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From: "Patricia Schlicht" <pschli...@col.org>
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Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 09:53:00
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Subject: RE: [WE Teacher Collaboration] Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we
establish a WikiEducator Community College?
Dear Cornelia,
Thank you for your suggestion. Could we kindly ask you to enter your
suggestion in the appropriate place at
http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College under
Community Poll. You will need to create a WikiEducator account to enter
the site. Don't forget to save your input if you are not used to working
on WikiEducator.
Thanks a million for your contribution. Greatly appreciated.
Warm wishes
Patricia
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Subject: Re: [WE Teacher Collaboration] Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we
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Dear all,
I could not resist the invitation to add on the nomination list.
Please consider 'Educators Open Academy' I think this will keep the
Educators and the philosophy visible.
Best regards,
Cornelia
.................................................
Dr. Cornelia K. Muganda
Faculty of Education
The Open University of Tanzania
P.O. Box 23409, Dar es salaam,
Tanzania.
Email: cornelia.muga...@out.ac.tz
> Dear friends,
>
> Response of the WE community in this matter is superb! Let me
> consolidate the nominations received so far to help those who are
> planning to add their
> nominations:
>
>
> 1. Open World College
> 2. WikiEducator Open College
> 3. WikiEducator Academy
> 4. Open Education Academy
> 5. International Academy in Open Education
> 6. Open Academy 4 WikiEducators (OA4WE)
> 7. Open College 4 WikiEducators (OC4WE)
>
>
> And Joyce proposed to use 'Institute' instead of Academy and College.
> Hi Joyce, would you please add the complete phrase...
>
> Further thoughts???
>
> --
> Warm regards
>
> Anil
> http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad
> http://www.apletters.blogspot.com
>
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:27 PM, <joyce.mckni...@esc.edu> wrote:
>
>> Institute might be another idea. Just brainstorming.
>>
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>> To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com
>> From: Savithri Singh **
>> Sent by: wikieducator@googlegroups.com
>> Date: 05/02/2012 01:36PM
>> Subject: Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator
>> Community College?
>>
>>
>> Am enjoying these mails. hats off to super Anil for his very
>> thoughtful discussion initiators - my opinion:
>>
>> College - the connotation is a 'degree' which we are not providing!!
>> Academy - may be better because of the above reason, but maybe we
>> should spend some more time looking for alternates!!
>>
>> Savithri
>>
>> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Don <armchair.sailor...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>> 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>
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>>>>>
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