Hi Chris, A pleasure speaking with you - it's a great idea for a project....
With your assistance, I've set up a space on WikiEducator so that you can get started! http://www.wikieducator.org/Assessment_and_Evaluation Cheers, - Randy On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Chris Babowal <bab...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Wayne, > > I have been thinking about how to empower people who teach. The biggest > hurdles teachers face is 'standards and assessments.' No matter who > develops the standards, publishers are in control of the assessments. I > suggest that we work together to put together materials that meet the > standards we, as teachers, feel are important. Then make create appropriate > evaluation tools that will promote the standards that we as a group feel are > most appropriate for our teaching field and promote our teachers by > providing quality evaluation tools for demonstrating our teaching skill > levels. > > As the president of a testing organization, I feel I have at least some of > the skills required to assist in developing some of the assessment tools and > Moodle/Soodle can provide at least the starting software required for > dissemination. For areas which require human grading, we have loads of > teachers to call on and thus can make these tools more worldwide and very > inexpensive. Program evaluation is mainly surveys and testing results, thus > putting together this component will also be the same as assessment tools. > There are also lots of public domain information that can help > supplement the project. > > Testing, assessment tools and evaluation has to have statistics and quality > control, which is very different than what Wikieducator does now, but can be > achieved by committees and surveys. I hope this is an idea that will take > off. I am willing to spearhead the project if it is appropriate for > wikieducation. > > Chris Babowal > President > Babowal & Associates, Inc. > 2588 Pioneer Ave. > San Jose, CA 95128 > Skype: babceo > Business Tel: (408) 874-6774 > Cell: (408)504-8899 > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Wayne Mackintosh <mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> > *To:* wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Fri, November 13, 2009 4:52:44 PM > *Subject:* [WE Teacher Collaboration] Re: WE believe in education - So > where is all the free content? > > Chris -- > > Exactly! Give educators a space where they can act --- and the impossible > seems achievable. > > Great quote! > > Cheers > Wayne > > 2009/11/14 Chris Babowal <bab...@sbcglobal.net> > >> Wayne, >> >> I like a quote: >> The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action. Herbert >> Spenser >> I think this actually describes wiki. >> >> Chris Babowal >> President >> Babowal & Associates, Inc. >> San Jose, CA 95128 >> Skype: babceo >> Cell: (408)504-8899 >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Wayne Mackintosh <mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> >> >> *To:* WikiEducator <wikieducator@googlegroups.com>; >> wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com >> *Sent:* Fri, November 13, 2009 3:38:49 PM >> *Subject:* [WE Teacher Collaboration] WE believe in education - So where >> is all the free content? >> >> 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 > > > > > > > -- Open Education is a sustainable and renewable resource. ________________ Randy Fisher, MA, OMD Senior Consultant & Facilitator, Intersol Group, Canada Senior Consultant, Organization & Business Development International Centre for Open Education / OER Foundation, New Zealand Elected Member, WikiEducator Community Council, www.wikieducator.org +1 613.230.6424 x144 (EST) Skype: wikirandy Twitter: wikirandy * Stakeholder Engagement, Change / Transition Management & Performance * Organization Design & Development * Sustainable Project Implementation & Community-Building * E-Learning, Online Collaboration & Communities of Practice * Coaching & Facilitation * My Bio: http://www.communitybuildingexpert.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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