Hi Anil, Great work!
A suggestion... I recall mentioning this idea to Leigh awhile back.... Maybe we could source some journalism types (i.e., students, or up and coming folks) to develop content for such a newsletter.... It would be a great experience for them, as well as building up a profile....tasks could be news and events, profiles of wiki personalities, and projects, and feature stories. - Randy On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 5:31 AM, Anil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > As Dr. Wayne has suggested I have added my suggestions on Phase 3 at > the talk page. > http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_talk:WikiEducator_3.0 > > Let us give high priority to Monthly News letter because it will help > as in project co-ordination to a greater extent. We may forward the > news letter to other stake holders also. For that a separate mailing > list may be maintained. > > We may start a new page to coordinate the inception activities. > http:www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator:NewsLetter is it ok? I would > also like to propose to start a separate technical discussion for News > Letter. > > Warm regards > Anil > > On Dec 8, 8:49 am, Wayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Anil, > > > > These are very important suggestions for our future strategic planning > > --- Please add these suggestions to our strategic planning page here: > > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:WikiEducator_3.0 > > > > You're right there is a growing need for additional tutorials on helping > > newbies with questions like where to start a new page --- we've made a > > humble start here: > > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial/Developing_a_teachi... > > > > but still lots of room for improvement and additional resources we can > > develop to help newbies in becoming part of our community. > > > > We definitely need to improve our structure and categorisation of > > content in the wiki. We've made a start with the content info box > > template -- but this is still prototype and we need to test its > > functionality. Once we've tested and refined this template, we'll need > > to develop supporting tutorials on its use. See, for instance: > > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial/Developing_a_teachi... > > > > We're hoping to include improved content listings using portal pages for > > the School sector, Higher Education, TVET and professional development, > > see for example: > > > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/Portal:Primaryhttp://www.wikieducator.org/Portal:Secondaryhttp://www.wikieducator.org/Portal:Higher_Education.. > etc. > > > > However -- we still need to implement this properly. > > > > I really like the idea of a monthly newsletter -- and it would be great > > if we could identify a group of volunteers to assist with compiling a > > community newsletter. > > > > A while back we introduced a page starting to plot different roles in > > the community -- perhaps we need to revisit and improve this concept. > > All ideas welcome: > > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_Roles > > > > Thanks Anil -- great suggestions. Lets get them implemented. > > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 08:57 +0530, aprasad wrote: > > > Dear Dr. Wayne, Randy and other friends, > > > > > Connecting to an earlier thread about the urgent requirement of > > > teacher education in ZA, we have to offer support officially. Before > > > that we require some urgent and very basic preparations. For example, > > > WE has now a very good repository of learning content…but as pointed > > > out by many earlier, collaboration happens seldom. In our L4C > > > Workshops we have to give greater emphasis on the best wiki practice > > > on 'where to start a new page?' Now it is time to take this vital > > > structural issue seriously. We have to take special care to avoid the > > > situation wherein valuable content lay scattered, and we move towards > > > creating another wikipedia, rather than learning content supportive to > > > QFs and Curricula. A monthly e-News letter to introduce major events, > > > new projects and higlighting the progress in existing projects may be > > > started to facilitate collaboration. > > > > > Another thing we should do is to keep panels of WEs with specific > > > experience and aptitude that can help us in the event of WE taking up > > > projects officially. There should be a system to enlist names and > > > other details voluntarily by members and a verification process to > > > ensure the reliability. Online Volunteering project of UN > > >http://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en/index.htmland Professional > > > Educational Organization Internationalhttp://www.peoi.org/are doing > > > the same successfully for years. > > > > > These aspects may be examined for incorporating in Phase 3 of WE that > > > is being developed. > > > > > -- > > > Warm regards > > > > > Anil > > >http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad > > >http://wikieducator.org/India > > >http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework > > >http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework/Professional_Educatio. > .. > > > > > Skype: apletters > > > > > On 12/8/08, Wayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Randy, > > > > > Good thinking Randy --- there are many strategic elements in > > > your post, which I think we need to incorporate into our > > > evolving strategy for the future: > > > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:WikiEducator_3.0 > > > > > Thinking about Professional Development, clearly this is an > > > important node for development. Thinking about the value > > > proposition, there are two important reasons why an OER > > > approach to professional development makes so much sense: > > > > > 1) Almost every tertiary education institution has a > > > professional development unit -- yet in my experience most are > > > not adequately resourced in terms of staff or budget to do > > > what needs to be done on campus. > > > 2) An OER approach to professional development should > > > theoretically be less threatening to institutions testing the > > > OER waters because PD courses for academic staff are not > > > necessarily courses on which institutions compete with each > > > other. > > > > > Back in the early conceptualisation phases of WikiEducator > > > (i.e. before we moved to a hosted server solution) -- on 19 > > > March 2006 I set up a PD development node on WE envisioning > > > rapid growth > > > ( > http://www.wikieducator.org/index.php?title=Professional_Development_...) > -- However, I suspect that the idea was premature and poorly implemented > :-), especially given that at the time we only had 10 registered accounts! > (Wow -- can you believe that we're nearing the threshold of 7000 users!) > > > > > So I thinking the timing is right to progress this further. > > > > > With reference to your suggested refinements on the L4C > > > initiative -- again the timing is just right from a strategic > > > point of view. The current iterration of L4C will run to 30 > > > June 2009 -- as determined by our external funding support > > > from Hewlett. We need to start thinking about where we take > > > L4C in the future --- and I really like your ideas for > > > refocusing and reconfiguring the initiative. > > > > > I'd be keen to hear what folk think? How should WE provide > > > support for capacity development in the future? In what ways > > > can we improve on our current approaches? > > > > > Cheers > > > Wayne > > > > > On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 09:10 -0800, Randy Fisher wrote: > > > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > > > Great dialogue.....I've been sleeping on this thread here, > > > > reflecting on conversations that I've had with Nellie, Maria > > > > and several L4C students, and what's becoming clear, is that > > > > Professional Development is an essential 'branding > > > > opportunity' for WikiEducator. On WE, we have so many > > > > projects and activities, it's easy to get lost in the > > > > fog.... (so a bit of a ramble coming up here - I'm not as > > > > eloquent as Leigh or Wayne... :-) > > > > > > I'm thinking back to my economic development days, and how > > > > can we 'package' what we have in a way that's appealing to > > > > educators - who may or may not know about open education. > > > > I'm also thinking about institutions' perennial quest to > > > > teach their teachers new stuff - which is great, but it's > > > > for the masses, not customised to the indivdual interests of > > > > teachers.... > > > > > > So, I'm thinking.... why not a process of "you scratch my > > > > back, I'll scratch someone else's itch". (Note, I didn't say > > > > "you scratch my back, I'll scratch 'yours'). > > > > > > The great thing about the WE community is that we have so > > > > many teacher-educators with so many interests (a > > > > network!)... The question is..., how can we leverage our WE > > > > Network in service of Teacher Educator's Professional > > > > Development? I'm thinking that it might make sense to go > > > > with a Centre of Excellence approach for Professional > > > > Development - to help us with branding and outreach to > > > > teacher educators in line with their own ProD interests, not > > > > just our wiki skills approach - (see what I've put up > > > > > >http://www.wikieducator.org/Professional_Development > > > > > > I'm also thinking that we have to change the L4C messaging > > > > around the requirements for the Learning Contract (i.e., in > > > > the 10-day or the 5-day courses) - put emphasis on what > > > > Learners have to Offer and Share with their Peers, in terms > > > > of something that they can Teach another Educator. (The > > > > emphasis on OER is great, but the reality is, that if you > > > > develop it on WikiEducator, it is an OER! :-) > > > > > > I think a subtle yet important shift in emphasis could help > > > > us convey our value proposition, particularly those > > > > teacher-educators who want to learn new skills. Of course we > > > > want them to develop OERs in our community, but first things > > > > first - let's have them share something easy, something > > > > they're comfortable with, and something they can "teach" > > > > others in our community .... > > > > > > Your thoughts, feedback? > > > > > > - Randy > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Leigh Blackall > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > And of course, anyone is free to participate in the > > > > 2 teacher training courses we have on Wikied already > > > > (though they are > > > > ... > > > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- ________________ Randy Fisher - Change Management & Collaboration, Human Performance & Engagement, Sustainable Communities & Organizations * Engaging People in Teams, Communities and Organizations....and WikiEducator! + 1 604.684.2275 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wikieducator.org http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher * Cool WikiEducator Video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc9-CNlIqsY * Can You Do the Wiki-Wiki? http://www.wikieducator.org/Wiki_Wiki Skype: wikirandy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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