[WikiEducator] You can help WE get ready to make the future happen!
Hi Everyone, *Good plans shape good decisions. That's why good planning helps to make elusive dreams come true. *Lester Bittel, 1918. WE needs your help in getting ready to make the future happen. I provide a brief reflection on the foundations we have established to date and request your assistance in a few planning initiatives. PREPARING TO MAKE THE FUTURE HAPPEN These are exciting times --- we're getting ready for doing big things. WE need to prepare to take on the challenges and opportunities in fostering the development of sustainable OER ecosystems. This means we must plan for scaling up our activities. This includes the refinement of strategic plans and corresponding processes so that we can widen and share the reach of our collective project. Sadly -- many OER projects are dependant on donor funding and have not planned for sustainability. Our challenge is to get the sustainability challenge right. WikiEducator is fortunate -- because we started from the premise of building a sustainable project from the start in collaboration with the free culture eco-system. Our strategy has served us well to date and we're now in a position to move forward during the next phase of our growth. A SOLID FOUNDATION First and foremost -- we are a committed community of educators who understand the unique demands of education. WE share in the core values of social inclusion, the principles of freedom, and a forward looking disposition for a better future. This is the cornerstone which will ensure our future success. In addition, we have a number of important building blocks in place: - The OER Foundation, an independent non profit registered to raise and administer funding to support our efforts in building a sustainable OER ecosystem; - A generous financial contribution from the Commonwealth of Learning to support our technical infrastructure for the next three years; - First-hand knowledge and experience in mass peer collaboration with a good sense of what works and what doesn't. - An Open Community Governance model to guide and steward WE in accordance with our core community values. - A committment to open philanthropy which means that all our planning documents are developed openly and transparently in the wiki :-) THE NEXT STEPS There are many insights to be gained from the public domain, inlcuding for instance Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. *"Would you tell me which way I ought to go from here?"* asked Alice *"That depends a good deal on where you want to get."* said the Cat. *"I really don't care where"* replied Alice. *"Then it doesn't much matter which way you go"* said the Cat. (Note that Alice's Adventures in Wonderland are in the Public Domain -- see http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11) WE currently have a number of parallel initiatives on the go in preparing for scaling up operations for future sustainability. Please consider offering your help in areas of interest or prior experience. You can add your names as active participants in a number of workgroups or bookmark these pages and offer advice when appropriate: 1. Workgroup on Workgroups -- an intiative designed to develop guidlines on the establishment and operation of workgroups in WikiEducator for adressing community-wide issues (see: http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:WikiEducator_Workgroups ) 2. Workgroup aiming to develop a policy briefing for policy makers on OER (See: http://wikieducator.org/OER_Brief_for_policy_makers) 3. Workgroup to develop policy guidlines for WikiEducator's technology infrastructure (See: http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Technology_policy) In addition, we're also drafting the strategic and operational plans for the OER Foundation in the wiki --- and we're calling all the strategists and planning gurus to help us out on this one as well. (See: http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:OER_Foundation ) We have lots to do --- but OER is too important for the future sustainability of education to get this wrong. Cheers Wayne -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: June's UPE is Phil Bartle
Phil, you are an inspiration to us all. Well deserved, congratulations! Warmest, Patricia -Original Message- From: wikieducator@googlegroups.com [mailto:wikieduca...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:12 AM To: WikiEducator Subject: [WikiEducator] June's UPE is Phil Bartle When I first came across Phils' work I couldn't help but have a big smile on my face. I like his tag line of "No rest for the wikied". I know of a saying "No rest for the wicked." I wonder how these two relate ;) As I further explored Phils' work I was encouraged by his works in making WikiEducator available in four languages (English, Spanish, Portugese & French). He may not be doing the translation himself, yet he is making things happen. Also, take a look around all of Phils' profile sub-pages so much great work in bring references and resources together. It is with great pleasure to award Phil Bartle (http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Philbartle) the June 2009 featured user page. Congratulations, Phil. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: June's UPE is Phil Bartle
HI DEAR PHIL, CONGRATULATIONS! On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Gita Mathur wrote: > > Hello Phil > > Congratulations for UPE Award. > > Warm wishes > Gita > - > Dr. Gita Mathur > Associate Professor of Botany > Gargi College (University of Delhi) > Siri Fort Road, New Delhi 110049 > skype:gitamathur > > Web: > http://wikieducator.org/User:Gita_Mathur > http://wikieducator.org/India > http://www.slideshare.net/Gita_Mathur > http://wikieducator.org/EL4C26 > http://wikieducator.org/EL4C27 > > > On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 06:40 -0500, Gladys Gahona wrote: > > Yes indeed Peter, > > > > Phil makes very good things happen, and I am honored to congratulate > > my dear friend for being such a wonderful person!! > > > > Felicitaciones Phil. > > > > Warm greetings > > > > > > 2009/6/3 Peter > > > > When I first came across Phils' work I couldn't help but have > > a big > > smile on my face. I like his tag line of "No rest for the > > wikied". I > > know of a saying "No rest for the wicked." I wonder how these > > two > > relate ;) As I further explored Phils' work I was encouraged > > by his > > works in making WikiEducator available in four languages > > (English, > > Spanish, Portugese & French). He may not be doing the > > translation > > himself, yet he is making things happen. Also, take a look > > around all > > of Phils' profile sub-pages so much great work in bring > > references and > > resources together. It is with great pleasure to award Phil > > Bartle > > (http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Philbartle) the June 2009 > > featured > > user page. Congratulations, Phil. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gladys Gahona > > Private Teacher (Math, Physics, Chemistry) Secondary & Tertiary > > grades. > > http://storytelling-cultures.ning.com > > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Chela5808 > > http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25 > > Skype:chela5808 > > > > > > > > > > -- Warm regards Anil http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://wikieducator.org/India http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework/Professional_Education/Management/MHRM http://www.wikieducator.org/Edupatron Skype: apletters --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: June's UPE is Phil Bartle
Congratulations, Phil. Your user page is a real gem! I hadn't thought through the underlying meaning and full import of your quote, hehe. Thanks for connecting the dots. No doubt part of my draw to WikiEd is the chance to contribute to the innocent subversion ;-) Alison On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Phil Bartle wrote: > > Well it is certainly humbing to be named June's UPE. Thanks, Guys. > > The "No Rest for The WikiEd" came from something Nellie and Patricia > were saying during an on line aural discussion, We are now so many > around the world that somewhere some of us are awake. The real quote > is from the Jewish - Christian bible, "No rest for the wicked," and if > you want the citation, look at my user page in edit mode. I am not > trying to compete for things, I am retired and enjoying the marvelous > way to spend the time. I am having fun with WikiEd, and it is not just > a honeymoon. Then again there is something delightfully and > innocently subversive about what we are doing, destroying the > intellectual property approach of the corporations as applied to > educational material, so maybe we are "wicked." > > If the coach does the pushups, > The athlete will not get stronger > Community Empowerment: > www.scn.org/cmp/ > WikiEducator > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Philbartle > Join our discusssion forum > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Community_Strengthening > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: June's UPE is Phil Bartle
Great job, Phil! You deserve it! Benjamin http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Bnleez On Jun 3, 6:52 am, Phil Bartle wrote: > Well it is certainly humbing to be named June's UPE. Thanks, Guys. > > The "No Rest for The WikiEd" came from something Nellie and Patricia > were saying during an on line aural discussion, We are now so many > around the world that somewhere some of us are awake. The real quote > is from the Jewish - Christian bible, "No rest for the wicked," and if > you want the citation, look at my user page in edit mode. I am not > trying to compete for things, I am retired and enjoying the marvelous > way to spend the time. I am having fun with WikiEd, and it is not just > a honeymoon. Then again there is something delightfully and > innocently subversive about what we are doing, destroying the > intellectual property approach of the corporations as applied to > educational material, so maybe we are "wicked." > > If the coach does the pushups, > The athlete will not get stronger > Community Empowerment:www.scn.org/cmp/ > WikiEducatorhttp://www.wikieducator.org/User:Philbartle > Join our discusssion > forumhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Community_Strengthening --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: June's UPE is Phil Bartle
Hello Phil Congratulations for UPE Award. Warm wishes Gita - Dr. Gita Mathur Associate Professor of Botany Gargi College (University of Delhi) Siri Fort Road, New Delhi 110049 skype:gitamathur Web: http://wikieducator.org/User:Gita_Mathur http://wikieducator.org/India http://www.slideshare.net/Gita_Mathur http://wikieducator.org/EL4C26 http://wikieducator.org/EL4C27 On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 06:40 -0500, Gladys Gahona wrote: > Yes indeed Peter, > > Phil makes very good things happen, and I am honored to congratulate > my dear friend for being such a wonderful person!! > > Felicitaciones Phil. > > Warm greetings > > > 2009/6/3 Peter > > When I first came across Phils' work I couldn't help but have > a big > smile on my face. I like his tag line of "No rest for the > wikied". I > know of a saying "No rest for the wicked." I wonder how these > two > relate ;) As I further explored Phils' work I was encouraged > by his > works in making WikiEducator available in four languages > (English, > Spanish, Portugese & French). He may not be doing the > translation > himself, yet he is making things happen. Also, take a look > around all > of Phils' profile sub-pages so much great work in bring > references and > resources together. It is with great pleasure to award Phil > Bartle > (http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Philbartle) the June 2009 > featured > user page. Congratulations, Phil. > > > > > > > > -- > Gladys Gahona > Private Teacher (Math, Physics, Chemistry) Secondary & Tertiary > grades. > http://storytelling-cultures.ning.com > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Chela5808 > http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25 > Skype:chela5808 > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: June's UPE is Phil Bartle
Phil, You model what the wiki strives to accomplish - Collaborative teamwork. WE is clearly benefiting from your ongoing online presence. Thank you. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction Share your teaching experiences: http://www.wikieducator.org/Etnirag_Online_Journal You are invited to join educators for a free 5-day online workshop on how to integrate technology into the classroom and collaborate with educators around the world: http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25/Register On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Phil Bartle wrote: > > Well it is certainly humbing to be named June's UPE. Thanks, Guys. > > The "No Rest for The WikiEd" came from something Nellie and Patricia > were saying during an on line aural discussion, We are now so many > around the world that somewhere some of us are awake. The real quote > is from the Jewish - Christian bible, "No rest for the wicked," and if > you want the citation, look at my user page in edit mode. I am not > trying to compete for things, I am retired and enjoying the marvelous > way to spend the time. I am having fun with WikiEd, and it is not just > a honeymoon. Then again there is something delightfully and > innocently subversive about what we are doing, destroying the > intellectual property approach of the corporations as applied to > educational material, so maybe we are "wicked." > > If the coach does the pushups, > The athlete will not get stronger > Community Empowerment: > www.scn.org/cmp/ > WikiEducator > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Philbartle > Join our discusssion forum > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Community_Strengthening > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] June's UPE is Phil Bartle
Well it is certainly humbing to be named June's UPE. Thanks, Guys. The "No Rest for The WikiEd" came from something Nellie and Patricia were saying during an on line aural discussion, We are now so many around the world that somewhere some of us are awake. The real quote is from the Jewish - Christian bible, "No rest for the wicked," and if you want the citation, look at my user page in edit mode. I am not trying to compete for things, I am retired and enjoying the marvelous way to spend the time. I am having fun with WikiEd, and it is not just a honeymoon. Then again there is something delightfully and innocently subversive about what we are doing, destroying the intellectual property approach of the corporations as applied to educational material, so maybe we are "wicked." If the coach does the pushups, The athlete will not get stronger Community Empowerment: www.scn.org/cmp/ WikiEducator http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Philbartle Join our discusssion forum http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Community_Strengthening --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: June's UPE is Phil Bartle
Yes indeed Peter, Phil makes very good things happen, and I am honored to congratulate my dear friend for being such a wonderful person!! Felicitaciones Phil. Warm greetings 2009/6/3 Peter > > When I first came across Phils' work I couldn't help but have a big > smile on my face. I like his tag line of "No rest for the wikied". I > know of a saying "No rest for the wicked." I wonder how these two > relate ;) As I further explored Phils' work I was encouraged by his > works in making WikiEducator available in four languages (English, > Spanish, Portugese & French). He may not be doing the translation > himself, yet he is making things happen. Also, take a look around all > of Phils' profile sub-pages so much great work in bring references and > resources together. It is with great pleasure to award Phil Bartle > (http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Philbartle) the June 2009 featured > user page. Congratulations, Phil. > > > > > > -- Gladys Gahona Private Teacher (Math, Physics, Chemistry) Secondary & Tertiary grades. http://storytelling-cultures.ning.com http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Chela5808 http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25 Skype:chela5808 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: June's UPE is Phil Bartle
Peter and team, An excellent choice --- Phil is an inspiration to our community and we have much to learn from Phil's dedication and commitment to social change. Well done Phil --- you deserve the accolade and I look forward to learning more about community empowerment from your WE interventions! Cheers Wayne 2009/6/3 Gladys Gahona > Yes indeed Peter, > > Phil makes very good things happen, and I am honored to congratulate my > dear friend for being such a wonderful person!! > > Felicitaciones Phil. > > Warm greetings > > > 2009/6/3 Peter > >> >> When I first came across Phils' work I couldn't help but have a big >> smile on my face. I like his tag line of "No rest for the wikied". I >> know of a saying "No rest for the wicked." I wonder how these two >> relate ;) As I further explored Phils' work I was encouraged by his >> works in making WikiEducator available in four languages (English, >> Spanish, Portugese & French). He may not be doing the translation >> himself, yet he is making things happen. Also, take a look around all >> of Phils' profile sub-pages so much great work in bring references and >> resources together. It is with great pleasure to award Phil Bartle >> (http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Philbartle) the June 2009 featured >> user page. Congratulations, Phil. >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Gladys Gahona > Private Teacher (Math, Physics, Chemistry) Secondary & Tertiary grades. > http://storytelling-cultures.ning.com > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Chela5808 > http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25 > Skype:chela5808 > > > > > -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] June's UPE is Phil Bartle
When I first came across Phils' work I couldn't help but have a big smile on my face. I like his tag line of "No rest for the wikied". I know of a saying "No rest for the wicked." I wonder how these two relate ;) As I further explored Phils' work I was encouraged by his works in making WikiEducator available in four languages (English, Spanish, Portugese & French). He may not be doing the translation himself, yet he is making things happen. Also, take a look around all of Phils' profile sub-pages so much great work in bring references and resources together. It is with great pleasure to award Phil Bartle (http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Philbartle) the June 2009 featured user page. Congratulations, Phil. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
