Africa Growth Pilot/Online self-paced course
This page describes phase two of the Africa Growth Pilot experimental program by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Goal
[edit]In this phase the project team is co-creating, in consultation with the editing communities, a comprehensive online course introducing complete newbies to the Wikimedia ecosystem, and specifically to the core policies of English Wikipedia, with the aim of preparing course graduates to edit English Wikipedia competently and confidently.
The plan
[edit]The course will be hosted on the WikiLearn platform, will be self-paced, including computer-graded comprehension questions, and will be accessible to anyone with a Wikimedia account at any time ("open enrollment").
The curriculum
[edit]The course consists of several modules, intended to be taken in order:
| Number | Module name | Module description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Introduction to Wikimedia | TBD |
| 1 | Introduction to peer-based collaboration | TBD |
| 2 | 101 ways to contribute to Wikimedia | An introduction to the variety of ways one can contribute to Wikimedia, including sibling projects |
| 3 | Neutral Point of View | A tutorial on the Neutral Point of View core policy, or: how to write in Wikipedia's Voice |
| 4 | Verifiability | A tutorial on the Verifiability policy, or: how to cite the facts we put on Wikipedia, and how to find reliable sources. |
| 5 | Notability | A tutorial on the Notability policy, or: how to determine whether it is acceptable to write an article about a particular topic |
| 6 | Copyright and free licenses | TBD |
| 7 | Dealing with feedback | TBD |
The timeline
[edit]TBD.
Feedback and questions
[edit]You can reach the project team at (TBD).