No worries Patricia, The poll widget is relatively new and we have trialed this with a few polls - it should work rather well for this purpose.
Let me know where you set up the page in the wiki to keep track of this project and I will help set up the widget. Cheers Wayne On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Patricia Schlicht <pschli...@col.org>wrote: > I agree with you, Wayne, just didn’t know we had such application. **** > > Cheers,**** > > Patricia**** > > ** ** > > *From:* wikieducator@googlegroups.com [mailto: > wikieducator@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Wayne Mackintosh > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:27 PM > *To:* wikieducator@googlegroups.com > *Cc:* wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com; > aplett...@gmail.com > *Subject:* Re: [WikiEducator] Cast your vote in a poll: shall we > establish a WikiEducator Community College?**** > > ** ** > > Hi Patricia,**** > > ** ** > > Great to see international community collaboration in moving this idea > forward.**** > > ** ** > > I'm wondering whether it wouldn't be better to host the poll on > WikiEducator. For two reasons:**** > > ** ** > > - We remain true to our community values associated with the free > cultural works definition and commitment to using free software. (The > trouble with a Facebook poll is that the data will default to all rights > reserved and will not be openly licensed and Facebook is non-free > software.) > **** > - Hosting the poll on WikiEducator will ensure that we can keep an > accurate history of this important process.**** > > We have a poll widget on WikiEducator (see for example the current poll on > design decisions for the OERu). **** > > ** ** > > Thanks for your initiative in setting up a poll -- but at the same time, > lets consider walking the talk in terms of our open values for community > initiatives ;-)**** > > ** ** > > Cheers**** > > Wayne**** > > ** ** > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Patricia Schlicht <pschli...@col.org> > wrote:**** > > Dear All,**** > > **** > > I loved the exchanges and the community participation in trying to find a > suitable name for the new WE activities of establishing a “‘WikiEducator > Community College”. **** > > **** > > I thought perhaps we could make a bit easier to vote on the many > suggestions made, and so I have created a poll, using a FB application. ** > ** > > **** > > I hope I have captured all suggested ideas for the naming convention. *Please > cast your vote by clicking on the link below*. You will be asked to log > into your Facebook account after your clicked on the link, which will take > you to the Poll Application. Click on “Go to App” and you can cast your > vote.**** > > To give people a chance to do so, they will need a bit of time, so how > about we say cast your vote *by the end of Sunday, May 6, 2012? ***** > > **** > > Is this acceptable to you all?**** > > **** > > Anil, I hope this is helpful**** > > **** > > http://apps.facebook.com/opinionpolls/**** > > **** > > Warm wishes**** > > Patricia**** > > **** > > *Patricia Schlicht***** > > *Programme Assistant ***** > > COMMONWEALTH OF LEARNING **** > > *LEARNING FOR DEVELOPMENT*. **** > > COL is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads of > Government to encourage the development and sharing of open learning and > distance education knowledge, resources and technologies. **** > > Suite 1200 - 1055 West Hastings Street, Vancouver BC V6E 2E9 Canada > PH: +1.604.775.8227 | FAX: +1.604.775.8210 | WEB: www.col.org | E-MAIL: > pschli...@col.org **** > > *Announcement: **Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education will co-host > COL’s Seventh Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF7) in Abuja, in > November 2013. 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