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Wikiversity Grant Proposal: Call for Support or Feedback
Hi !

A collaborator and I have submitted a grant proposal for a new Wikiversity learning project, which we are calling Eventmath. We aim to help math and statistics teachers to teach their students the mathematical thinking skills needed to make sense of current events. Specifically, the project will pair math lesson plans with news articles (or social media posts, if the goal is to debunk misinformation, for example).

I'm writing to you because we would like to gather more feedback from the Wikiversity community. I noticed that you've submitted a math article and have made recent edits to it, so I thought you might be interested in the proposal. If you could either endorse the proposal or provide constructive feedback, we would really appreciate it!

Thank you for your consideration.

Greg at Higher Math Help (discuss • contribs) 21:01, 19 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for your message. This sounds like a very interesting idea!  I do not understand precisely what it means to "endorse the proposal", but I have one point of constructive (?) feedback: your proposed time spent seems very heavily tilted towards promotion (almost 2-to-1 over content creation).  I have no relevant expertise, but 60 hours doesn't sound to me like enough to produce very much in the way of "seed" material for a community to build on; and I am not sure how useful promotion can be if there is not enough content.  I hope this is helpful (or at least, not completely useless) -- and best of luck! --JayBeeEll (discuss • contribs) 19:59, 21 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi ! Thank you so much for your reply! I'm glad you think the idea is interesting :)


 * To endorse the proposal, you can add your name (or username) and rationale for supporting the project by directly editing the Endorsements section. I appreciate you asking!


 * Regarding your feedback, this is quite helpful. We have developed some seed content in the initial Eventmath template. We have one entry using arithmetic and spreadsheet analysis that is based on a news article about government, and we have a second entry using calculus that is based on a social media post about COVID-19. Although we would like to develop additional entries, the grants do not support content creation; it's generally against the guidelines (I think this is to avoid paying some contributors and not others). So, we actually have zero content creation in the proposal. For example, the video lesson based on an example entry would serve promotional purposes, and it would not qualify as content creation, since it does not constitute wiki content.


 * With the promotion funded by the proposal, we aim to help educators fill out the rest of the seed content on a volunteer basis. The goal is for this community, along with the content it produces, to create a sustainable momentum by the end of the grant period. So, we will be promoting the opportunity to be an early contributor to an exciting new resource, rather than promoting Eventmath as a resource on which to build a course (not yet).


 * We will focus on a variety of incentives. For example, in addition to using lesson plans contributed by others, contributors can...
 * gain professional development experience and learn to edit a wiki through our workshops,
 * get feedback on their lesson plans to create a better learning experience for their students,
 * receive help by dividing up tasks and building lesson plans collaboratively,
 * develop professional relationships with the community,
 * create networking opportunities by listing themselves as contributors (along with their social media handles),
 * share their innovative curriculum contributions on social media, or
 * contribute to education research by tracking the evolution and impact of Eventmath.


 * Does that make sense? Do you feel like we could improve this idea? If you have any further ideas, we would love to hear them. After all, this is a project that we build together!


 * If you do have additional constructive feedback of any type, and I welcome new ideas on the proposal's discussion page. If you would like to add an endorsement, we would really appreciate that too!


 * Again, thank you so much!
 * --Greg at Higher Math Help (discuss • contribs) 21:30, 22 February 2021 (UTC)