Hi Peter, You have set the right path. In an earlier email Dr. Wayne has also suggested a similar strategy.
Now we may frame tentative credentials for the Team Leader and the members through open community discussions. Thereafter we may place the matter in the WE Community Council for approval. As CCNC being an officially announced project, let us ensure official backup in that way. The team leader may be a person having Open Software teaching experience, prior active involvements in framing Qualification Frameworks for IT education, educational content design, team leading etc. Details of such credentials should be available on the respective person’s WE user page also. Dr. Wayne is an ideal choice to lead the team but I foresee tremendous work load for him in connection with setting up of new organizational setup and working strategies for the new phase of WE and may not be advisable to demand his exclusive involvement in individual projects. So let us continue discussions for developing clear picture on the credentials for the team leader and members, suggested nominations based on such credentials, course development strategy etc till the next Community Council meeting. I may request you to moderate the discussion by setting discussion points on right sequence. I am ready to provide my inputs and assist the community to consolidate the discussions and frame a proposal to be submitted before the Council. -- Warm regards Anil http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://wikieducator.org/India http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework/Professional_Education/Management/MHRM Skype: apletters On Feb 6, 4:32 am, Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > Anil, > > How shall we proceed? Big question, this is what I think. > > 1) Everyone needs to be running OpenOffice 3.0 > 2) the project needs to be led by a single individual (a benevolent > dictator as Wayne would say), a project leader. I believe the OER > Handbook success could be considered an exemplar for this, and I > understand Seth Gurell took that role within this project. Why he was > so motivated to complete the project, I don't know. I emailed him a > while back and he is willing to speak with us regarding his success. > We may also want to speak to Kim Tucker regarding the OER Handbook. > 3) We form a project team where one or two people each take on a > module. The whole team would then be somewhere between 5 - 14 people. > Before we start any module development we come to agreement (as a > team) as to the menu and page structure, the formative and summative > assessment approach, we agree to a theme (anchor subject) for the > whole project, how much and the type of multimedia, we agree to how we > are going to handle the print to pdf... we may need to wait until we > have a new hosting arrangement so we can also upgrade the print to pdf > software. > 4) We need to get alignment with the ICDL. I know Wayne has a lot of > experience and contacts for this. > 5) Once we are ready to start we all agree to a schedule for progress > and the project leader takes ownership of the schedule. > 6) Once we have agreement to the look and feel, the menu structure, > etc... each module group develops only the first section of their > module. As a team we review each others modules make suggestions for > improvement and alignment to ensure we have consistency. I believe we > should also consider the WE Quality Assurance > Framework;http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Quality_Assurance_Framework > 7) We all begin development, the project leader becomes benevolent > dictator to ensure it all gets done... > > I think everyone who is involved makes the commitment to completion, > no excuses!!!!... We have had a few good starts to thisCCNCproject > and different modules have made it through to finished. The challenge > has been is getting all modules done with a consistent look and feel > so learning is optimized. Inconsistency across the modules IMHO has > been the projects biggest challenge. > > Let me know how I could help (other than asking me to be the > benevolent dictator). > > I hope this helps. > > Cheers, Peter > > On Feb 4, 8:41 pm, aprasad <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Peter, > > > You are right,CCNCrequires a committed team and such a team will > > definitely be able to complete the course development in 2009 and facilitate > > adoption by institutions. We may contact all who associated earlier > > /strengthen their involvement as well as bringing in new members. > > > How shall we proceed? > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:23 AM, Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Anil, > > > > This is fantastic to see. As you can see I have been involved with > > > this project intimately. I am particularly proud of Module 5 as it was > > > a challenge to take the database module (for which little curriculum > > > already existed) and move it forward. > > > > I also agree this project could have a significant impact in the realm > > > of ICT4D. One thing I do believe is it needs a coordinated effort. It > > > needs to be targeted to OpenOffice 3.0 and it needs to print to pdf > > > VERY well. It needs to have a consistent theme and usability across > > > all the modules. And the formative and summative assessment activities > > > need to align with the ICDL. I would again very much like to be > > > involved in a project team to take this on. IMO it requires a commited > > > team wanting to bring it to completion. Without this team it will only > > > make limited progress and end up with an inconsistent look and feel, > > > which therefore limits its usability as a learning resource. Just my > > > $0.02 worth. > > > > Maybe the time has come where a team will form. > > > > Sincerely, Peter > > > > On Feb 3, 10:49 pm, aprasad <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi new brothers and sisters in our WE family, > > > > > Commonwealth Computer Navigator's Certificate (CCNC) is a very promising > > > > project on WikiEducator. Coinciding with Software Freedom Day 2006 (16 > > > > September), Sir John Daniel, President and CEO of the Commonwealth of > > > > Learning (COL), announced plans to institute the Commonwealth Computer > > > > Navigator's Certificate (CCNC). This COL initiative will widen access to > > > ICT > > > > skills training using free software and will be distributed as free > > > content > > > > for anyone to use, modify and distribute. > > > > > Please visithttp:// > > > wikieducator.org/Commonwealth_Computer_Navigator%27s_Certificateand > > > > see how you can help to complete the course development. > > > > > -- > > > > Warm regards > > > > > Anilhttp:// > > > wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasadhttp://wikieducator.org/Indiahttp://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Fr.... > > > .. > > > > > Skype: apletters > > > -- > > Warm regards > > > Anilhttp://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasadhttp://wikieducator.org/India...... > > > Skype: apletters- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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