Great idea Anil I think a name that clarifies the intent, ie "a college or academy that exists to further educators skills using wikieducator" is a good idea, although this is too verbose.
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Anil Prasad <aplett...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Dr. Wayne and all other friends, > > It is very encouraging to note that we are unanimous in respect of the > need and definitely we have to finalize a name that shall not make any > confusion. The name Community College has already confused Harbans ji with > the US Community College system and Joyce has cautioned with humor that > the name is bound to confuse :) Therefore let us finalize a name through > a rough consensus poll as Dr. Wayne has suggested. > > Now we may give 10 days, ie upto May 10, 2012, for our WE friends to > suggest names as reply to this mail. Thereafter we will run a rough > consensus poll for another 7 days (ie from May 14 to 20, 2012) to select a > name from the nominations. > > We have two nominations already: > > > - Open World College - from Patricia and > - WikiEducator Academy - from Dr. Wayne > > Hi friends, now please add your nominations as reply to this mail. > > Dr Wayne, in his reply, has given an additional reason for us to be more > enthusiastic in this initiative "I think there are also exciting > opportunities to explore formal accreditation options for these training > opportunities through the OERu network in conjunction with open badges for > selected initiatives." > > Hurry up!!! > > -- > Warm regards > > Anil > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad > http://www.apletters.blogspot.com > > > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Wayne Mackintosh < > mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Anil, >> >> I think its an excellent idea to establish some form of "WikiEducator >> Academy" who take leadership in promoting regular training opportunities. >> This is a testament to our core community values of sharing knowledge for >> the benefit of all educators. >> >> The concept of "WikiEducator Community College" could be confused with >> Community Colleges in the US -- so I guess it would be worth exploring >> alternatives. Post a request to the community asking for nominations and >> you could run a rough consensus poll for choosing the name for this >> initiative. I also think that when building a new volunteer community focus >> like this, that formalizing the initiative too soon with Academic Council >> elections etc may stall growth during the formative stages. That said, this >> is something which a work group can consider as the project unfolds. >> >> I think there are also exciting opportunities to explore >> formal accreditation options for these training opportunities through the >> OERu network in conjunction with open badges for selected initiatives. >> >> Great idea! >> >> Wayne >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Anil Prasad <aplett...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Dear Friends, >>> >>> First of all I would congratulate Harbans ji, Sebastian ji, Balqis, and >>> Jonas for getting WikiBuddy certifications though their proactive >>> participation in the WikiBuddy certification guidance week held from >>> 23-04-2012 to 29-04-2012 ( >>> http://wikieducator.org/Training:WikiBuddy_certification_guidance_week_23.09.2012 >>> ). >>> They were the only participants (excluding a new user as the event was for >>> Wiki Apprentices). I also thank other three colleagues who encouraged the >>> event by offering facilitation support immediately on announcing the event >>> and Dr. Wayne for his moral support. >>> >>> Based on the thoughts and wiki conversations during the past week, I >>> would like to ask the community 'Shall we establish a WikiEducator >>> Community College for our WikiEducator members and those who aspire to >>> join the WE community?'. The abstract ideas are given below: >>> >>> >>> 1. The Objectives of the Community College Would be to: >>> 1. conduct L4C as a regular course >>> 2. conduct regular courses on Open Licensing >>> 3. provide regular mentoring and certification services for wiki >>> skills development >>> 4. provide opportunity to the community members to request >>> mentoring of experienced community memebrs >>> 5. provide facility for conducting pedagogical experiments/ run >>> pilot courses for OERu implementation >>> 6. and more..... >>> 2. The WE Community members having wiki skill certification of and >>> above the level of WikiBuddy can by option register as a Community >>> College >>> Tutor/Mentor >>> 3. The registered tutors/mentors wold elect an Academic Council for >>> a 2 or three year term >>> 4. The Academic Council will Coordinate the functions of the >>> Community College >>> 5. The Academic Council will prepare Academic Calender for each >>> academic year in consultation with the registered tutors/mentors, WE >>> community and WE Community Council >>> 6. The Academic Council will introduce new WE Community Courses in >>> consultation with the registered tutors/mentors, WE community and WE >>> Community Council >>> 7. ...and more.. >>> >>> Your thoughts? >>> >>> -- >>> Warm regards >>> >>> Anil >>> http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad >>> http://www.apletters.blogspot.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Wayne Mackintosh <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg>, Ph.D. >> Director OER Foundation <http://www.oerfoundation.org> >> Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic >> Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic >> Founder and elected Community Council Member, >> WikiEducator<http://www.wikieducator.org> >> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 >> Skype: WGMNZ1 >> Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg> | >> identi.ca<http://identi.ca/waynemackintosh> >> Wikiblog <http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg/Blog> >> >> > > > > -- > 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 wikieducator@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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