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Red teaming introductory EA courses
Philip Hall Andersen2y1
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My apologies, thanks for clarifying! I like the concept of a course with interactive learning activities and optional supplementary discussions. Is the course currently openly accessible to have a look at without signing up and getting accepted? I have a sense that it might increase enrollment rates to let users explore the curriculum in more detail before signing up, either by allowing users to test the course itself or by adding a more detailed curriculum description to the sign-up page. 

I also gravitate toward letting users complete the course with... (read more)

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Jamie_Harris
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You might be right that we lose some people due to the form, but I expect the cost is worth it to us. The info we gather is helpful for other purposes and services we offer. Regarding more info about the course on the sign up page: of course there's plenty of info we could add to that page, but I worry about an intimidatingly large wall of text deterring people as well.
Red teaming introductory EA courses
Philip Hall Andersen2y1
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I'm glad to hear that! I would have liked to include a wider range of EA-related courses in the initial project, but I am still happy to provide feedback on more courses individually. We could try to find a time to talk sometime soon if you're interested. 

It seems like there are quite a few EA courses/programs following similar structures as the Virtual Programs by CEA,  i.e. weekly reading lists + discussion meetings. I think most of these courses would end up with similar results using the evaluation framework in this project, this may also app... (read more)

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Jamie_Harris
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Thanks! I'm keen for staying in the loop with any coordination efforts. Although I'll note that AAC's course structure is quite different from EAVP. Its content + questions/ activities, not a reading group with facilitated meetings. (The Slack and surrounding community engagement is essentially and optional, additional support group.) I would hazard a guess that the course would score more highly on your system than most or all of the other reviewed items here but I haven't gone through the checklist carefully yet.
Output goals for groups?
Answer by Philip Hall AndersenJul 13, 20225
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Here are the quantitative goals we set for EA University of Bergen for the coming semester (our second active semester):

  • Info-meeting with at least 20 attendees
  • Average attendee count of at least 15 members for introductory fellowships
  • A cabin trip with at least 15 members
  • Trip to EAGx Berlin with at least 10 members
  • Collect at least 100 emails while tabling at the campus to send information about the introductory fellowship
  • Interviews with at least 20 potential new members
  • 2 small monthly social events with at least 8 attendees
  • Influence at least 10 members to ap
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Brian Nuckols
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Thanks, Phillip! I'm looking forward to reading the article and appreciate learning from your experience in the Bergen group.