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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-17 Thread João Alexandre Peschanski

Hi Asaf.

I hope you and yours are doing well!

Let me respectfully disagree with what you just said about Wikiversity.
Most of the features you have mentioned that led you to choose the
development of WikiLearn are actually addressed on the project, for
instance in the cMOOC templates. In this example on Wikiversity in
Portuguese
,
there is a learning management system set up (tabs at the top
),
that has even been described in a peer-reviewed journal of technology and
education (in Portuguese
).
Certificates are not provided through Wikiversity, indeed, but this could
be easily implemented (in the framework we have developed certification
happens on this toolforge platform ). Of
course, development is needed in our projects, and this remains true also
for Wikiversity, and I am sorry this project of yours was finally not an
opportunity for investing in this development and reach a better outcome,
that would actually respond to the call of Skill and Leadership
recommendation with more attention to collaborative governance and
community consultation.

Best,

João


Em ter., 17 de mai. de 2022 às 20:42, Asaf Bartov 
escreveu:

> Thank you all for your questions, feedback and excitement about the
> WikiLearn platform. We wanted to take this opportunity to provide some
> clarity on the choice to utilize an Open edX platform instead of
> Wikiversity.
>
> Last year, we led a pilot  to
> better understand how to move our once in-person capacity building
> experiences online. The goal of the pilot was to ensure we were developing
> an optimal learning environment that could deliver live courses, facilitate
> peer discussions and provide graded assignments with instructor feedback
> for two cohorts of learners. Unfortunately, Wikiversity could not provide
> these elements.
>
> Wikiversity is a system for collaborating on creating and sharing
> curricula. It is not a learning management system, nor was it ever designed
> to be one. It does not support the critical functions necessary for online
> learning such as dynamic exercises and assignments, learner tools,
> instructor tools (e.g. grading assignments, messaging learners, monitoring
> progress), computer-grading, certificates and badges, learner cohorts,
> scheduled live sessions, and more.
>
> Wikiversity's greatest strength -- Mediawiki's world-class collaboration
> features -- is not a core  priority for online curriculum development
> (which in an overwhelming number of cases is the work of a sole or lead
> author and one or more known and selected assistants, rather than of peers
> collaborating publicly and pseudonymously), and is significantly less
> important than any of the above features it lacks.
>
> The WikiLearn platform stewarded by the Community Development team, and
> called for by the Skill and Leadership recommendation
> 
> of Movement Strategy, does need to be more than a wiki for developing and
> sharing curricula; it needs a learner-centered user experience, human and
> computer-automated assessment features and much more. Utilizing Wikiversity
> was never a viable option for our programmatic and capacity building goals.
>
> We also acknowledge the sentiment, “why not invest in Wikiversity to
> address the shortcomings you have outlined?
>
> Quite simply, we wanted to implement WikiLearn within a year or so, and
> utilize the resources the team had to do so. To overhaul the software
> running Wikiversity so that it would become a full-blown learning
> management system with the features needed would have been a multi-year
> undertaking, including research, community consultation, design,
> development, testing, etc., and it is not within the mandate of our team to
> lead this type of work independently.  Therefore, we prioritized choosing
> an existing, tried and true LMS system that is free software as the best
> values-aligned path to achieving the goal of an open platform for online
> learning.
>
>
>
> For the Community Development team,
>
>Asaf Bartov
>
>
> 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!
> https://donate.wikimedia.org
>
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 7:57 PM Mike Peel  wrote:
>
>> Ah, OK, so it's not "intended to serve the entire Wikimedia movement!" -
>> it's focused on internal Wikimedia training, not external users? I
>> missed that, sorry, and thanks for

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-17 Thread Asaf Bartov

Thank you all for your questions, feedback and excitement about the
WikiLearn platform. We wanted to take this opportunity to provide some
clarity on the choice to utilize an Open edX platform instead of
Wikiversity.

Last year, we led a pilot  to
better understand how to move our once in-person capacity building
experiences online. The goal of the pilot was to ensure we were developing
an optimal learning environment that could deliver live courses, facilitate
peer discussions and provide graded assignments with instructor feedback
for two cohorts of learners. Unfortunately, Wikiversity could not provide
these elements.

Wikiversity is a system for collaborating on creating and sharing
curricula. It is not a learning management system, nor was it ever designed
to be one. It does not support the critical functions necessary for online
learning such as dynamic exercises and assignments, learner tools,
instructor tools (e.g. grading assignments, messaging learners, monitoring
progress), computer-grading, certificates and badges, learner cohorts,
scheduled live sessions, and more.

Wikiversity's greatest strength -- Mediawiki's world-class collaboration
features -- is not a core  priority for online curriculum development
(which in an overwhelming number of cases is the work of a sole or lead
author and one or more known and selected assistants, rather than of peers
collaborating publicly and pseudonymously), and is significantly less
important than any of the above features it lacks.

The WikiLearn platform stewarded by the Community Development team, and
called for by the Skill and Leadership recommendation

of Movement Strategy, does need to be more than a wiki for developing and
sharing curricula; it needs a learner-centered user experience, human and
computer-automated assessment features and much more. Utilizing Wikiversity
was never a viable option for our programmatic and capacity building goals.

We also acknowledge the sentiment, “why not invest in Wikiversity to
address the shortcomings you have outlined?

Quite simply, we wanted to implement WikiLearn within a year or so, and
utilize the resources the team had to do so. To overhaul the software
running Wikiversity so that it would become a full-blown learning
management system with the features needed would have been a multi-year
undertaking, including research, community consultation, design,
development, testing, etc., and it is not within the mandate of our team to
lead this type of work independently.  Therefore, we prioritized choosing
an existing, tried and true LMS system that is free software as the best
values-aligned path to achieving the goal of an open platform for online
learning.

For the Community Development team,

   Asaf Bartov

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!
https://donate.wikimedia.org

On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 7:57 PM Mike Peel  wrote:

> Ah, OK, so it's not "intended to serve the entire Wikimedia movement!" -
> it's focused on internal Wikimedia training, not external users? I
> missed that, sorry, and thanks for the correction.
>
> It's still quite embarrassing that WMF doesn't like 'dogfooding':
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food
> Particularly when projects like Wikiversity are in dire need of
> technical support, and WMF is putting technical effort into running
> platforms like this rather than putting that effort into improving our
> own projects. Imagine if Google said "to find out how to suggest an edit
> on Google Maps, search on our local installation of Bing for help"?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> On 13/5/22 00:00:42, Rae Adimer via Wikimedia-l wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > 
> >
> > User:Vermont  on
> Wikimedia
> > projects
> > they/them/theirs (why pronouns matter
> > )
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 6:50 PM Mike Peel  > > 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  >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> 
> >> No. There is no change to Wikiversity. It remains... what it is.
> >>
> >>A.
> >>

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-14 Thread Samuel Klein

Cassie + Asaf -- again, very cool, I'd like to share this more widely, but
it's still a bit too confusing.
- Courses includes some test courses that
should probably be hidden, many copies of each course, and no details for
the Harassment course.
- It's not clear if there is a permanent page to point to for each course
separate from the instances of that course (w/ a given start date).

Mike,

I'm not sure why you chose this frame for your response (open edx is great,
we need better options for courseware, these existing courses should be
more accessible and resuable. *And* it should be integrated into WV, which
is open to courses about the wikis. :) ... but I understand the sentiment!

WV is an editable, open space for people to create, collaborate + comment
on, fork, and translate courses (or just lists of resources for learners).
It's permanently versioned, multilingual, crosslinked, transcludable,
*gradual*. It has the pros and cons of default mediawiki, and [unlike,
say, wikisource] hasn't been updated or customized since the rise of online
courseware platforms; nor have those platforms tried to become very wiki.
A missed opportunity on both sides.

People in the movement who are developing and updating their own courses
should certainly be invited to add them in some way to WV. (here's a
category for you.) If
we're inviting people to add to learn.wiki, let's please make that an easy
option in the workflow. And eventually, once the platform is open to
community course-creation, of course some integration in the other
direction would be nice to capture the work of people currently teaching
courses on the wiki (limited by topical scope if that's the intent, or
perhaps there can be self-referential courses about using the wikis and
other wikis on the same instance)

On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 12:57 PM Mike Peel wrote:

> Ah, OK, so it's not "intended to serve the entire Wikimedia movement!" -
> it's focused on internal Wikimedia training, not external users? I
> missed that, sorry, and thanks for the correction.
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-14 Thread Geert Van Pamel

Mike,

The new course platform is really "intended to serve the entire Wikimedia 
movement!" - opposite to what you believe; you have access
via your Wikimedia account. The platform is a real MOOC platform, unlike other 
MediaWiki powered sites.

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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-13 Thread Mike Peel

Ah, OK, so it's not "intended to serve the entire Wikimedia movement!" - 
it's focused on internal Wikimedia training, not external users? I 
missed that, sorry, and thanks for the correction.

It's still quite embarrassing that WMF doesn't like 'dogfooding':
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food
Particularly when projects like Wikiversity are in dire need of 
technical support, and WMF is putting technical effort into running 
platforms like this rather than putting that effort into improving our 
own projects. Imagine if Google said "to find out how to suggest an edit 
on Google Maps, search on our local installation of Bing for help"?

Thanks,
Mike

On 13/5/22 00:00:42, Rae Adimer via Wikimedia-l wrote:

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

User:Vermont  on Wikimedia 
projects
they/them/theirs (why pronouns matter 
)

On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 6:50 PM Mike Peel > 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 mailto:abar...@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 

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On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 11:24 PM Mike Peel mailto:em...@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 >
>
>
> 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 
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 9:20 PM Samuel Klein
mailto:meta...@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
>     mailto:ccasa...@wikimedia.org>
>> wrote:
>
>         Hello everyone,
>
>
>         TheCommunity Development team
>   
 >is
>         pleased to announce the courses that were delivered
during the
>         WikiLearn Pilot
>are
>         now available for self-guided study on the
newWikiLearn platform
>         >, based
on the free software Open edX.
>

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-12 Thread Olushola Olaniyan

Wow! I am just seeing this, now.

Sincerely, this is a great initiative. Already, our affiliate is working on
developing a very similar program (WikiAcademy), and we plan to launch it
in June. We will be glad to learn from the team.

All the same, I am glad about what I am seeing.

Olushola

On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 6:25 PM Cassie Casares 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> The Community Development team
>  is pleased to
> announce the courses that were delivered during the WikiLearn Pilot
>  are now available for
> self-guided study on the new WikiLearn platform ,
> based on the free software Open edX.
> 
> Open edX
> 
> 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  
>
> 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
> .  The Introduction
> to Partnership Building course was authored and taught by Asaf Bartov
> .
>
> 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
> ,
> please email the Community Development team at comdevt...@wikimedia.org
>
> Thank you,
>
> The Community Development Team
>
> Cassie Casares
> Program Support Associate
> Community Development
> Wikimedia Foundation
> ccasa...@wikimedia.org
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-12 Thread Rae Adimer via Wikimedia-l

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


User:Vermont  on Wikimedia
projects
they/them/theirs (why pronouns matter
)


On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 6:50 PM Mike Peel  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  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!
> https://donate.wikimedia.org
>
>
> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 11:24 PM Mike Peel  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 
>> >
>> >
>> > 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 
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 9:20 PM Samuel Klein > > > 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
>> > mailto:ccasa...@wikimedia.org>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello everyone,
>> >
>> >
>> > TheCommunity Development team
>> > is
>> > pleased to announce the courses that were delivered during the
>> > WikiLearn Pilot are
>> > now available for self-guided study on the newWikiLearn platform
>> > , based on the free software Open edX.
>> > <
>> https://www.edx.org/?g_acctid=724-505-4034_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas_campaignid=16772388216_adgroupid=140810411408_adid=562435444795_keyword=edx_keywordid=kwd-89882436_network=g_source=google_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas_medium=cpc_term=edx_acc=7245054034_cam=16772388216_grp=140810411408_ad=562435444795_src=g_tgt=kwd-89882436_kw=edx_mt=e_net=adwords_ver=3=CjwKCAjw9LSSBhBsEiwAKtf0n1bwsYmA8VKTTsJnwIR2_8Z_BQd6S1pQWgUItNyY-gI8bRSE27LgbBoCiQYQAvD_BwE
>> >Open
>> > edX
>> > <
>> https://www.edx.org/?g_acctid=724-505-4034_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas_campaignid=16772388216_adgroupid=140810411408_adid=562435444795_keyword=edx_keywordid=kwd-89882436_network=g_source=google_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas_medium=cpc_term=edx_acc=7245054034_cam=16772388216_grp=140810411408_ad=562435444795_src=g_tgt=kwd-89882436_kw=edx_mt=e_net=adwords_ver=3=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 
>> >
>> >
>> > 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

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-12 Thread Mike Peel

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  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!
> https://donate.wikimedia.org
> 
> 
>> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 11:24 PM Mike Peel  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 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 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 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 9:20 PM Samuel Klein > > > 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
>> > mailto:ccasa...@wikimedia.org>> wrote:
>> > 
>> > Hello everyone,
>> > 
>> > 
>> > TheCommunity Development team
>> > is
>> > pleased to announce the courses that were delivered during the
>> > WikiLearn Pilot are
>> > now available for self-guided study on the newWikiLearn platform
>> > , based on the free software Open edX.
>> > 
>> > Open
>> > edX
>> > 
>> > 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 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 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

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-12 Thread Asaf Bartov

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!
https://donate.wikimedia.org


On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 11:24 PM Mike Peel  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 
> >
> >
> > 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 
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 9:20 PM Samuel Klein  > > 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
> > mailto:ccasa...@wikimedia.org>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> >
> > TheCommunity Development team
> > is
> > pleased to announce the courses that were delivered during the
> > WikiLearn Pilot are
> > now available for self-guided study on the newWikiLearn platform
> > , based on the free software Open edX.
> > <
> https://www.edx.org/?g_acctid=724-505-4034_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas_campaignid=16772388216_adgroupid=140810411408_adid=562435444795_keyword=edx_keywordid=kwd-89882436_network=g_source=google_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas_medium=cpc_term=edx_acc=7245054034_cam=16772388216_grp=140810411408_ad=562435444795_src=g_tgt=kwd-89882436_kw=edx_mt=e_net=adwords_ver=3=CjwKCAjw9LSSBhBsEiwAKtf0n1bwsYmA8VKTTsJnwIR2_8Z_BQd6S1pQWgUItNyY-gI8bRSE27LgbBoCiQYQAvD_BwE
> >Open
> > edX
> > <
> https://www.edx.org/?g_acctid=724-505-4034_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas_campaignid=16772388216_adgroupid=140810411408_adid=562435444795_keyword=edx_keywordid=kwd-89882436_network=g_source=google_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas_medium=cpc_term=edx_acc=7245054034_cam=16772388216_grp=140810411408_ad=562435444795_src=g_tgt=kwd-89882436_kw=edx_mt=e_net=adwords_ver=3=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 
> >
> >
> > 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

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-12 Thread Mike Peel


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 


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 


On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 9:20 PM Samuel Klein > 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
mailto:ccasa...@wikimedia.org>> wrote:

Hello everyone,


TheCommunity Development team
is
pleased to announce the courses that were delivered during the
WikiLearn Pilot are
now available for self-guided study on the newWikiLearn platform
, based on the free software Open edX.

Open
edX

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 


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
.  The
Introduction to Partnership Buildingcourse was authored and
taught by Asaf Bartov
.


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

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-11 Thread H4CUSEG via Wikimedia-l

If you're planning to iron out some kinks: here's a suggestion: In the 
introduction to the course it is claimed that victims of harassment "may even 
develop broad health issues that continue long-after their harassment has 
stopped" that include (among other things) stomach ulcers. It is well know 
that the main causes of Peptic ulcer disease are the bacteria Helicobacter 
pylori, NSAIDs and tobacco smoking. Perpetuating the myth that stress causes, 
rather than plays a role in, the formation of stomach ulcers is unhelpful.

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--- Original Message ---
On Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 at 6:50 PM, 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
>
> On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 9:20 PM Samuel Klein  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  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas_campaignid=16772388216_adgroupid=140810411408_adid=562435444795_keyword=edx_keywordid=kwd-89882436_network=g_source=google_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas_medium=cpc_term=edx_acc=7245054034_cam=16772388216_grp=140810411408_ad=562435444795_src=g_tgt=kwd-89882436_kw=edx_mt=e_net=adwords_ver=3=CjwKCAjw9LSSBhBsEiwAKtf0n1bwsYmA8VKTTsJnwIR2_8Z_BQd6S1pQWgUItNyY-gI8bRSE27LgbBoCiQYQAvD_BwE)
>>>  Open 
>>> [edX](https://www.edx.org/?g_acctid=724-505-4034_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas_campaignid=16772388216_adgroupid=140810411408_adid=562435444795_keyword=edx_keywordid=kwd-89882436_network=g_source=google_campaign=gs-b2c-us-brand-core-roas_medium=cpc_term=edx_acc=7245054034_cam=16772388216_grp=140810411408_ad=562435444795_src=g_tgt=kwd-89882436_kw=edx_mt=e_net=adwords_ver=3=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:
>>>
>>> -
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> -
>>>
>>> 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

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-11 Thread Asaf Bartov

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 

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


On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 9:20 PM Samuel Klein  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 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> The Community Development team
>>  is pleased to
>> announce the courses that were delivered during the WikiLearn Pilot
>>  are now available for
>> self-guided study on the new WikiLearn platform ,
>> based on the free software Open edX.
>> 
>> Open edX
>> 
>> 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  
>>
>> 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
>> .  The Introduction
>> to Partnership Building course was authored and taught by Asaf Bartov
>> .
>>
>> 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
>>

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Building Partnerships and Identifying and Addressing Harassment Online self-guided courses now available on WikiLearn platform

2022-05-11 Thread Samuel Klein

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 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> The Community Development team
>  is pleased to
> announce the courses that were delivered during the WikiLearn Pilot
>  are now available for
> self-guided study on the new WikiLearn platform ,
> based on the free software Open edX.
> 
> Open edX
> 
> 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  
>
> 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
> .  The Introduction
> to Partnership Building course was authored and taught by Asaf Bartov
> .
>
> 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
> ,
> please email the Community Development team at comdevt...@wikimedia.org
>
> Thank you,
>
> The Community Development Team
>
> Cassie Casares
> Program Support Associate
> Community Development
> Wikimedia Foundation
> ccasa...@wikimedia.org
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