov@wikimedia.org> wrote:


No. There is no change to Wikiversity. It remains... what it is.

   A.

Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)

Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities

Wikimedia Foundation


Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!


On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 11:24 PM Mike Peel <email@mikepeel.net> wrote:
So ... is that the end of Wikiversity?

Thanks,
Mike

On 11/5/22 23:50:48, Asaf Bartov wrote:
> Yes, the platform is intended to serve the entire Wikimedia movement!
>
> We plan to pilot with some trusted affiliates first, to iron out kinks
> and to take our time co-creating governance structures for the platform
> with the broader community.  Once those are in place, authoring on the
> platform would become available to all Wikimedians.
>
> Cheers,
>
>     A.
>
>       
>
> Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
>
> Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
>
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share
> in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
> https://donate.wikimedia.org <https://donate.wikimedia.org>
>
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 9:20 PM Samuel Klein <meta.sj@gmail.com
> <mailto:meta.sj@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     This is beautiful.  Nice to see Open edX in use.
>     Feels like incentive to package a range of workshops and materials
>     up in a reusable and discoverable way!  Open to WikiEdu + other
>     community courses also?
>
>     SJ
>
>     On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 1:25 PM Cassie Casares
>     <ccasares@wikimedia.org <mailto:ccasares@wikimedia.org>> wrote:
>
>         Hello everyone,
>
>
>         TheCommunity 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 newWikiLearn 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.
>
>
>          2.
>
>             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
>         Harassmentcourse was authored and taught by Simona Ramkisson
>         <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SRamkisson_(WMF)>.  The
>         Introduction to Partnership Buildingcourse 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@wikimedia.org <mailto:comdevteam@wikimedia.org>
>
>
>         Thank you,
>
>
>         The Community Development Team
>
>
>         Cassie Casares
>         Program Support Associate
>         Community Development
>         Wikimedia Foundation
>         ccasares@wikimedia.org <mailto:ccasares@wikimedia.org>
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