Thomas
Good question - it was part of my very initial conversation with the CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations). That body has certified training programs for PR professionals all across the United Kingdom in a number of universities. They were desperately keen (after this initial post-May WMUK AGM dialogue about how the hell Wikipedians and PR professionals could ever work together) was over - to build a ethical use of Wikipedia training program that could form part of their own university modules for PR professionals. The initial discussion was that they then wanted to eventually include such a course in a certificated university based programme. Talk was of September 2013 or beyond.
I don't know who is right now responsible for this initiative at Board level, as I've moved back to the land of the paid-for wage slave stuff, but whoever it is could have a chat with Stevie Benton, who knows all the right CIPR people and the idea could be reactivated? Either with a link to the CIPR or in isolation and separately.
A good place to start would be talking with the guys at the CIPR as they would be able to put whichever Board member was responsible for course accreditation in touch with the relevant University person.
Hope helps
Steve
-----Original Message----- From: wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Dalton Sent: 13 June 2012 16:03 To: UK Wikimedia mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Distance learning project
On 13 June 2012 07:46, Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
I have been asked to be project leader for Wikimedia UK's distance learning project. Early days.
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This sounds like a fantastic project. Thank you Charles for agreeing to lead it and thank you WMUK for agreeing to support it.
I have a question that really applies to the whole training initiative, not just the VLE, but I'll ask it in this thread anyway. Have you given any thought to external accreditation of the courses? We have some good relationships with several universities and could approach them about providing such accreditation (I'm not talking about a degree in Wikipedia, just a certificate with the university's logo next to ours).
This is something that I've been thinking about for a while, and someone else mentioned the same idea at the London meetup last weekend, so I figured it is probably a good enough idea to be worth mentioning.
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