On 14/06/2012 13:00, wikimediauk-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org wrote:
Re: Distance learning project
I agree this has been a good discussion, & I hear excellent reports about the event. But at the same time I notice there were only 10 (?) attendees, which I think highlights what is actually our main constraint at the moment, and probably for some time ahead - a shortage of active members. All the more reason to prioritize training! In some cases this was due to the clash with the London meetup, where there was at least one person who would otherwise have gone & 2 for whom this was a factor. The date was only given a short time ahead also.
I agree that accreditation is something we should not worry about for the moment at least, until we have had some practice. But in the future we may well find ourselves in situations where other bodies want to give some form of credit/CPE points etc for our sessions in partnership with them.
John Byrne/Johnbod
On 15 June 2012 00:57, John Byrne john@bodkinprints.co.uk wrote:
I agree that accreditation is something we should not worry about for the moment at least, until we have had some practice. But in the future we may well find ourselves in situations where other bodies want to give some form of credit/CPE points etc for our sessions in partnership with them.
I think we should now concentrate on learning to give cracking workshops, creating opportunities for workshops, pooling workshop material on the VLE, and getting to the point where we could seriously offer courses in areas where they are most needed.
Charles
In reply to John these are workshops and so the numbers are deliberately limited. 10 is about right.
The provisional notice was a few months ago but we had to agree the Train the Trainers contracts in an open tender and this took a while.
The dates of the next ones will be public soon, October and, we hope Early December.
If we can get thirty people trained and accredited that would be an amazing start.
As to the clash with the London Wikimeet, four observations:
1. Sorry if we took people away. 2. The Train the Trainers programme is intended to create the momentum to train the next generation of editors and one of the trainer's jobs will be to support newbies and lead them into community events. 3. These clashes will happen more and more as we do more and more activities. Something to celebrate really. 4. We are committed to holding activities all over the country
So if you think you are someone who could be a trainer email Daria in the office and she will get you on the list.
You don;t need a million edits - just a good understanding of page editing and the enthusiasm to share your passion with fellow human beings some of whol may be complete newbies.
Jon
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 5:10 AM, Charles Matthews < charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com> wrote:
On 15 June 2012 00:57, John Byrne john@bodkinprints.co.uk wrote:
I agree that accreditation is something we should not worry about for the moment at least, until we have had some practice. But in the future we
may
well find ourselves in situations where other bodies want to give some
form
of credit/CPE points etc for our sessions in partnership with them.
I think we should now concentrate on learning to give cracking workshops, creating opportunities for workshops, pooling workshop material on the VLE, and getting to the point where we could seriously offer courses in areas where they are most needed.
Charles
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