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The Learning Challenge continues to generate considerable enthusiasm from potential teachers. There were 51 applications to be Teaching Teams and Club Mentors for the new season - most of them of a very high quality. This has made the selection process difficult as usual. This season sees the beginning of the Learning Clubs alongside the Teaching Teams. These Learning Clubs will be quite experimental but we hope they will make a positive contribution to practical learning on the Steem platform. --- ### Steemit Learning Challenge - Season 23

The Teaching Teams selected for Season 23 are… * **@anailuj1992 (Venezuela) - Artistic Activities with Children** https://steemit.com/teachingteam/@anailuj1992/aplicacion-del-desafio-de-aprendizaje-de-steemit-actividades-artistica-para-crear-relaciones-positivas-en-los-ninos * **@karianaporras (Venezuela) - Exploration and Outdoor Living** https://steemit.com/teachingteam/@karianaporras/aplicacion-temporada-23-slc-exploracion-y-vida-al-aire-libre * **@kouba01 (Tunisia) - Computer Repair** https://steemit.com/clubmentor/@kouba01/steemit-learning-challenge-s23-application-computer-repair * **@nahela (Venezuela) & @franyeligonzalez (Colombia) - Healthy Cooking** https://steemit.com/hive-113376/@nahela/application-for-teaching-team-cocina-saludable-healthy-cooking * **@ngoenyi (Nigeria) & @genomil (Venezuela) - Fitness Coaching** https://steemit.com/hive-150419/@ngoenyi/application-for-season-23-learning-challenge-steemfit-learning-team * **@sergeyk (Ukraine) - Geometry** https://steemit.com/hive-145157/@sergeyk/steemit-learning-challenge-s23-application * **@suboohi (Pakistan) - Global Cuisine** https://steemit.com/hive-180106/@suboohi/application-for-teaching-team-exploring-the-global-cuisine These will be joined by the Crypto Academy to make 8 in total. **Please would all the Teaching Teams selected confirm acceptance in a comment below and include their contact details (Discord / Telegram).** --- ### Steemit Learning Clubs - Season 23

We would like to experiment this season with Learning Clubs. These will have a broader scope than the Teaching Teams and will allow people to collaborate and learn together on their own practical projects. The [Application Post](https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemitblog/steemit-update-january-26th-2025-steemit-learning-challenge-applications-invited-for-season-23) gives an outline of how we see these Learning Clubs working but because of their experimental nature we expect them to evolve as the season progresses. We would like to start with these three Learning Clubs… * **Home Repair Club - @rmm31 (Venezuela) & @imranhassan (Bangladesh)** https://steemit.com/hive-181136/@rmm31/application-for-steemit-learning-challenge-season-23-or-club-repair https://steemit.com/hive-170554/@imranhassan/steemit-learning-challenge-applications-for-season-23-or-or-learning-about-electrical-items-at-home-learn-to-repair-or-or * **Knitting, Crochet & Sewing Club - @naka05 (Venezuela), @lunasilver (Venezuela) & @beautiful12 (Venezuela)** https://steemit.com/hive-181136/@naka05/aplicacion-temporada-23-al-club-mentor-or-club-de-crochet https://steemit.com/teachingteam/@lunasilver/postulacion-como-mentor-de-aprendizaje-a-los-slc23 https://steemit.com/hive-190211/@beautiful12/steemit-learning-challenge-s23-aplicacion-ropa-intima * **Technology & Development Club - @mohammadfaisal (Pakistan), @alejos7ven (Venezuela) & @kafio (Tunisia)** https://steemit.com/clubmentor/@mohammadfaisal/application-for-club-mentor-technology-learning-club-or-season-23 https://steemit.com/designwithseven/@alejos7ven/design-your-world-with-inkscape-an-alternative-for-everyone https://steemit.com/teachingteam/@kafio/steemit-learning-challenge-season-23-teaching-team-application-mastering-docker --- **Please would all those invited to form Learning Clubs please make contact with each other and confirm, in a comment below, that they are willing to work together as Club Mentors.** --- All Teaching Teams and Learning Clubs should post their first posts by Sunday, February 16th. Season 23 will then begin on Monday, February 17th, 2025. Each Teaching Team post should include weekly assignment tasks for students following the course. **Teaching Teams should aim to check and grade the submitted assignment posts within 24 hours.** The comments from the Teaching Teams should very much concentrate on what the student did well in their post, and also most importantly how they could improve their posts - particularly highlighting if they have misunderstood any of the learning points of that week’s course assignment. The posts should be awarded a grade marked out of 10 according to how well they have completed the assignment tasks. We very much encourage teachers to design their homework assignments with a sufficient level of difficulty that they will be able to award a good spread of grades and not have everyone bunched up with 9’s and 10’s. Posts should be checked for plagiarism and AI use but that should only be a footnote in the comment. Checking for club status etc does not need to be included in the comment. **The grading comments will be rewarded by steemcurator01/02 according to how well they have followed these guidelines.** --- Learning Clubs should make an initial post outlining how they plan to work and inviting people to join in with their practical projects both through making posts about their projects and through commenting on other people’s project posts. Learning Clubs should ensure they have a robust tag system so they can track all club posts. --- Each week we would like all Teaching Teams to make a post announcing the **four** people who have produced the best responses to the homework assignments. The selection of the four should be based solely on the quality of their post. Number of comments is no longer a factor to be considered. Learning Clubs should likewise select their four best posts of the week. **All the weekly winners, as well as the weekly announcement posts, will receive extra prize votes from @steemcurator01.** — — With the advent of the Learning Clubs this will be a particularly interesting season. We hope by switching the focus of the Learning Challenge towards more practical courses and Clubs that the growing use of AI will be halted. The Learning Clubs are experimental and will evolve over the coming weeks. We look forward to your comments and suggestions about how they are working. The potential of Steem as a learning platform is massive but we will need to all work together to ensure true human endeavor is correctly identified and rewarded. Thank you _The Steemit Team_ --- ---