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Recent Discussions
- gardening the Initiatives list; now A, B, C, etc.
- Hi Everyone, Well, it's moving into winter here on the East Coast, and I have felt compelled to do some WikiEd gardening! I separated out the A, B, C, etc., so it's easier to see where projects fit, well at least from my perspective. <smile> Hope it helps - and please continue to add your projects to this page! [?]
- Graphic Design Volunteer -- WE need some help?
- Hi Everyone, Do we have any graphic designers on the list who could help out with converting the WikiEducator and Learning4Content brochures into open file formats, including updates on the contact particulars and any refinements we would like to make to the text of the brochures? WikiEducator has two brochures that were produced while WE was operating as [?]
- Charter for the categories workgroup
- Hello Wikieducators, Just shy of a month ago, Jesse announced the formation of Workgroup:Categories. We now have a small band of workgroup members discussing the many issues related to categories and figuring out a plan for the implementation of a functional category map for WikiEducator. Our draft workgroup charter, which includes our high-level plan for the work [?]
- What about RESEARCH to teach literacy with use of wikis?
- Hi All, I've got a pressing project and seek your help. (My first posting here.) First question: What research is out there that I can review and cite in a grant application that addresses the use of wikis in teaching literacy? URLs? I want to get a camp established in Pittsburgh, PA, USA that has to [?]
- jetpack for learning design challenge - turn the web into a social learning space
- Dear WikiEducator community! Mozilla is launching the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge. If you would like to build Firefox extensions that turn the web into an open learning space, this is for you. Maybe something that links Firefox and WE? The Design Challenge is part competition, part online course [?]
- wikimedia task force
- Some of you may be aware of this but just in case I would like to draw your attention to this link as there are some Arabic WE users [link] Nadia Nadia El Borai [link] blog: [link] [?]
- WE blog or newsletter?
- Did anything ever come of earlier suggestions that there be a WikiEducator blog with multiple contributors or a collaboratively written newsletter?
I poked around and didn't find much. old discussions [link] [?] - WikiSym: research on wikis
- The recently concluded WikiSym (short for the International Symposium on Wikis) has published a number of the academic papers presented. [link] One that caught my eye was "Herding the Cats: The Influence of Groups in Coordinating Peer Production?" I've been skeptical of the emphasis [?]
- Templates - OER_Metadata and ContentInfobox
- I just noticed that OER_Metadata and ContentInfobox templates are very similar.
[link] [link] Are these different or can they be combined? If they are different, where should each be used? All the fields are common except [?] - Copyright rant
- Following on from Phil and his rants and with the recent discuss on the list of a copyright tutorial, I have put up my own rant at [link]. Cheers, John [link] [link] [?]
- November UPE
- During a recent discussion (six weeks back) the UPE team was reviewing candidates for the coming award. Abdul Halim was suggested as one of the candidates for the November UPE. I took the time to review his user page and was most impressed. I greatly appreciate his use of colors, fonts and graphics, I found myself drawn into who Abdul Halim [?]
- WikiEducator needs to keep the focus
- Two important points can be made from a survey which Randy Fisher noted last month: [link] "Why teachers chose resources (i.e., OERs) The top two responses (by far) The content matches the grade level of my students [?]
- For the Information of Educators
- Dear all,
I am not very sure if this is the right forum to post this, pardon me if it isnt. The following are for the information of members: 1. Education Advisor: [link] 2. Head of Education Division: [link] [?] - Organizational arrangements for WE
- Dear Dr. Wayne, If OERF has funds, you may also think about posting a full-time Research Associate for WikiEducator. Such a person can help you and our community by attending the following regularly: 1. Promote discussions on various vital issues and consolidate/ facilitate the consolidation of valid points from such discussions (both [?]
- Wikipedia model
- Is there any interest in developing OERs using the Wikipedia model? Although someone starts a page, there is always an implicit open invitation to add and update. I'd start with middle school science and math activities but I'm open to suggestions.
It seems that most WE contributors - myself included, haven't been [?]
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Upcoming Events
Register now for the 32nd online Learning4Content workshop. This free workshop will run from November 23 - December 6, 2009.
In addition, you are invited to register for the latest free online workshops as developers, facilitators, and/or participants.
News
The OER Foundation poised to become an international leader in open education. The Open Education Resource (OER) Foundation was officially launched on 17 September 2009 by Dr Robin Day, Chair of the board of Directors of the OER Foundation to coincide with Software Freedom Day. WikiEducators around the world joined the OER Foundation in signing the Cape Town Open Education Declaration to mark the launch of this new not-for-profit. Read more ...
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, award the OER Foundation $200,000 to support WikiEducator to improve content interoperability and further support for training through the Learning4Content project.
The India Chapter of WikiEducator has been formally launched in a function at India International Centre on the 15th November 2008. The event was organised by Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) in association with GKP, OWSA and Acharya Narendra Dev College. The India Chapter will draw on the nation's rich educational history to build resources specific to that context and in Indian languages.
WikiEducator acknowledges Otago Polytechnic as a featured institution. Read more about their IP policy, and how WikiEducator has helped advance open learning at the institution
Time to celebrate again! The MERLOT Africa Network (MAN) will pay tribute to WikiEducator at eLearning Africa as an inaugural recipient of the awards for Exemplary Open Education Resource (OER) practices. Our community will be acknowledged for the "pioneering role of the WikiEducator project as a model of content authoring and professional development that supports the OER movement".
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You are invited to watch the video recordings of the previous live online events for June 2009.
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