Re: UNMOOC on Web Science to start!

Dear Steffen, all,

This seems to be indeed a very interesting endeavor. In particular the
"creation of open and evolving content with interactive,
community-oriented feedback sessions" seems an interesting concept. Have
you seen our OpenCOurseWare authoring platform SlideWiki
http://slidewiki.org - its now open-source, used with dozens of courses,
several hundred students. There are btw. also comprehensive lecture
series on Semantic Web, Information Retrieval, Intelligent Systems. The
Semantic Web lecture (>700 slides, >100 self-assessment questions) is
available in 12 languages (Thai, French Portuguese, Spanish, Italian,
Hindi, Greek, Persian, Arabic, Russian, German, English). We are really
interested to build a larger user/author communities around SlideWiki
content and any ideas in that regard are highly appreciated.

Best,

Sören

Am 25.10.2013 08:47, schrieb Steffen Staab:
> 
> Institute WeST is about to start an UNMOOC -
> an UNusual Massive Open Online Course - on *Web Science*
> 
> A MOOC is "an online course aimed at large-scale interactive
> participation and open access via the Web" (quote from Wikipedia).
> Usual MOOCs combine canned content (text, videos, etc.) with
> interactive, community-oriented feedback sessions.
> In contrast, our unusual MOOC targets the creation of open and evolving
> content with interactive, community-oriented feedback sessions.
> 
> Find more basic information at our starting page:
> http://studywebscience.org/
> 
> The course itself will be hosted on wikiversity and wikimedia commons,
> two free and open siblings of the Wikipedia platform:
> https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Topic:Web_Science
> 
> There are three models for certification
> 1. Joining exams in Koblenz and earning ECTS credits
> 2. Examination by an outside institution.
>    If you are an outside institution and want to award
>    credits based on participation in the MOOC exam, please contact us.
> 3. Informal certification (no earning of ECTS credits)
>    by remote participation in the MOOC exam.
> 
> Rene Pickhardt & Steffen Staab
> Institute for Web Science and Technologies
> University of Koblenz-Landau
> 
> http://west.uni-koblenz.de
> 
>

Received on Friday, 25 October 2013 07:17:31 UTC