Re: [WikiEducator] Abridged summary of wikieducator@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic

2016-04-30 Thread Valerie Taylor
DeAnza College funded the development of a course called Digital Learning Literacties. http://wikieducator.org/User:Vtaylor/Learning_literacies The Digital Learning Literacies course not offered as a stand-alone course. The activities and resources are used within other courses with great

[WikiEducator] Professional Development for STEM

2013-06-27 Thread Valerie Taylor
, links to participant blog posts, ?? we are open to suggestions. We will be starting in the next week or so. Please join us on this adventure. ..Valerie -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http

[WikiEducator] Fwd: You Tube applications and OER use?

2012-08-04 Thread Valerie Taylor
Jim is doing some great work on Math resources. He has a question that I'm hoping someone else can answer better than I can. -- Forwarded message -- From: Jim Kelly k-12m...@sbcglobal.net Date: Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:08 PM Subject: You Tube applications and OER use? To: Valerie

[WikiEducator] BYOD Bring Your Own Device working group?

2012-06-17 Thread Valerie Taylor
about? Perhaps there is an opportunity to compare notes and/or pool resources. I'm open to suggestions. ..Valerie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum

[WikiEducator] Apple does eTextbooks

2012-01-20 Thread Valerie Taylor
This was announce by Apple yesterday January 19. http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/19/apple-textbook-event/ How will this impact WikiEducator and Open Textbooks? If the major publishers are getting involved at the outset, perhaps they think some money via Apple is better than no money and no

[WikiEducator] Apple does eTextbooks

2012-01-20 Thread Valerie Taylor
Here is a post from the folks on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) list. Their concerns are similar about content, and different as there are non-Apple hardware concerns / considerations as well. Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:19:31 + From: Aaron Baca ab...@partnerasp.com To:

[WikiEducator] Accredited Online Colleges

2011-11-17 Thread Valerie Taylor
http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.net/ I just heard about this - is anyone familiar with the group? Does your institution participate? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit

[WikiEducator] Re: What's the OER equivalent of the co-opetition model?

2010-04-08 Thread valerie
on these projects? http://wikieducator.org/OERF:CollabOERate All the information in this section looks like framework rather than actual OER development projects. Is this the place to start specific OER development collabOERations? Is there a place for that? How is this going to work? ..Valerie

[WikiEducator] Re: What's the OER equivalent of the co-opetition model?

2010-04-04 Thread valerie
How about a little grassroots project? Does anyone have a curriculum project that would be an appropriate pilot and would be willing to have WE collaborators work on? Ideally, this would be a real workshop or course that will be delivered in the near future - 3-4 months (June 2010?). An outline

[WikiEducator] Re: What's the OER equivalent of the co-opetition model?

2010-04-04 Thread valerie
for volunteers at Teachers Without Borders, I am in discussions with Raphael Oko in Nigeria. There are lots of great possibilities here. More to follow. ..Valerie On Apr 4, 5:43 pm, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Valerie, -- You received this message because you

[WikiEducator] Re: What's the OER equivalent of the co-opetition model?

2010-03-29 Thread valerie
Is there a way to work from the demand side? Are there unmet needs that collaborative OERs can address most quickly and effectively? Who will use OERs? What topics are most needed? Can we find some specific end users of the collaboratively built OERs? Are there some important courses topics

[WikiEducator] Re: Student projects - Collaboratively create a page about WikiEducator and suggest ways to promote WE

2010-03-16 Thread valerie
Thanks Wayne I will pass this along to the class. They will be really pleased to have real clinet feedback on their scenario-based learning. ..Valerie On Mar 15, 10:08 pm, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[WikiEducator] Student projects - Collaboratively create a page about WikiEducator and suggest ways to promote WE

2010-03-15 Thread valerie
in the class Moodle course for each group, as well as a general forum for asking client questions. Thanks much! ..Valerie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http

[WikiEducator] Re: perception

2010-01-19 Thread valerie
are missing out as well. Thanks for listening. ..Valerie On Jan 18, 6:49 pm, kirby urner kirby.ur...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 5:50 PM, valerie vtay...@gmail.com wrote: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit

[WikiEducator] perception

2010-01-18 Thread valerie
for WikiEducator content? Is this something that is limiting adoption of WE learning objects? ..Valerie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-12-17 Thread valerie
Thanks Jesse Wikilog looks like a nice wiki-centric solution. ..Valerie On Dec 17, 11:43 am, Jesse Groppi jagro...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone taken a look athttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikilog yet?   -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[WikiEducator] Re: temporary hiatus

2009-12-17 Thread valerie
Hi Jesse You have been a great contributor and we appreciate all your work. Is there anything WE/we can do to help you? Contacts? Suggestions? ..Valerie On Dec 17, 1:26 pm, Jesse Groppi jagro...@gmail.com wrote: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-12-12 Thread valerie
I took the liberty of starting the WE Blog as a regular wiki page a couple of weeks ago. http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Blog I got stuck when I began thinking about RSS feeds... ..Valerie On Dec 11, 2:45 pm, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Chris, Valery

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-12-09 Thread valerie
page fresh. Lots of good ideas here. Is there anything here that could be used for making some progress on the WikiEducator Front page/ Newsletter / Blog projects? ..Valerie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-12-09 Thread valerie
Thanks Chris Yes, your solution looks great and has clear advantages. What do we need to do get get one going for WikiEducator? There was some interest a couple of months ago, but not much action. If this is easy to initiate, I'm happy to work on it. ..Valerie On Dec 9, 5:30 pm, Chris Harvey

[WikiEducator] Educational partnership opportunities

2009-12-07 Thread valerie
be interested in? They are accepting applications for the next group of participants in their program. ..Valerie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http

[WikiEducator] Student projects - PR for WikiEducator

2009-12-03 Thread valerie
For their collaborative group project, student groups took on the role of a PR firm whose client was WikiEducator. This was the first time we have used scenario-based learning for the final project. We have used collaborative writing and WikiEducator in previous classes for more traditional

[WikiEducator] Re: MERLOT to promote WikiEducator

2009-12-02 Thread valerie
distribution. However, gaining a presence in MERLOT by encouraging individual WikiEducators to submit their work to the MERLOT review process will help promote WikiEducator generally as well as contribute to the open content population. ..Valerie On Nov 30, 6:52 pm, gene aronin genel...@gmail.com wrote

[WikiEducator] Re: No TOC

2009-11-22 Thread valerie
Thanks all Magic Words - don't you just love it! These folks have a delightful sense of humor. I have made a note to this link - I have seen this page before, but I can never find it when it might be useful, like when I think I can write templates on my own. :o) ..Valerie On Nov 21, 6:23 pm

[WikiEducator] Re: Collaborative Document sharing

2009-11-22 Thread valerie
to the hold-outs with valid concerns. ..Valerie On Nov 21, 8:02 pm, john stampe jwsta...@yahoo.com wrote: Why is it that educators -- the people whose job it is to teach students about new technology and concepts -- do not want to learn the technology themselves

[WikiEducator] Re: Google search of WikiEducator

2009-11-21 Thread valerie
Rob - Yup.. That's the one Thanks much ..Valerie On Nov 20, 1:48 pm, Robert Kruhlak kru...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Valerie,  Navigate to User:Kruhly/monobook.js Copy the javascript from line one up to and including: addOnloadHook(install_search); I think the placement of the carriage

[WikiEducator] Re: No TOC

2009-11-21 Thread valerie
on the page and wiki application thinks it is complex enough to need a TOC. ..Valerie On Nov 20, 3:26 pm, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator

[WikiEducator] Re: Template help

2009-11-18 Thread valerie
the plans for improved access and reviews within WikiEducator. I can make do with my own little add-ons for the time being. However, I'm really looking forward to there being state-of-the- art tools for finding and remixing WE OERs. Can't happen soon enough! ..Valerie On Nov 18, 12:27 pm, Wayne

[WikiEducator] MERLOT to promote WikiEducator

2009-11-17 Thread valerie
hits! If everyone who reads this list submits one WikiEducator resource to MERLOT, that would significantly increase the WikiEducator visibility in the MERLOT collection and the global pool of OERs known to educators worldwide. Let's do it... A little self-promotion goes a long way. ..Valerie

[WikiEducator] Re: MERLOT to promote WikiEducator

2009-11-17 Thread valerie
of all the pages to add. Any suggestions for what WE should put in the contribution listings? ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http

[WikiEducator] Template help

2009-11-17 Thread valerie
to remember / lookup the values every time), and perhaps some automatically provided values ? date this added or changed. I'd really appreciate some help with building the template - I can do really simple ones, but this is beyond me. Thanks ..Valerie

[WikiEducator] Re: WE believe in education - So where is all the free content? ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS

2009-11-15 Thread valerie
the millions of learners in the tail in mind as we go forward. Thanks ..Valerie On Nov 15, 3:19 am, Jan Visser jvis...@learndev.org wrote: places like the ones I described, the assumption is that you'll find some minimal infrastructure and equipment there that allows you to play them

[WikiEducator] Re: I'm sorry, HOW much?

2009-11-15 Thread valerie
, they are a changin... ..Valerie On Nov 15, 6:20 am, Samuel Rose samuel.r...@gmail.com wrote: --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-11-11 Thread valerie
community discussions going on. http://learningonline.blogspot.com/ If you have a blog and would be interested in contributing past or future posts, please reply with a link to your blog. Let's see what we have available. This will really help kick-start the WE blog process. ..Valerie

[WikiEducator] Visitor experience

2009-11-09 Thread valerie
? Are WE doing enough for visitors? Can WE do better? Your thoughts? ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit

[WikiEducator] Re: What about RESEARCH to teach literacy with use of wikis?

2009-11-08 Thread valerie
- instructors writing about their own classroom experience as a paper with data. However, these may not satisfy your funders. The folks at wikispaces may have that information. If you find anything, please post here. I'd love to know the answer :o) ..Valerie

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-11-04 Thread valerie
very much of the try it and tweek it school, but there are good reasons to take a more measured approach. Looking forward to seeing this take shape ..Valerie On Nov 3, 5:06 pm, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

[WikiEducator] WE blog or newsletter?

2009-11-03 Thread valerie
to this question? ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group

[WikiEducator] Templates - OER_Metadata and ContentInfobox

2009-11-02 Thread valerie
OER_Metadata Your thoughts? ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group

[WikiEducator] Re: Wikipedia model

2009-10-29 Thread valerie
Hi Kim In addition to Wikipedia searches finding WE resources, these might also be useful for helping connect WE resources to other WE resources. Great idea. Let's keep this one going... ..Valerie On Oct 28, 3:43 am, Kim kctuc...@gmail.com wrote

[WikiEducator] Re: WikiEducator needs to keep the focus

2009-10-29 Thread valerie
, and is up to date. And we have to toot the WE horn to let everyone know where to find it - here at WikiEducator.org. ..Valerie On Oct 28, 8:49 am, jkelly952 jkelly...@sbcglobal.net wrote: --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

[WikiEducator] Re: Wikipedia model

2009-10-28 Thread valerie
are useful. A portal as an entry point to list projects inviting collaboration will help. However, this is just a start. Please keep thinking about this and collaborating on providing solutions. ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

[WikiEducator] Re: How do we support and respect educator contributions in WE?

2009-10-24 Thread valerie
So is WE categorization really just tagging - user keywords that are intended primarily for the user who applied them? The problem comes when there is an expectation (mine and others?) that there will be some consistency in categories while tags are explicitly user keywords. When these are all

[WikiEducator] Re: How do we support and respect educator contributions in WE?

2009-10-22 Thread valerie
I love the little 4 green squares icon for status. Very helpful. I just read Shirky's piece http://shirky.com/writings/ontology_overrated.html Having a few formal categories for metadata and user tags might be a good way to go. I have been helping out on the

[WikiEducator] Re: How do we support and respect educator contributions in WE?

2009-10-22 Thread valerie
There are a couple of good commercial models that demonstrate some very useful functionality. It may be a bit of a leap to see how these can be applied to OERs and WE pages, but I think you get the idea. Rating system with recognition and following for reviewers - if I like what this reviewer

[WikiEducator] Re: How do we support and respect educator contributions in WE?

2009-10-21 Thread valerie
The other thing that I would like to see is a review and rating system within WikiEducator to help direct others to the strong content that is available for adoption with or without editing and customization. If people make copies of their own, it would be wonderful to track that fact, too. Show

[WikiEducator] Re: Train the Trainer' training programme at IGNOU, India

2009-10-14 Thread valerie
the the course program for the formal participants. Please consider offering some of the training in an open forum with WikiEducator support. ..Valerie On Oct 13, 3:28 am, Pankaj pkh...@ignou.ac.in wrote: The goal of this programme is to equip the participants with the skills so that they can train

[WikiEducator] Re: WikiEducator Community job jar

2009-10-05 Thread valerie
How about adopt a new member initiative where older members mentor new ones? Yes, that's the idea. If someone specifically asks for help on a project, there is implicit adoption - but, definitely that should be stated. Do you want to have a go at some wording? ..Valerie On Oct 4, 7:15 am

[WikiEducator] Re: WikiEducator Community job jar

2009-10-05 Thread valerie
Thanks Randy I would like to have a Template with some helpful items. Time should definitely be included. On Oct 4, 7:03 am, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Great idea - also, for those seeking help, they might want to estimate the time involved, at least to start :-)

[WikiEducator] WikiEducator Community brainstorm

2009-09-28 Thread valerie
as getting needed WE work done quickly and reliably. Lots of small contributions from lots of WE members turns into really great results. ..Valerie On Sep 26, 10:46 pm, NELLIE DEUTSCH nellie.muller.deut...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone, Well, since my interest lies in active learning and engaging

[WikiEducator] Re: Learning objects in WE

2009-08-22 Thread valerie
Thanks Nellie These are wonderful resources. Much appreciated. ..Valerie On Aug 14, 8:20 am, NELLIE DEUTSCH nellie.muller.deut...@gmail.com wrote: Valerie, I took many f2f workshops and did a great deal of work on learning objects as part of a European Union initiative called Celebrate from

[WikiEducator] Re: Learning objects in WE

2009-08-22 Thread valerie
in WikiEducator. Thanks, ..Valerie On Aug 14, 1:49 am, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Valerie, ... What do you mean by learning object? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[WikiEducator] Learning objects in WE

2009-08-14 Thread valerie
thoughts about the term learning object and the types that I have suggested. This is an issue because there are lots of different definitions floating about. I don't expect to resolve this but some discussion would be helpful in connection with the article on Learning Objects. Thanks ..Valerie

[WikiEducator] Communication for growth

2009-06-30 Thread valerie
. ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group

[WikiEducator] Re: Current events page

2009-06-23 Thread valerie
Hi Anil A WE Currents events page is a wonderful idea. Thanks. On Jun 22, 9:51 pm, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: While we discuss the future strategies for WikiEducator we may also maintain thehttp://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Current_eventspage regularly updated.

[WikiEducator] Re: Ideas and thoughts WE's working in the school sector

2009-06-23 Thread valerie
Hi Wayne Tomorrow, I will be participating in a meeting of the Community College Open Textbook Project (CCOTP) Steering Committee. This is a consortium of community colleges. Many projects are publicly funded or funded by foundations. There are some similarities and differences that might be of

[WikiEducator] Re: Scenario Based Learning

2009-06-22 Thread valerie
We need your help. Our 3-year NSF funded project Scenario-Based Learning in Technical Education is drawing to a close and we need your input on how you used our scenario-based tasks in your classroom. Please follow the link below to complete a short survey for our project evaluator, Pete Saflund.

[WikiEducator] Scenario Based Learning

2009-06-15 Thread valerie
/AddingSBL/index.html ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group

[WikiEducator] Re: Web research community service

2009-06-13 Thread valerie
Thanks John - I have added this to the list of options. http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_projects http://www.wikieducator.org/DeAnza_College/CIS2/Community_service_learning_guidelines#WikiEducator_projects On Jun 12, 2:19 am, john stampe jwsta...@yahoo.com wrote: I would be interested in

[WikiEducator] Re: Web research community service

2009-06-10 Thread valerie
Alison raised a good point. Maybe we should be using the ContentInfobox with just a sub-box for help wanted - like the buddy box insert for personal info boxes. How would this fit with the intent of the ContentInfobox template? Looks like Wayne and Brent are the main updaters of the

[WikiEducator] Re: Web research community service

2009-06-09 Thread valerie
. ..Valerie On Jun 8, 2:29 pm, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.com wrote: Valerie, I really like this idea of a help-wanted template to add to a page. I see us all using it -- both to request help and to offer help. To the template, I'd suggest adding title of resource and  needed expertise. I

[WikiEducator] Re: Web research community service

2009-06-08 Thread valerie
or applications that can be used for collaborative writing? links to wikis, Google doc,... ..Valerie On Jun 7, 9:31 am, NELLIE DEUTSCH nellie.muller.deut...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Valerie, I would be interested in collaborating with your students in updating Collaborative Projects and Teamwork:http

[WikiEducator] Re: Web research community service

2009-06-08 Thread valerie
in a list What other entries should be in a Help Wanted infobox? ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum

[WikiEducator] Re: Web research community service

2009-06-07 Thread valerie
. ..Valerie On Jun 6, 11:00 pm, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Valerie, Your community service project is a fantastic initiative, not too mention that WE is a real live community project :-) Thinking about community service projects within WE:    - WikiEducator has

[WikiEducator] Web research community service

2009-06-06 Thread valerie
appreciate working on real projects for other organizations. If you have any projects that you think students can help with, please contact me. ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group

[WikiEducator] Re: Blocked access

2009-06-02 Thread valerie
using my regular WE account. Do you have multiple accounts - one for each language? What are you trying to do but can't? What WE account are you using? Are you following links from page to page, or are you going directly to a saved web address? ..Valerie On Jun 1, 4:24 am, Phil Bartle cmpbar

[WikiEducator] African Village Libraries

2009-05-22 Thread valerie
://www.wikieducator.org/African_Village_Libraries ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http

[WikiEducator] Re: Options for Activity Template

2009-05-20 Thread valerie
I made a tiny feedback icon - it is 22 x 24 pixels - 50% of the original http://wikieducator.org/Image:Feedback2.png --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator:

[WikiEducator] Re: Iining up images

2009-03-23 Thread valerie
While you can resize the image directly in the [Image] information, the whole image is downloaded every time the page is displayed and there is additional processing to resize it. This takes time and uses bandwidth and processing. Consider making a smaller or thumbnail image that is already

[WikiEducator] Re: Non Formal Education *NFE discussion

2009-03-22 Thread valerie
://facilitatingonlinecommunities.blogspot.com/ Is there a way for community mobilizers - people have used the Community Empowerment training, to connect with others? Do they share ideas? Ask questions? Is there non-formal learning going on among them? ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[WikiEducator] OTL09 Online Teaching and Learning - 5. Emphasize time on task (Mar 12 - Mar 26)

2009-03-15 Thread valerie
OTL09 - 5. Emphasize time on task (Mar 12 - Mar 26) http://moodle.wikieducator.org/course/view.php?id=26 Time plus energy equals learning. There is no substitute for time on task. -- Arthur W. Chickering and Zelda F. Gamson Some assignments and course activities produce wonderful learning

[WikiEducator] Re: Non Formal Education (NFE) Discussion

2009-03-15 Thread valerie
and the comments, all sorts of questions come to mind for me. The topics vs. skills issue is interesting, for example. How formal is non-formal education? Are there specific learning outcomes? Who sets those? Does this have to be decided or known to address the other topics? ..Valerie

[WikiEducator] Re: WE Meet-up at Innovations 2009 Conference, March 15-18, 2009, in Reno-Tahoe, Nevada

2009-03-15 Thread valerie
in Reno, NV Cheers ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group

[WikiEducator] Re: TRINIDAD and TOBAGO's PHYSICS Teachers join WIKI

2009-03-13 Thread valerie
considering open textbooks for your courses? What do you need to help you select and adopt an open textbook? If you are using an open textbook, others would really like to hear about your experience. ..Valerie On Mar 5, 3:24 pm, hollisTrinidad and Tobago hcsan...@gmail.com wrote: Ten PHYSICS

[WikiEducator] Re: OTL09 3. Encourage active/engaged learning (Feb 26 - Mar 12)

2009-03-07 Thread valerie
. I want to be the facilitator, not the authority figure. So I plan to see this through to the end of the seven principles. I would appreciate any and all participation. Thanks ..Valerie On Mar 6, 7:22 am, NELLIE DEUTSCH nellie.muller.deut...@gmail.com wrote: Valerie, I love discussions if I

[WikiEducator] OTL09 4. Give prompt feedback (Mar 5 - Mar 19)

2009-03-06 Thread valerie
Generation Instant Gratification has never had to wait for anything. We are challenged to accommodate the 24 / 7 world where today's students live, work and learn. Being instantly available to head-off serious problems is good. However, giving students the opportunity to solve problems

[WikiEducator] Re: Catalogue of available images on WikiEd

2009-03-05 Thread valerie
this be located? ..Valerie On Mar 3, 8:44 am, Phil Bartle cmpbar...@gmail.com wrote: Can we have a page of images on WikiEd that we could use for our different purposes? I find it difficult to know what there is and if anything I might use is around

[WikiEducator] Re: WE Meet-up at Innovations 2009 Conference, March 15-18, 2009, in Reno-Tahoe, Nevada

2009-03-04 Thread valerie
to others who are attending the conference.. For those who can't make it, we'll report back. Thanks for your interest. ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator

[WikiEducator] Re: WE Meet-up at Innovations 2009 Conference, March 15-18, 2009, in Reno-Tahoe, Nevada

2009-03-01 Thread valerie
Thanks Judy. I'll contact you directly. Are you going to be on booth duty at specific times? Perhaps we can get others interested in Open Textbooks and WikiEducator to stop by when you will be there. ..vt On Feb 28, 4:08 pm, Judy jbakers...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Valerie and Nellie: I'll

[WikiEducator] Re: Non Formal Education (NFE) Discussion

2009-02-24 Thread valerie
are interested but not members don't get to share in that. Too bad. Perhaps there are another 400 of us who just weren't prepared to sign up who could have been good advocates as well. Does anyone else have similar concerns? ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

[WikiEducator] Re: Non Formal Education (NFE) Discussion

2009-02-23 Thread valerie
? ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group

[WikiEducator] WE Meet-up at Innovations 2009 Conference, March 15-18, 2009, in Reno-Tahoe, Nevada

2009-02-23 Thread valerie
even have a session and invite others who are interested but not already part of the WE community to join us. First, I'd like to know who else is planning to attend, so we can get a list of WikiEducators to look for! ..Valerie DeAnza College Cupertino, CA The League is an international

[WikiEducator] Re: Non Formal Education (NFE) Discussion

2009-02-17 Thread valerie
or WikiEducator pages would be wonderful. Getting some cross WE collaborating going would be a nice demonstration of the power of the WE community around Non Formal Education that is a common thread throughout teaching and learning discussions. ..Valerie

[WikiEducator] Re: Featured Project category; Community Media

2009-02-17 Thread valerie
I like the meets or exceeds at least n out of the list of x assessment criteria as the qualification for being featured. We should be encouraging everyone to be featured rather than limiting the selections - this should be an aspirational goal for all, not a beauty content where there is only one

[WikiEducator] Re: Wikieducator.com?

2009-02-17 Thread valerie
If I had inadvertently stumbled on wikieducator.com, I wouldn't be back. That's a big mixed message - there is a commercial entity lurking in the background, so this probably isn't the totally open organization that it is trying to promote. A real not-for-profit would have just done the

[WikiEducator] Re: Community College Open Textbook Project

2009-02-16 Thread valerie
collaboration may be included within the scope of the next round. Keep those suggestions and resources coming! I'm happy to play an intermediary role, if it serves to benefit both CCCOER and WikiEducator objectives. On Feb 11, 6:59 pm, Wayne Mackintosh wmackint...@col.org wrote: Hi Valerie

[WikiEducator] Re: Community College Open Textbook Project

2009-02-16 Thread valerie
Open Textbook reviews are a start. So thanks to everyone who has offered to help move this along by offering to review these textbooks. On Feb 11, 4:31 am, valerie vtay...@gmail.com wrote: Community College Open Textbook Project by Judy Baker Description: This is a collection of open textbooks

[WikiEducator] Re: About transclusion

2009-02-13 Thread valerie
This is sounding promising. I have been talking with colleagues about the lack of adoption for open content and how this might be addressed. As my personal preference is for really big pages with lots of sections - pulling off a summary section and example section from several pages and

[WikiEducator] Community College Open Textbook Project

2009-02-11 Thread valerie
Community College Open Textbook Project by Judy Baker Description: This is a collection of open textbooks currently under consideration for review by the Community College Open Textbook Project (http:// www.collegeopentextbooks.org) of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational

[WikiEducator] Translations to African languages

2009-01-19 Thread valerie
comments and assistance. Community Empowerment is also looking for organizations and community leaders interested in using these training materials in local languages. We would like to collaborate and provide translations and support. ..Valerie

[WikiEducator] Re: Expertiza, a peer review system that works well on wikis

2009-01-12 Thread valerie
? Is Expertiza something that WikiEducator could add as a feature or additional service? ..Valerie On Jan 11, 9:17 pm, Maria Droujkova droujk...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I would like to bring your attention to a resource that may be useful for some of the projects: a system for supporting peer review

[WikiEducator] Re: Building a sustainable WE OER Textbook initiative

2009-01-05 Thread valerie
somewhere. Finding it is the first challenge. :o) ..Valerie On Jan 2, 5:12 am, Derek Chirnside derek.chirns...@gmail.com wrote: Dabbling only in this discussion: at this stage. I quote: About this talk Rice University professor Richard Baraniuk explains the vision behind Connexions, his open

[WikiEducator] Re: Building a sustainable WE OER Textbook initiative

2009-01-03 Thread valerie
you the idea. I'll try explaining it better if this isn't clear. Best ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit

[WikiEducator] Re: Building a sustainable WE OER Textbook initiative

2008-12-08 Thread valerie
Maria - Dream on... This is the sort of thing that I have been working on as well. With my very WikiEducator-centric view, I think that wikipages might be part of the process. Paths, sequences, study guides, or some such designation could be created to include activities and links to other

[WikiEducator] Re: One Laptop Per Child OLPC

2008-12-02 Thread valerie
it addressed so many of the differences in a positive light and really helped bridge the understanding and expectations gap. ..Valerie On Dec 1, 11:07 pm, David Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Valerie, tryhttp://laptop.org/manual  I am happy to reply to this thread as much as people wish

[WikiEducator] Re: One Laptop Per Child OLPC

2008-12-01 Thread valerie
that correct and current would help enormously. ..Valerie On Nov 30, 8:59 pm, Jim Tittsler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 14:22, Leigh Blackall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The next thing I noticed was the browser. At first glance it looks a little like Google's Chrome, but less

[WikiEducator] One Laptop Per Child OLPC

2008-11-29 Thread valerie
Hi Leigh What problems are you having with OLPC? How were you using them? I really want to love them, but I know they are not appropriate for many situations. It would be helpful if there was better information about where they are very beneficial, and where they aren't. Big ads on US TV

[WikiEducator] Re: Tuvaluans on Wikieducator

2008-11-27 Thread valerie
Hi Leigh Thanks for sharing. I have been looking into something similar for a group of Turkish women. The personal stories and learning interests are very similar to those of the Tuvaluans. We will follow your work with considerable interest. Warmest regards ..Valerie On Nov 26, 5:26 pm

[WikiEducator] Re: WIkiEducator 3.0 -- Asking the right questions

2008-10-17 Thread valerie
Thanks Brent Yes, the Content template is just the thing! http://www.wikieducator.org/Template:ContentInfobox Now all we need to do is have folks (including yours truly), use this ..Valerie On Oct 15, 10:25 am, Brent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this might be useful:http://www.wikieducator.org

[WikiEducator] Community Leadership programs

2008-10-16 Thread valerie
thinking was a follow-on to face-to-face workshops for women from all over the world. Focusing on community service supports a wide range of projects and leadership opportunities. Anyone and everyone can benefit. ..Valerie On Oct 15, 6:03 am, NELLIE DEUTSCH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Valerie, I

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