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Work in progress, expect frequent changes. Help and feedback is welcome. See discussion page.

Revised WikiEducator Purpose

The WikiEducator is an evolving community intended for the collaborative:

• planning of education projects linked with the development of free content;
• development of free content on Wikieducator for e-learning;

• building cohesive and sustainable communities of support for educators;
• building of individual, group, community capacity
• work on building open education resources (OERs) on how to create OERs;
• networking on funding proposals developed as free content.

There is a distinction between "A community of support" and "Communities of Support". Overall, WikiEducator can be considered a "community of support" - however, over time, as educators develop content, they will develop sub-communities or 'communities-in-communities' where they will benefit from support from each other. Thus, "communities of support" seems more likely, particularly as WikiEducator evolves.

WikiEducator - Draft Community Needs Analysis

• Draft community needs analysis

Target Audiences

• Teacher / Educators
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • South Pacific
  • South America
  • Rest of Commonwealth
• Opinion leaders - education, culture, arts, etc.
• News media (within the WikiEd community; education and mainstream)
• Policy Makers

Gaps (Needs)

<s>* Need for role descriptions - Wiki Educator Ambassadors Working on this with Wayne M., Sept. 07

• Need to know the 'plan' for what people are doing / plan to do - (User page)</s>
• Need to understand adoption behaviour (i.e., evolutionary phases of WikiEd adoption), and integrate this knowledge into messaging
  • educators
• Need for Case Studies ~ particularly for institutional support
• Need for Endorsements / Testimonials - functional, celebrity, others
• Need for intuitive & integrative navigation
  • Need for colour-coded Integration Dashboards / Maps / Trees + Progress Indicator - Curriculum, Expertise (to be links on Community Portal)
• Need to recruit people directly based on needs (i.e., individual or team approach)

** Need for a Wishlist

• Need for knowledge about what's possible ~ especially among newbies

* Need for updated "News" page

• Need for research (i.e., WikiEd adoption, evolutionary shifts in thinking / action; maybe even Univ. of London's possible WikiResearch site)
• Need for Brochure

Roles

• WikiEducator - Roles

Key Messages

(see Key Messages

Library of Messages

• Media:Library of Messages.pdf
• Pre- and post-activities around Learning4Content workshops - per country
• Message to Institutions & Individuals: Give us your unused content / lessons, etc. (i.e., social responsibility messaging)

Communications Materials

• multimedia package (i.e., slides, storyboard)
• Storytelling videos
  • Compelling Situation video with SJD voiceover - (i.e., call to action --> aids videos, bcspca - sara mcclaughlin)
  • Short interview videos (i.e., people who attended the FLOSS4EDU workshops (pix have to be tagged by country) - these are to be incorporated into a presentation - DONE
  • Create AudioVideo_Librarypage
• Create Integration Dashboard V1.0 (Wayne M.) - identify courses to be created, and progress towards completion (%)
• User page handout / template (WIP)
• WikiEd history (EasyRead)
  • Wayne Mackintosh piece on Terra Incognita - April 2007
• Surveys
  • Others

Opportunities

• Pre- and post-activities around Learning4Content workshops - per country
• Message to Institutions & Individuals: Give us your unused content / lessons, etc. (i.e., social responsibility messaging)

Thoughts & Musings

• if we're moving from the Innovator phase to Early Adoption, the the language of our communication has to reflect that...