Wayne, Eliza and others, Here is what we are doing on WikiEducator to facilitate the process of introducing educators to the use of technology one step at a time: http://wikieducator.org/Integrating_Technology_for_Active_Learning Everyone is invited to join. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Sharing is Caring! Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction Integrating Technology for Active Life-long Learning (IT4ALL) http://www.integrating-technology.com/pd Get ready for CO10 at WiZiQ: http://connecting-online.ning.com/ Free online workshops using WiZiQ: http://www.wikieducator.org/Workshops
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Eliza, > > That's a good point. Self-organising, peer production communities are very > different from the traditional model, hence the fear of organisations to try > it out. > > Administrators and decision-makers who don't have experience of the > effectiveness and agility of self-organising systems find it hard to take > decisions committing time and resources to this kind of approach. In some > respects, its like learning to swim -- you have got to get your feet wet. > > One way that has worked well for us is the pilot project approach. We > encourage and support organisations to test the waters with a small but > focused project. Once members of the project team see and experience the > benefits of the self-organising approach -- they're sold. It takes time -- > but authentic experience is a powerful approach in supporting organisations > with incremental transformation. > > Cheers > Wayne > > 2009/11/15 eliza papajanis <eliza.papaja...@gmail.com> > >> Hi, there is one point to be added to the list;it`s to protect the victims >> ( teachers or educators) from the bad guys stiil conjacted to the old ways >> and the archaic view of the education; some of them they do it for money >> and/or security and they think there is not a better way. They should be >> encouraged to think differently and it can not be done with the old board of >> authorities hidden in the rooms of all sorts of administration bureau.You >> know what I am speaking about - it is world wilde spret malady.My question >> is: HOW IS IT TO BE DONE.? >> >> 2009/11/14 Wayne Mackintosh <mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> >> >> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> A brief moment to reflect. Education is an act of sharing knowledge >>> freely. >>> >>> So where are all the free education materials that we can adapt, modify >>> and reuse without restriction? Why has humanity taken so long in achieving a >>> free knowledge base for us to share for the common good of education and >>> society? Why are the majority of our global population under served when it >>> comes to education? >>> >>> To paraphrase Bob Dylan: >>> >>> " How many years [can the closed copyright] mountain exist >>> Before it's washed to the sea? >>> Yes, 'n' how many years can some [educators] exist >>> Before they're allowed to be free? >>> Yes, 'n' how many times can [we] turn our [heads], >>> Pretending [we] just don't see? >>> The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, >>> The answer is blowin' in the wind." >>> >>> The value proposition of sharing digital teaching materials is a >>> "no-brainer". Getting back to Dylan's refrain "The answer, my friend, is >>> blowin' in the wind" has been described as "impenetrably ambiguous: either >>> the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as >>> intangible as the wind" (see: >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowin%27_in_the_Wind) >>> >>> I started WikiEducator as a project to collaborate with the free culture >>> movement to develop digital teaching materials in support of every national >>> curriculum by 2015. (If we're a little late, 2017 will be just fine :-) ). >>> >>> >>> - Yesterday, WE were a top 59K site (Alexa). >>> - During October, WE generated more than 10.5 million hits on our >>> site with a full-time staff of two people. >>> - WE train and build wiki skills for thousands of teachers in more >>> than 110 countries -- thanks to a dedicated team of facilitators who >>> share >>> knowledge freely. >>> - WE have developed more content pages than Wikiversity (with only 6% >>> of the number of the registered users compared to WV) >>> - WE can now work internationally, freed from the geographical >>> constraints of the Commonwealth. >>> >>> WE should take a moment and reflect on what WE have achieved -- this is >>> an amazing story and you are making it happen! >>> >>> However, we shouldn't gloat for too long. 2015 is a little more than 5 >>> years away, but I sense an energy that WE have a fighting chance in >>> achieving our goal of free digital resources in support of all national >>> curricula. >>> >>> - WE need to become more effective supporting new WikiEducators in >>> becoming active contributors to our common goal >>> - WE need our technology to become transparent (i.e. significantly >>> easier to use) >>> - WE need to continue our commitment to provide free training to any >>> warm-blooded (as in mammal) educator in the world who wants to learn wiki >>> skills >>> - WE need to connect educators across international boundaries and >>> - WE need to have fun while contributing to the social good of >>> education. >>> - What else do WE need to do? >>> >>> >>> Is the answer so obvious or as intangible as the wind? >>> >>> Let's continue making OER futures happen for the world -- the wiki way. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Wayne >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. >>> Director, >>> International Centre for Open Education, >>> Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. >>> Board of Directors, OER Foundation. >>> Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org >>> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 >>> Skype: WGMNZ1 >>> Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > Director, > International Centre for Open Education, > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > Board of Directors, OER Foundation. > Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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