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Wikipedia Lists

Just posting here that I'm considering making a list of OER initiatives which have been started by Universities. Maybe I should call it OER Repositories by Universities, to keep it distinct from MOOCs? Not sure. I'm thinking that my group mate Sarah G might like to join in? Anyone else?

I have started a list in my own sandbox:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tbirdcymru/sandbox

I copied the code from a list of greatest hits singles of the 1960s, so please don't laugh at the current state of the iist:-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tbirdcymru (talk • contribs) 10:22, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

Clever, Tbirdcymrul! Sounds very useful. Pete can advise on the role of such lists in or as WP articles... - Sara FB (talk) 18:54, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

I think OER repository by university is a reasonable name, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's some discussion and various opinions about the proper name for it. That's fine, it can be "moved" easily after it's created if necessary. Your table looks fine -- good work finding an example to build on! If you want, though, you could just start with

• simple
• bullet
• lists

…and then refine and format it later. -Pete (talk) 14:12, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

In the class session, I pointed out a possible source to use in building the list -- Neil Butcher's Basic Guide to OER. You might find Appendix 5 and Appendix 6 helpful. -Peteforsyth demo (talk) 14:53, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Fyi, under Appendix 6#OCW_OER_Repositories, the Development Gateway link needs to be updated to Zunia. --Litjade (talk) 20:03, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

Class banner for article?

In Round 2 of this course, there was a nifty article banner that we could place on articles we were editing for class. I tried to update and use it on the Talk page of Open Learning for Development, but it turns out funky:

How do I fix it? --Litjade (talk) 19:10, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Plague solved (I hope). I checked the syntax section in the article about using the template {{education assignment}} . This syntax seems to work: {{course assignment | year=2013 | course=Wikipedia:School_of_Open_course}} --Litjade (talk) 19:56, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Good job Jade! We haven't focused much on that banner in this class -- it's fine to use it, but (in my opinion, anyway) not necessary to use on every article. However -- by working on it, I think you picked up a little something about how templates work on Wikipedia! Glad to see you sorted it out!

Also, I'd love to see you comment on that article's talk page with some of the considerations you brought up in lab today. I'd like to share some thougthts there too, but you're the one who spotted the issue -- so I'll wait for you to bring it up first! -Pete (talk) 20:52, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, Pete. And thanks to your and Sara's prompting, I got momentarily bold and commented on the article's Talk page. --Litjade (talk) 22:28, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing this, Litjade - very useful! SarahGWiki (talk) 12:41, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Article assessment

I'm interested in tackling Massive Open Online Course, but the latter actually looks pretty well fleshed (at least B- or C-class) out already even though it is unassessed. Who decides which articles get assessed, and how can I request an article to be assessed? Can I assess an article as a random user? →ozhu量 (talk·contribs) 01:36, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Ozhu, the important thing is that you (as the submitter) can make a good case that your article improved one step on the article assessment scale. When you apply for the badge, you will need to make reference to the definitions on the quality scale. I (or perhaps another badge holder) will review your submission, and if you have made a good case for it, that's enough. You might want to take a look at the badges that have already been awarded -- if you click on any of the article titles on that page, you'll see the full student submission, and all instructor feedback. That will hopefully give you a feel for it, but let me know if you need further clarification.

Also, please feel free to ask for more incremental and informal "assessments" or feedback here on the class talk page at any time! Yes, you or anyone are free to assess any article at any time; you should always take into account the quality definitions, but you'll find it's pretty rare that anybody argues with you about it. The exceptions are the highest ratings, mainly: WP:FA and WP:GA. Those ones have formal processes for evaluation. -Pete (talk) 19:11, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

p.s. Very glad to hear you are looking at improving MOOC -- there's a lot that can be done to improve that important article! I hope we will have a guest Tuesday who may have some reflections on that article, as well. -Pete (talk) 19:13, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

I think a lot of people in the OER community are not happy with that article in its current state, and in the next few weeks we may well see some more activity there... so the timing sounds great. :) - Sara FB (talk) 15:25, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Questions many users face - feel free to post them here!

A lot of you have basic questions about nitty gritty - don't be afraid to post them here, or answer each other's questions! Sharing links like this is great too... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial -Sara FB (talk) 15:39, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

SarahG and I are considering an article on African OER Initiatives, because, as Sarah described to me, most OER work in Africa is done by more than one university/institution working together. What do folks think, is this article notable?--Tbirdcymru (talk) 17:12, 6 September 2013 (UTC)