Anil, Thanks for this reply. I get a sense that things are building toward a successful completion for this CCNC project. Lets hope we generate some excitement within the community. This whole discussion is begging a few questions for me, they are; 1) do you see people participating as volunteers? 2) are we going to align with a University or Philanthropist to provide funding? 3) are we going to align with an existing ICDL organization to create a source / revision base for ongoing ICDL materials publishing.
I believe the $$$ / volunteer discussion is as important as the others within the scope of this project. Sincerely, Peter On Feb 18, 7:54 am, Anil <aplett...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > Anilhttp://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasadhttp://wikieducator.org/Indiahttp://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Frameworkhttp://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework/Professional_Educatio... > > Skype: apletters > > On Feb 6, 4:32 am, Peter <prawstho...@gmail.com> 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 <aplett...@gmail.com> 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 <prawstho...@gmail.com> 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 <aplett...@gmail.com> 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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