Hi Jim, Great post with valuable feedback and suggestions. This would be our first localisation under the OER Foundation as a non-profit entity. I'm very pleased and excitited that we now have the freedom to support open education, irrespective of country, language etc.
Under the restrictions of our previous host @ the Commonwealth of Learning, it was not possible to install localisations for languages that are were not official languages of the Commonwealth member states. I did put forward a special case for considering a Chinese localisation to Sir John Danile, the Chief Executive of the COL on the basis that the Chinese language is spoken extensively in Commonwealth countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, New Zealand etc. Sadly the President of COL was unable to take a decision in support of this request at the time. That said, I must commend COL for its support and contributions to ensuring an independent project nurtured under its wings during our formative years. This new instance would be an excellent opportunity for WE to think about, key questions pertaining to future localisations: 1) What are the criteria WE should consider for installing localisations? 2) What support resources do we need to help and support new localisations of WE? 3) What is the critical mass of local language supporters to ensure a successful localisation? (for example I don't speak or read Mandarine :-( so I can't help with monitoring spam or inappropriate content on the Chinese wiki.) 3) What sources of funding might we tap into to help cover the costs of multiple language instances? 4) Other questions? Leo - -we rely on your enthusiasm combined with support and experience from the international WikiEducator community to help us ensure a smooth transition and successful implementation of future localisations. Cheer Wayne On Feb 26, 2:08 pm, Jim Tittsler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 21:49, Wong Leo <[email protected]> wrote: > > I found that there is a Book feature on left courner ， how to use this ? > > The Book feature is created by the "Collection extension." You can > use the "Add a page" (移除维基页面) link to add individual pages to a > collection of pages. Special:Book page will show you the pages in > your current book, and allow you to generate a PDF for printing or an > Open Document Format file for use in OpenOffice (or Google Docs). > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection > > > I also found that I cannot choose template in Wiki? only 2 options where > > are rest > > of templates ?? > > I think only 3 or 4 of us have started using the Chinese instance of > WikiEducator. I copied a few templates from the English WikiEducator > to get the community started. (It is easy to cut-and-paste by viewing > the source of the template in one language and pasting it into a > correctly named template on another language.) > > Templates make it easy to reliably enter repeated text (and some > formatting) on multiple pages. This adds design interest and > consistency to the pages and provides just enough structure to make it > easier to reuse the content of the pages in other places. The frequent > use of the "pedagogical templates" is one of the things that > distinguishes WikiEducator for capturing open educational resources. > But you can create additional templates that fit your particular > project's needs. > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates > http://wikieducator.org/Quickstart_guide/pedagogical_templates > > >also when I click Submit ,http://zh.wikieducator.org/index.php? > >title=Research&action=submit > >this page I see error saying Fatal error: > > I was able to create a "Research" page there without an error. Were > you trying to use the mp3 extension to embed audio in the page? > Please mail me (directly, not to the list) details about the text of > the page and I will try to sort out the problem. > > The Chinese instance of WikiEducator is really a "green field" waiting > for you (and the community) to grow some content and organise it using > the English WikiEducator as a model. You asked how to start. One way > would be translating some of the English WikiEducator tutorials or > Learning4Content materials so that you can grow the community beyond > bilingual English readers. Working through the tutorials as you or a > group translates them would also provide on-the-job training. > http://wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
