Hi Peter and Leigh and WikiEducators -- PLEASE READ THE NEXT STEPS SECTION AT THE END OF THIS POST
I like the featured content resource suggestion -- something we also alluded to in one of our earlier in our discussions on the topic: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/browse_frm/thread/d8533af90a59386d# I've added the suggestion to the QA and review page: http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Quality_Assurance_and_Review I like the idea of a the featured reuse category even more :-). Remix and reuse is the untapped potential of the OER movement. Granted, its difficult to get right, but this is the value proposition that will get individuals investing time and institutions investing dollars in getting this right. I'm confident that WE can make a valuable contribution here. OK to recap and emphasize important thoughts in the discussion: 1. We don't want or subscribe to hidden hierarchies --- hence our open and transparent development of the QA and review page. WE have an open invitation for volunteers to assist with drafting the necessary documents and supporting resources. If anyone is interested please add your names to the list. 2. Laziness is part of the social media therefore any system implemented must be scalable and administered by the community. -- Hence the suggestion that an optional system be implemented. WE need to figure how to scale this and how best to ensure active engagement by the community. 3. Beware of "who's quality" -- Hence our guiding principle that quality is "an illusive and complex concept -- it means different things to different people and will always be context-dependent" 4. QA and optional review tools should not alienate WikiEducators -- especially newbies. I think that our two guiding principles, namely that (1) quality is a process not a state and (2) WE subscribe to promoting a healthy wiki community where members are recognized and rewarded for their contributions. 5. If we are serious about reviewing the quality of WE content we need to be rigorous and have proven (and well researched) approaches. This is the toughest and most complex task facing WE since its inception -- lets do an exemplary job and take the time it needs for our processes to mature. 6. Maturity model frameworks appear to provide us with a substantive framework to move forward. It seems to me that the next steps are for the volunteer team to start working on a few concept ideas on the wiki. NEXT STEPS 1) Final request for volunteers who want to assist in the development of our QA and review processes -- please add your name to this page: http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Quality_Assurance_and_Review 2) Please take a look at the questions on the talk page in the wiki and have your say: http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_talk:Quality_Assurance_and_Review 3) Then its up to the drafting team to propose and coordinate how WE will take the process forward. Cheers Wayne --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
