Re: [WE Teacher Collaboration] Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?
-Original Message- From: Patricia Schlicht pschli...@col.org Sender: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 09:53:00 To: wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com Reply-To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Cc: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [WE Teacher Collaboration] Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College? Dear Cornelia, Thank you for your suggestion. Could we kindly ask you to enter your suggestion in the appropriate place at http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College under Community Poll. You will need to create a WikiEducator account to enter the site. Don't forget to save your input if you are not used to working on WikiEducator. Thanks a million for your contribution. Greatly appreciated. Warm wishes Patricia -Original Message- From: wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com [mailto:wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of cornelia.muga...@out.ac.tz Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 8:41 AM To: wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com Cc: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [WE Teacher Collaboration] Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College? Dear all, I could not resist the invitation to add on the nomination list. Please consider 'Educators Open Academy' I think this will keep the Educators and the philosophy visible. Best regards, Cornelia . Dr. Cornelia K. Muganda Faculty of Education The Open University of Tanzania P.O. Box 23409, Dar es salaam, Tanzania. Email: cornelia.muga...@out.ac.tz Dear friends, Response of the WE community in this matter is superb! Let me consolidate the nominations received so far to help those who are planning to add their nominations: 1. Open World College 2. WikiEducator Open College 3. WikiEducator Academy 4. Open Education Academy 5. International Academy in Open Education 6. Open Academy 4 WikiEducators (OA4WE) 7. Open College 4 WikiEducators (OC4WE) And Joyce proposed to use 'Institute' instead of Academy and College. Hi Joyce, would you please add the complete phrase... Further thoughts??? -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:27 PM, joyce.mckni...@esc.edu wrote: Institute might be another idea. Just brainstorming. -wikieducator@googlegroups.com wrote: - To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com From: Savithri Singh ** Sent by: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Date: 05/02/2012 01:36PM Subject: Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College? Am enjoying these mails. hats off to super Anil for his very thoughtful discussion initiators - my opinion: College - the connotation is a 'degree' which we are not providing!! Academy - may be better because of the above reason, but maybe we should spend some more time looking for alternates!! Savithri On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Don armchair.sailor...@gmail.com wrote: Great idea Anil I think a name that clarifies the intent, ie a college or academy that exists to further educators skills using wikieducator is a good idea, although this is too verbose. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Anil Prasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Dr. Wayne and all other friends, It is very encouraging to note that we are unanimous in respect of the need and definitely we have to finalize a name that shall not make any confusion. The name Community College has already confused Harbans ji with the US Community College system and Joyce has cautioned with humor that the name is bound to confuse :) Therefore let us finalize a name through a rough consensus poll as Dr. Wayne has suggested. Now we may give 10 days, ie upto May 10, 2012, for our WE friends to suggest names as reply to this mail. Thereafter we will run a rough consensus poll for another 7 days (ie from May 14 to 20, 2012) to select a name from the nominations. We have two nominations already: - Open World College - from Patricia and - WikiEducator Academy - from Dr. Wayne Hi friends, now please add your nominations as reply to this mail. Dr Wayne, in his reply, has given an additional reason for us to be more enthusiastic in this initiative I think there are also exciting opportunities to explore formal accreditation options for these training opportunities through the OERu network in conjunction with open badges for selected initiatives. Hurry up!!! -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Anil, I think its an excellent idea to establish some form of WikiEducator Academy who take leadership
RE: [WE Teacher Collaboration] Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?
Dear Cornelia, Thank you for your suggestion. Could we kindly ask you to enter your suggestion in the appropriate place at http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College under Community Poll. You will need to create a WikiEducator account to enter the site. Don't forget to save your input if you are not used to working on WikiEducator. Thanks a million for your contribution. Greatly appreciated. Warm wishes Patricia -Original Message- From: wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com [mailto:wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of cornelia.muga...@out.ac.tz Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 8:41 AM To: wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com Cc: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [WE Teacher Collaboration] Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College? Dear all, I could not resist the invitation to add on the nomination list. Please consider 'Educators Open Academy' I think this will keep the Educators and the philosophy visible. Best regards, Cornelia . Dr. Cornelia K. Muganda Faculty of Education The Open University of Tanzania P.O. Box 23409, Dar es salaam, Tanzania. Email: cornelia.muga...@out.ac.tz Dear friends, Response of the WE community in this matter is superb! Let me consolidate the nominations received so far to help those who are planning to add their nominations: 1. Open World College 2. WikiEducator Open College 3. WikiEducator Academy 4. Open Education Academy 5. International Academy in Open Education 6. Open Academy 4 WikiEducators (OA4WE) 7. Open College 4 WikiEducators (OC4WE) And Joyce proposed to use 'Institute' instead of Academy and College. Hi Joyce, would you please add the complete phrase... Further thoughts??? -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:27 PM, joyce.mckni...@esc.edu wrote: Institute might be another idea. Just brainstorming. -wikieducator@googlegroups.com wrote: - To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com From: Savithri Singh ** Sent by: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Date: 05/02/2012 01:36PM Subject: Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College? Am enjoying these mails. hats off to super Anil for his very thoughtful discussion initiators - my opinion: College - the connotation is a 'degree' which we are not providing!! Academy - may be better because of the above reason, but maybe we should spend some more time looking for alternates!! Savithri On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Don armchair.sailor...@gmail.com wrote: Great idea Anil I think a name that clarifies the intent, ie a college or academy that exists to further educators skills using wikieducator is a good idea, although this is too verbose. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Anil Prasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Dr. Wayne and all other friends, It is very encouraging to note that we are unanimous in respect of the need and definitely we have to finalize a name that shall not make any confusion. The name Community College has already confused Harbans ji with the US Community College system and Joyce has cautioned with humor that the name is bound to confuse :) Therefore let us finalize a name through a rough consensus poll as Dr. Wayne has suggested. Now we may give 10 days, ie upto May 10, 2012, for our WE friends to suggest names as reply to this mail. Thereafter we will run a rough consensus poll for another 7 days (ie from May 14 to 20, 2012) to select a name from the nominations. We have two nominations already: - Open World College - from Patricia and - WikiEducator Academy - from Dr. Wayne Hi friends, now please add your nominations as reply to this mail. Dr Wayne, in his reply, has given an additional reason for us to be more enthusiastic in this initiative I think there are also exciting opportunities to explore formal accreditation options for these training opportunities through the OERu network in conjunction with open badges for selected initiatives. Hurry up!!! -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Anil, I think its an excellent idea to establish some form of WikiEducator Academy who take leadership in promoting regular training opportunities. This is a testament to our core community values of sharing knowledge for the benefit of all educators. The concept of WikiEducator Community College could be confused with Community Colleges in the US -- so I guess it would be worth exploring alternatives. Post a request to the community asking for nominations and you could run a rough consensus
RE: [WE Teacher Collaboration] Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?
I have another thought, how about WikiEducator People's Academy, if this is what the consensus will be? It could be replaced with Institute or College as well. Just brainstorming. Warmest Patricia From: wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com [mailto:wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anil Prasad Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 11:21 AM To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com; wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com Subject: [WE Teacher Collaboration] Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College? Dear friends, Response of the WE community in this matter is superb! Let me consolidate the nominations received so far to help those who are planning to add their nominations: 1. Open World College 2. WikiEducator Open College 3. WikiEducator Academy 4. Open Education Academy 5. International Academy in Open Education 6. Open Academy 4 WikiEducators (OA4WE) 7. Open College 4 WikiEducators (OC4WE) And Joyce proposed to use 'Institute' instead of Academy and College. Hi Joyce, would you please add the complete phrase... Further thoughts??? -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com http://www.apletters.blogspot.com/ On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:27 PM, joyce.mckni...@esc.edu wrote: Institute might be another idea. Just brainstorming. -wikieducator@googlegroups.com wrote: - To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com From: Savithri Singh Sent by: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Date: 05/02/2012 01:36PM Subject: Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College? Am enjoying these mails. hats off to super Anil for his very thoughtful discussion initiators - my opinion: College - the connotation is a 'degree' which we are not providing!! Academy - may be better because of the above reason, but maybe we should spend some more time looking for alternates!! Savithri On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Don armchair.sailor...@gmail.com wrote: Great idea Anil I think a name that clarifies the intent, ie a college or academy that exists to further educators skills using wikieducator is a good idea, although this is too verbose. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Anil Prasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Dr. Wayne and all other friends, It is very encouraging to note that we are unanimous in respect of the need and definitely we have to finalize a name that shall not make any confusion. The name Community College has already confused Harbans ji with the US Community College system and Joyce has cautioned with humor that the name is bound to confuse :) Therefore let us finalize a name through a rough consensus poll as Dr. Wayne has suggested. Now we may give 10 days, ie upto May 10, 2012, for our WE friends to suggest names as reply to this mail. Thereafter we will run a rough consensus poll for another 7 days (ie from May 14 to 20, 2012) to select a name from the nominations. We have two nominations already: * Open World College - from Patricia and * WikiEducator Academy - from Dr. Wayne Hi friends, now please add your nominations as reply to this mail. Dr Wayne, in his reply, has given an additional reason for us to be more enthusiastic in this initiative I think there are also exciting opportunities to explore formal accreditation options for these training opportunities through the OERu network in conjunction with open badges for selected initiatives. Hurry up!!! -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com http://www.apletters.blogspot.com/ On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Anil, I think its an excellent idea to establish some form of WikiEducator Academy who take leadership in promoting regular training opportunities. This is a testament to our core community values of sharing knowledge for the benefit of all educators. The concept of WikiEducator Community College could be confused with Community Colleges in the US -- so I guess it would be worth exploring alternatives. Post a request to the community asking for nominations and you could run a rough consensus poll for choosing the name for this initiative. I also think that when building a new volunteer community focus like this, that formalizing the initiative too soon with Academic Council elections etc may stall growth during the formative stages. That said, this is something which a work group can consider as the project unfolds. I think there are also exciting opportunities to explore formal accreditation options for these training opportunities through the OERu network in conjunction with open badges for selected initiatives. Great idea! Wayne On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Anil Prasad aplett
