User talk:Dr. Coal

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You do not need to be an educator to edit. You only need to be bold to contribute and to experiment with the sandbox or your userpage. See you around Wikiversity! --Hasley talk  14:56, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

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I noticed your question on User talk:Hasley. This article, as you noted, isn't a good example of the differences between Wikiversity and Wikipedia. To help clarify, the Mission is two-fold: create and host learning resources, and host learning and research projects. Some Wikiversity learning projects provide learning opportunities for others. See, for example, Internet Fundamentals, which Google lists as the definition of this subject. Other Wikiversity learning projects provide more learning for the contributor(s) themselves than they do for others.

Recently, we've been trying to do a better job of moving resources that are more educational for the contributor to be either subpages of a larger project or moved to Draft: or User: space. But there are still thousands of main space articles that don't add significant value for others. As you find these, feel free to tag them somehow. You could add something to the talk page, or add at the top if it doesn't seem to add any value.

The other main difference in the two projects is that Wikipedia focuses on content. Wikiversity tries to focus on learning. If you are an educator trying to use Wikiversity to help others learn, we will try our best to find a way for you to do that. Let us know what assistance you need and what additional questions you might have. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 01:11, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Dear Professor, thank you very much for your time. This was a real nice, comprehensive introduction to me. I suppose, my next step will be watching the flow closely, discovering the use of templates and so on. As a PhD candidate, I was planning to defend my thesis within the upcoming 3 months, but it has become unclear since the outbreak. So, I may not be able to contribute as much as I want in this period, but I definitely will be around. Regards. Dr. Coal (discuss • contribs) 09:52, 1 April 2020 (UTC)