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Participants on this course must be a Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist or Physiotherapy/Physical Therapy student. | Participants on this course must be a Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist or Physiotherapy/Physical Therapy student. | ||
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The online discussion will take place within a closed [https://www.facebook.com/groups/physiopediavolunteers/ Physiopedia Volunteers Facebook group]. | The online discussion will take place within a closed [https://www.facebook.com/groups/physiopediavolunteers/ Physiopedia Volunteers Facebook group]. | ||
Only participants of the course and our current team of will be able to post and read discussions within this group. Participants will not be required to share their private facebook pages with other course participants, they will however need to have an account with facebook. | Only participants of the course and our current team of will be able to post and read discussions within this group. Participants will not be required to share their private facebook pages with other course participants, they will however need to have an account with facebook. | ||
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Physiopedia volunteers [[User:Wendy Walker|Wendy Walker]] and [[User:Scott Buxton|Scott Buxton]] will facilitate the running of this course. | Physiopedia volunteers [[User:Wendy Walker|Wendy Walker]] and [[User:Scott Buxton|Scott Buxton]] will facilitate the running of this course. | ||
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Throughout this course you should [mailto:[email protected] email us] if you have any problems at all. We would prefer that you let us know about problems or difficulties that you have encountered so that we can amend the guidance documents or create help videos and provide feedback and training where appropriate. | |||
[mailto:rachael@physio-pedia.com Contact course co-ordinator] | |||
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You might find these resources useful throughout the course: | |||
[ | *[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] (this is the software that Physiopedia uses - the same as Wikipedia) | ||
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples Wikitext examples] (This is the code that is written on the Physiopedia pages) | |||
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Revision as of 19:04, 3 February 2015
This course will run again in March 2015.
If you would like to join the next course please register your interest here.
Course Type - Open, Online
Course Reference - PP02
Course Co-ordinators - Rachael Lowe
Institution - Physiopedia
About this course - This online course is an orientation course for Physioepdia volunteers.
Who can take part- Anyone
Date of next course - 2 March 2015
Time commitment - 12 hours over 4 weeks
Requirements - You will online learning activities, engage with additional resources, take part in the conversation online and complete the course evaluation.
Assessment - There will be a final activity report to submit
Awards - Completion certificate from Physiopedia plus a Yellow Belt Volunteer Badge!
Related Pages[edit | edit source]
Intended audience[edit | edit source]
This course is suitable for any Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist or Physiotherapy/Physical Therapy student who would like to contribute to the Physiopedia project as a volunteer.
Find out more about volunteering with Physiopedia.
Aim[edit | edit source]
The aim of this course is to prepare people for their volunteer roles on the Physiopedia team.
Learning Objectives[edit | edit source]
At the end of this course, students should be:
- Familiar with the many varied aspects of the Physioepdia project.
- Confident to edit Physiopedia.
- Familiar with the Physiopedia quality standards.
- Have an idea of what role they would like to play in the Physiopedia project.
Time commitment[edit | edit source]
This course is 4 weeks long. Participants will be required to devote 3 hours per week to the course.
Course structure[edit | edit source]
Participants will be given 3 tasks each week, namely:
- Complete between 1 and 3 learning activities each week
- Look at additional readings, videos and resources
- Contribute to an online discussion run through the Physiopedia volunteers Facebook group
Pre-requisites[edit | edit source]
Participants on this course must be a Physiotherapist/Physical Therapist or Physiotherapy/Physical Therapy student.
Forum for online discussion[edit | edit source]
The online discussion will be an important aspect of this course and participants will be expected to post at least one comment each week.
The online discussion will take place within a closed Physiopedia Volunteers Facebook group.
Only participants of the course and our current team of will be able to post and read discussions within this group. Participants will not be required to share their private facebook pages with other course participants, they will however need to have an account with facebook.
Language[edit | edit source]
The course will be run in English although participants will only require basic English skills. Participants will be encouraged to be respectful and empathetic to those in whom English is not their first language.
Accreditation, Assessment and Certification[edit | edit source]
On the successful completion of this course (assessed by the course co-ordinator) each participant will be provided with a certificate of completion from Physiopedia plus a Yellow Belt. These will be awarded provided you have:
- Completed you Physiopedia profile page
- Quality assessed 3 pages within Physiopedia
- Created your own new Physiopedia page
- Contributed to the online facebook discussion each week
- Completed your volunteer orientation activity report.
On completion of the course you will also be offered:
- FREE membership to the Physiopedia members area
People involved in this course[edit | edit source]
Course co-ordinators[edit | edit source]
The course co-ordinator for this course is our very own Physiopedia co-founder and director Rachael Lowe
Course facilitators[edit | edit source]
Physiopedia volunteers Wendy Walker and Scott Buxton will facilitate the running of this course.
Course Contacts[edit | edit source]
Throughout this course you should email us if you have any problems at all. We would prefer that you let us know about problems or difficulties that you have encountered so that we can amend the guidance documents or create help videos and provide feedback and training where appropriate.
Resources[edit | edit source]
You might find these resources useful throughout the course:
- MediaWiki (this is the software that Physiopedia uses - the same as Wikipedia)
- Wikitext examples (This is the code that is written on the Physiopedia pages)
