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 results.

[WikiEducator] Professional Development for STEM

2013-06-27 Thread Valerie Taylor
iscussion forum, WE Talk, 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"

[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 Date: Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:08 PM Subject: You Tube applications and OER use? To: Valerie Taylor Is

[WikiEducator] BYOD Bring Your Own Device working group?

2012-06-17 Thread Valerie Taylor
are going to need to think 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.wikieducato

[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 To: "olpc-o...@lists.laptop.org" Subject: [Ol

[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 control.

[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
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
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 wrote: > Hi Valerie, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo

[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 an

[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 withou

[WikiEducator] Mobile aware WE

2010-03-23 Thread valerie
Do you have WE pages that are being accessed with mobile devices? Are you now or do you have plans for learners to use mobile devices in your courses? How will this work in your course? Is cost of access an issue? If not, why not? If so, what can be done to keep costs down? Could donations or par

[WikiEducator] Educators' search engine

2010-03-23 Thread valerie
from the BBC * Historians gain own search engine * Searching for sources on British history is about to get easier as work begins on creating a "sophisticated Google" for historical databases. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/technology/8577164.stm Something like this for Educators

[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 wrote: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &qu

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

2010-03-15 Thread valerie
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

[WikiEducator] Re: perception

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

[WikiEducator] perception

2010-01-18 Thread valerie
r credibility issues 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 vi

[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 wrote: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator&q

[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 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 "W

[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 wrote: > Hi Chris, Valery and Kirby > > An open

[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 H

[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 wi

[WikiEducator] Educational partnership opportunities

2009-12-07 Thread valerie
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 f

[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 "papers

[WikiEducator] Re: MERLOT to promote WikiEducator

2009-12-02 Thread valerie
and wider 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 wrote: -- Yo

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-11-26 Thread valerie
blog, too. ..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, send e

[WikiEducator] Re: Collaborative Document sharing

2009-11-22 Thread valerie
keep growing as long as we keep making it more accessible to the hold-outs with valid concerns. ..Valerie On Nov 21, 8:02 pm, john stampe wrote: Why is it that educators -- the people whose job it is to teach students about new technology an

[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:

[WikiEducator] Re: No TOC

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

[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 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 p

[WikiEducator] Google search of WikiEducator

2009-11-20 Thread valerie
ld love to see this as an alternative to the regular WE search in the left navigation menu, which I find to be frustratingly un-helpful most of the time. Thanks ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo

[WikiEducator] Re: Freely downloadable resources for science, engineering and technology

2009-11-19 Thread valerie
Thanks Jan I heard the Science Friday program and really enjoyed Dr. Kroto's participation. Of course, that sparked my interest and I accessed the site - great content. Thanks to all. ..Valerie On Nov 19, 8:03 am, "Jan Visser" wrote: > GEOSET (Global Educational Ou

[WikiEducator] Re: Template help

2009-11-18 Thread valerie
Hi Rob I can follow your example well enough to get something to work. Won't be pretty but... Thanks much! ..Valerie On Nov 18, 1:19 pm, Robert Kruhlak wrote: --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

[WikiEducator] Re: Template help

2009-11-18 Thread valerie
about 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

[WikiEducator] Re: Template help

2009-11-18 Thread valerie
and reviews. ..Valerie On Nov 17, 12:55 pm, Wayne Mackintosh wrote: --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the

[WikiEducator] Template help

2009-11-17 Thread valerie
have 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

[WikiEducator] Re: MERLOT to promote WikiEducator

2009-11-17 Thread valerie
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 wikieduc

[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. ..Va

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

2009-11-15 Thread valerie
ut like the man said - Times, they are a changin... ..Valerie On Nov 15, 6:20 am, Samuel Rose wrote: --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www

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

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

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

2009-11-14 Thread valerie
that could be used as a pilot program? It would be nice to find a specific high-demand content area to work through as a proof-of-concept. ..Valerie On Nov 14, 2:17 pm, Wayne Mackintosh wrote: How can OER help these children? This is why we need to think creatively about technologies that can

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-11-11 Thread valerie
important 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 proc

[WikiEducator] "Visitor" experience

2009-11-09 Thread valerie
t by WE content, but could be if that content were available? 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 "WikiEduca

[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) ..Va

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-11-04 Thread valerie
roduction. I'm 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 wrote: --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You receive

[WikiEducator] WE blog or newsletter?

2009-11-03 Thread valerie
hat... Is there a good answer 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 foru

[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

[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 wrote: --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[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 wrote: --~--~-~--~~~-

[WikiEducator] Re: Wikipedia model

2009-10-29 Thread valerie
Thanks Karen I hope that there will be sharing and collaboration with the open dictionary project and many other projects who have similar goals. This is a great start for making connections and networking. ..Valerie On Oct 28, 11:56 pm, Karen wrote

[WikiEducator] Re: Wikipedia model

2009-10-28 Thread valerie
on is good. Templates 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 thi

[WikiEducator] Wikipedia model

2009-10-27 Thread valerie
Is there any interest in developing OERs using the Wikipedia model? Although someone starts a page, there is always an implicit open invitation to add and update. I'd start with middle school science and math activities but I'm open to suggestions. It seems that most WE contributors - myself incl

[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 al

[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 rec

[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 http://www.wikieducator.org/Workgrou

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

2009-10-20 Thread valerie
I think the page creator should have the rights for protecting or limiting editing of a page if they think that is appropriate - one component of the solution. Another need is the ability to fork off a derivative work. I like what you have done. Now I want to make my own copy and make changes for

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

2009-10-14 Thread valerie
en 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 wrote: > > The goal of this programme is to equip the participants with the > skills so that they can trai

[WikiEducator] Re: Announcing the categories workgroup and inviting new members

2009-10-13 Thread valerie
Thanks for taking the initiative! I'll help. On Oct 12, 5:49 pm, Jesse Groppi wrote: ... *What are categories?* --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://ww

[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 wrote: > Great idea - also, for those seeking help, they might want to estimate the > time involved, at least to start :-) --~--~-~--~~--

[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? ..Valer

[WikiEducator] What do you expect?

2009-10-04 Thread valerie
er topic of interest). If you have links to other resources or content to add, you are invited to share what you know on any subject. So WikiEducators, what is your long-term view of WikiEducator.org? Where is this heading? What do you think? ..Valerie --~--~-~--~~~

[WikiEducator] Re: WikiEducator Community "job jar"

2009-10-04 Thread valerie
and effort to get it going, but it is an important part of being a community. It will be an opportunity for new people to participate in a meaningful way once they take Learning4content course and before they embark on a major development project of their own. ..Valerie On Oct 2, 3:31 am, NELLIE

[WikiEducator] WikiEducator Community brainstorm

2009-09-28 Thread valerie
ontributor perspective as well 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 wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Well, since my interest lies in active le

[WikiEducator] Re: Learning objects in WE

2009-08-22 Thread valerie
s. Please provide links to specific OERs in WikiEducator. Thanks, ..Valerie On Aug 14, 1:49 am, Wayne Mackintosh wrote: > Hi Valerie, > > ... What do you mean by learning object? > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you ar

[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 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&q

[WikiEducator] Learning objects in WE

2009-08-14 Thread valerie
with the article on Learning Objects. Thanks ..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://gro

[WikiEducator] Communication for growth

2009-06-30 Thread valerie
s list. As these were produced programatically, there wasn't any manual intervention once they were set up. And this Google group works pretty well, so unless you come up with something that works as well or better, please keep this group going and growing. Thanks to all who make this su

[WikiEducator] Open Textbook Consortium meeting

2009-06-24 Thread valerie
Here are links to materials that were referenced in the Open Textbook Consortium meeting today. I thought these might be of interest to some in this group. Building Open Educational Resources from the Ground Up: South Africa’s Free High School Science Texts at http://wiki.oercommons.org/mediawik

[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 i

[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 wrote: > While we discuss the future strategies for WikiEducator we may also maintain > thehttp://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Current_eventspage regularly > updated. --~--~-~--~~---

[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] Re: Scenario Based Learning

2009-06-20 Thread valerie
scenarios, we would love to link to them. ..Valerie Valerie Taylor DeAnza College --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To

[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

[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 wrote: > I would be interested in having your stude

[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 ContentInfobo

[WikiEducator] Re: Web research community service

2009-06-09 Thread valerie
it should work for WikiEducator too. ..Valerie On Jun 8, 2:29 pm, Alison Snieckus 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 o

[WikiEducator] Re: Web research community service

2009-06-08 Thread valerie
t comes up 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.wikie

[WikiEducator] Re: Web research community service

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

[WikiEducator] Re: Web research community service

2009-06-07 Thread valerie
. ..Valerie On Jun 6, 11:00 pm, Wayne Mackintosh 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: > >    - WikiEducat

[WikiEducator] Web research community service

2009-06-06 Thread valerie
eally 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] Re: Blocked access

2009-06-02 Thread valerie
I'm just 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

[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 f

[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: http:

[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 resi

[WikiEducator] Re: Non Formal Education *NFE discussion

2009-03-22 Thread valerie
blackall Blog : http://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 --~--~-~--~~~

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

2009-03-15 Thread valerie
rence 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.g

[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] 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 expe

[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 wrote: > Ten PHYSICS educators from Trini

[WikiEducator] Re: Volunteers: Working group for Website redesign?

2009-03-10 Thread valerie
nt, but please don't alter the content - collaboration wanted - an open invitation to join in and contribute WikiSpaces provides this sort of access control. How do others feel about this? What level of trust vs control is appropriate for WE? ..Valerie On Mar 9, 10:42 am, Scott Newson

[WikiEducator] Re: OTL09 Online Teaching and Learning - please join in

2009-03-07 Thread valerie
s earlier. What more can / should be done to address Nellie's issues? What isn't clear about the objectives and the process? How can this be made to work more effectively? ..Valerie On Feb 10, 10:54 am, valerie wrote: > I have set up an online workshop in the WikiEducator Moodl

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

2009-03-07 Thread valerie
pes that others will contribute. 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 wrote: > Valerie, > I love discussions

[WikiEducator] Re: Volunteers: Working group for Website redesign?

2009-03-06 Thread valerie
WE's front door to the world. Making a stronger point of what WE is and what it provides to educators and learners is appropriate. Yes, Wayne, my hand is raised as well. ..Valerie On Mar 5, 9:37 pm, "Patricia Schlicht" wrote: > Wayne, Hi > > I have been looking at the home

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

2009-03-06 Thread valerie
Thanks John It is just amazing what is being developed and shared! Thanks for providing yet another example. ..Valerie On Mar 5, 2:08 am, john stampe wrote: > I just read an interesting article on the use of active learning for teaching > natural hazard management using a w

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

2009-03-06 Thread valerie
We are all making progress - just not at the same pace. :o) ..Valerie On Mar 5, 8:03 pm, NELLIE DEUTSCH wrote: > Valerie, > After using Moodle for a number of years with 2 of my won websites sitting > dormant, I prefer to use Wikieductor for discussions. I simply dread going > into

[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 themselve

[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 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
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. T

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

2009-03-01 Thread valerie
Students who have grown up with technology in education and entertainment expect to engage with their learning. Active learning can take on many forms, and students are quick to adapt - often, more quickly than their instructors. http://moodle.wikieducator.org/course/view.php?id=26 Questions for

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