Great initiative. Best!! On Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 7:51 PM Oby Ezeilo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wow! Noble Initiative. Will give my feedback. > > On Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 3:17 PM Mohammed Awal Alhassan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Fantastic Project! >> >> On Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 2:10 PM Tochi Precious <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Thank you Veronica >>> This is welcomed development. I'll look through and give my feedback. >>> >>> >>> Tochi >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 26, 2023, 12:47 PM Veronica Thamaini < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Wikimedians, >>>> >>>> In response to expressed needs of the communities in sub-Saharan Africa >>>> to help achieve growth of the editing communities in the region, the >>>> Wikimedia Foundation is working on an experiment-based project dubbed the >>>> Africa Growth Project. The project seeks to enhance already existing >>>> community efforts by creating a more effective online learning component, >>>> which would allow in-person efforts to focus on already-engaged newbies who >>>> have obtained a solid foundation in Wikipedia policies and collaboration >>>> norms, maximizing the return on investment of human volunteer effort. The >>>> hypothesis guiding this experiment is that providing high-quality training >>>> to new and existing Wikimedians covering the basics of contribution to >>>> Wikimedia (including introducing the many ways to contribute beyond article >>>> writing) can double the retention rates of active editors in the >>>> region. >>>> >>>> For the pilot, we will be developing four modules, and we are inviting >>>> you to share feedback on outlines for these training modules, which >>>> are: >>>> >>>> - >>>> >>>> Module 1: Preparing to participate in Wikimedia projects >>>> >>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies/Module1> >>>> - >>>> >>>> Module 2: 101 Ways to Contribute to Wikimedia >>>> >>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies/Module2> >>>> - >>>> >>>> Module 3: The Voice of Wikipedia: Neutral Point of View >>>> >>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies/Module3> >>>> - >>>> >>>> Module 4: Sourcing knowledge: Verifiability on Wikipedia >>>> >>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies/Module4> >>>> >>>> We hope to benefit from your experience as a Wikimedian in sharing your >>>> input on these module outlines, to ensure that they capture what is needed >>>> to support community understanding of those policies. >>>> >>>> We are interested to hear your thoughts on what's missing, what's good, >>>> what could be improved, and any suggestions on the modules' and sections' >>>> order and pace, great illustrative examples and helpful exercises that >>>> would be useful to incorporate. >>>> >>>> We await this input and will take it all into consideration as we >>>> develop the full modules based on these outlines (including whatever change >>>> suggestions we accept). We will also be publishing the complete modules on >>>> the WikiLearn platform when they are ready. >>>> >>>> See the details of each module here: >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies >>>> >>>> And share your comments here; >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Africa_Growth_Pilot/Live_Tutorials_on_Core_Policies >>>> >>>> For your input to be useful in our module development, please share >>>> your feedback by July 21st, 2023. >>>> Thank you, >>>> From the Africa Growth Pilot team (Dumisani Ndubane, Veronica Thamaini, >>>> Asaf Bartov) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Veronica Thamaini | Manager of Regional Programs, Community Resources >>>> >>>> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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] >> > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list -- > [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] >
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