I feel you, Florence!🤓 The mail is from Stanley (He/Him), AfLIA's head of Communications Team😊
Regards Nkem E. Osuigwe PhD CLN Human Capacity Development & Training Director, African Library and Information Associations & Institutions(AfLIA) P.O.Box BC 38, Burma Camp, Accra, Ghana. *[email protected] <[email protected]> * *[email protected] <[email protected]>* *[email protected] <[email protected]>* *Website: www.aflia.net <http://www.aflia.net>* Facebook /Twitter /Instagram *"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." - Henry Ford.* *"**Knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand" - Albert Einstein* On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 4:34 PM Florence Devouard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Aflia (I would prefer a real name or a username... but well) > > > I would like to point out that Wikimedia France recently published the > WikiData MOOC. > See the announcement here : > https://www.wikimedia.fr/les-inscriptions-au-mooc-wikidata-sont-ouvertes/ > > Registration, programme etc. are available on the training platform : > https://formations.wikimedia.fr/courses/course-v1:WikimediaFrance+MWd-1+2022/about > > This is not an old outdated mooc. It is top of the notch. Months (if not > years) of development to come to it. > > So I am not saying that a Wikidata facilitator is not needed (it IS > certainly needed). > > But it looks like it may not be necessary to spend several months > translating modules and learning materials into French, when there is a > super super recent Mooc dedicated to just be that. It would look a lot like > reinventing the wheel to me. > > > Best > > > Florence > > > PS: amongst the creators of the MOOC is Georges Fodouop, French speaking, > who is likely to be on this list, > > Le 06/07/2022 à 13:54, AfLIA Communications a écrit : > > Greetings! > > We are looking for a course facilitator to work remotely with a course > manager and the AfLIA team for seven months to translate Wikidata > curricula, modules and learning materials into French. The French > facilitator will also train and manage French-speaking participants who > will enrol for the Wikidata course. Apply if you are eligible and > interested. Spread the word! > > Details - > https://web.aflia.net/job-opening-french-facilitator-for-wikidata-course/ > > Nous recherchons un animateur de cours pour travailler à distance avec un > responsable de cours et l'équipe AfLIA pendant sept mois afin de développer > et de traduire en français des programmes, des modules et du matériel > d'apprentissage sur Wikidata. > > L'animateur devra également former et gérer les participants francophones > qui s'inscriront au cours Wikidata. Posez votre candidature si vous êtes > éligible et intéressé. Répandez la nouvelle ! > > Merci > AfLIA Communications > > --- > *Follow AfLIA to keep updated.* > *Official Website* <http://web.aflia.net/> *|* *Official Facebook* > <https://www.facebook.com/aflianetwork/> *| **Official Twitter* > <https://twitter.com/AfLIACon> > * | Official YouTube > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPaQeggWf7gVPSkLhYl9_8g> * > To join AfLIA: Send an email to > *[email protected] <[email protected]> * > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list -- > [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] >
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