[WikiEducator] Re: WikEd code updated

2008-10-08 Thread Missan
Dear Erik, I have just observed problem in diferent Web browser. For example the page http://www.wikieducator.org/Workshop_Lessons looks absolutely fine in IE, but in Opera, the content of the table shows centred. I do not know what is the problem? Can you check this and advise? Sanjaya Mishra O

[WikiEducator] Re: Content on Wikipedia and Wikieducator

2008-09-26 Thread Missan
Dear Nellie and All, Being a part of the OU Handbook initiative, I must share my views on this issue, from where you have got it. The idea of OU Handbook is not to copy information from Wikipedia. In fact, any copying is bad and not in academic interest, if nothing new is added at the end. The ide

[WikiEducator] Re: RESULTS OF THE FIRST WE ELECTIONS

2008-09-21 Thread Missan
My congratulations to the WikiEducator Council Members...This has been a good experience of online governance, and I would like to complement Nellie, Ruvani and Patricia as well for their good work... Sanjaya On Sep 20, 5:10 am, nelliemuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear WE Members, > > As t

[WikiEducator] PDF Generator Bug?

2008-09-19 Thread Missan
Dear All, In the pages having LaTex codes, I am experiencing problem with PDF generation. What might be the problem? It is a bug that needs to be corrected? Sanjaya --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Wik

[WikiEducator] Phonetic symbols

2008-09-17 Thread Missan
Hi everybody, While facilitating one of the L4C workshop, I am asked about the use of Phonetic symbols in WikiEducator. I can see that decimal equivalent of International Phonetics Association Codes can be used effectively, but that is a difficult process. The Wikipedia uses some kind of template

[WikiEducator] Re: Moderation needed for the group???

2008-06-22 Thread Missan
Dear All, I personally believe in freedom of speech (with responsibility), and therefore, I wanted to be a teacher, and I am a teacher. I fully understand that moderation would bring in more workload to a small group of volunteers. This is a major problem. Otherwise, as WikiEducators we are not pr

[WikiEducator] Moderation needed for the group???

2008-06-21 Thread Missan
Dear All, Being on the radar of the spam distributors is a serious problem. Can we start moderation of the list? Sanjaya --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: htt

[WikiEducator] Re: Increasing Collaboration on WikiEducator

2008-05-22 Thread Missan
Collaboration to me is a process of working together to achieve a shared goal. For WikiEd, the shared goal is to develop free content for supporting learning at different levels and different subject domains. As a community we have started on this path, and agreed to create content that shall be a

[WikiEducator] Re: Open Access Article on Wiki

2008-05-20 Thread Missan
gt; >> Randy, > > >> In my browser I could click the PDF (302.5 KB) link just below the > >> title block and download the article as pdf... > > >> Cheers, P > > >> On May 19, 6:27 am, "Randy Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> &

[WikiEducator] Open Access Article on Wiki

2008-05-18 Thread Missan
Dear All, You may be interested in reading the following article: A systemic and cognitive view on collaborative knowledge building with wikis by Ulrike Cress and Joachim Kimmerle to be publisheed in the June 2008 issue of Comupter-Supported Collaborative Leanring (DOI: 10.1007/s11412-007-9035-z).

[WikiEducator] Re: Wiki Pages rating by users

2008-05-03 Thread Missan
Thanks Wayne, Leigh and Eric for your valuable thoughts. I am deeply concerned about WE's progress as a resource for quality learning materials. It should not turn into another Wikipedia. We do not want that to happen. We want WE to have content that is useful for various levels of learning leadin

[WikiEducator] Wiki Pages rating by users

2008-05-02 Thread Missan
Dear All, Can we think of developing an interactive five point/star rating system for the pages on the WikiEducator. Depending on user hit and user feedback, the star system should dyanamically change. I am not sure such a system is possible in WIkiEd or not. But, I think some rating system is the

[WikiEducator] Re: Hewlett Foundation award WikiEducator $100 000

2007-10-26 Thread Missan
This is definitely a news to be celebrated with Way(i)ne!!! I think, it will provide a great boost to learning content development in the Commonwealth. Though training 2500 educators is a huge task. It is possible by identifying the right institutions, and committed individuals. So, it is importan