Workgroup:Wikimaster criteria

Objectives

The purpose of this Workgroup is to: Update WikiMaster certifications, specifically: Carry out a baseline audit of the existing WikiMaster certifications for all participants of the Learning4Content training initiative Extend an invitation to the WikiEducator list for community members to request certifications if required. Establish the criteria for certification of the following levels: WikiTrainer WikiMaster To finalise the draft Policy for skills certification for consideration by the WikiEducator Community Council

Background

• The WikiMaster community certification initiative was established to acknowledge skills achievements and to earn community kudos in preparation for the Learning4Content training initiative.
• A draft Policy for skills certification was posted to the group list on 15 Feb 2008 inviting comment and feedback
• WE took a decision to hold back on specifying the criteria for the levels of WikiTrainer and WikiMaster until the community had more experience for specifying the criteria for these levels.
• The popularity of the certification system has resulted in the existing criteria up to the level of WikiArtisan been applied as a de facto practice in WikiEducator's activities with numerous volunteer certifiers implementing the draft procedures.
• Jim Tittsler has trialled a bot application which harvests an generates a list of certified users from the corresponding category pages for each level of the typology. These categories are automatically inserted on the user page of individuals certified.

Current challenges

• We do not have an identifiable list of community certifiers who volunteer to monitor the Request for certification page and award certification requests from the community -- we should consider adding this as a criterion for the WikiTrainer certification level.
• We do not have a list of criteria for the WikiMaster level -- this workgroup should consider developing a set of proposed criteria in consultation with the WikiEducator community.
• We need to operationalise the listing of certified users in the main namespace.
• Request to consider renaming "master" certifications using a gender-neutral term. See discussion thread on google groups: Nomenclature for WikiMaster.

Participants

• Nellie Deutsch
• Gladys Gahona
• Wayne Mackintosh
• Rob Kruhlak
• --Dr. Gita Mathur 08:17, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
• --Patricia Schlicht 17:37, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
• Add your names here

Certifications

Advanced Levels of Certifications

WikiTrainer

• Online Facilitation
• Face-to-Face Facilitation

Charter

The Workgroup charter

The charter is open to development but may address the following:

• Identification information: name of Workgroup, link to WikiEducator Workgroup page,
• What is the purpose for creating this workgroup? Include a list of Workgroup objectives.
• List of participants and participant skills; Are any additional skills needed?
• How do you plan to communicate among Workgroup members?
• What outcomes are expected (include proposed projected completion dates, if desired)?
• Practicality and Fit:
  • Does this Workgroup require financial resources?
  • Are there any legal issues that might be of concern?
  • Are there any security risks or technological dependencies which might be difficult to support?
  • How will the Workgroup process and outcomes align with core?

Suggestions

Feedback

A live discussion is going on in the Google discussion Group regarding 'gender' indications in WikiMaster terminology. Some suggestions are:

• WikiGuru
• WikiWiz
• WikiChampion

Let us work it out & take a decision. Please add your views here.--Dr. Gita Mathur 18:21, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Resources

• Workgroups