Dear friends,
The poll for choosing a name for the proposed WikiEducator community college is now officially closed (by the close of business on 19 May, 2012 in your time zone). Let me express my sincere gratitude to all the WikiEducator community members who have participated in the discussions on the WikiEducator community college concept, submitting nominations for selecting a name and subsequent voting with much enthusiasm. Now the formal announcment of poll results (See http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College/Community_poll/Poll.12.5.12) As you know, our poll had three sections to gauge opinion on the scope of the proposed initiative and preferred name for the initiative based on the submissions made by the community . Please see the queries and voting position below: 1. Should the initiative be extended beyond wiki skills and WIkiEducator specific activities? Out of the thirty three (33) voters in this section, thirty (30) voters have voted ‘Yes’. Here the voters have given a very strong mandate to extend the community college initiative beyond wiki skills and WikiEducator specific activities. 2. Should the proposed name for this initiative include the concept WikiEducator (or reference to WikiEducator)? Out of the thirty two (32) community members voted in this section, twenty two (22) have opted ‘Yes’. It means majority of voters were in favour of including the concept of/or reference to WikiEducator in the name. 3. Which one of the following nominations (names) you chose to name the proposed WikiEducator Community College? The final section was to vote for a name. Therewere 30 nominations and 38 voters. To provide voters with the freedom of selecting different choices, multiple selection was permitted in this section. First three positions: 1. The nomination Wikieducator Open Learning Academy (WOLA) got nineteen (19) votes 2. The nomination WikiEducator Academy got 15 votes 3. The nomination Institute of Open Education (IOE) got 7 votes. Therefore, the name ‘Wikieducator Open Learning Academy (WOLA)’ is the winner! Let us congratulate ourselves - Congratulations WikiEducator Community!!! Now I would like to propose that we may constitute a WikiEducator Workgroup to discuss and document the Vision, Mission, Interim Organization Structure, Interim Business Proceedures and Pilot initiatives for WOLA. Please see the work in progress charter for the Workgroup ( http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College/Workgroup1.12 ) and build it futher. I hope we will be able to complete the draft charter in two-three days and invite community members to sign up. ''WE ARE OFF TO ANOTHER MILESTONE IN OPEN EDUCATION BY ESTABLISHING WOLA!!!" -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Anil Prasad <aplett...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear friends, > > First of all I convey my hearty gratitude to all the WE community members > who expressed genuine interest in setting up a WikiEducator community > college (a community-driven initiative to provide and support training > including: wiki skills, creation and use of OER, open licensing, online > learning, teaching, mentoring as well as promoting research on related > topics) and submitted their choices for a name to it. The response of > the community was amazing - WE got 30 nominations! > > The time for nominations was closed officially by the end of business on > 10 May 2012. Now it is the time to choose one name for the proposed > community college from the 30 wonderful nominations we have received. For > this purpose a rough consensus poll > page<http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College/Community_poll>has > been setup in WikiEducator. The poll is designed in three parts to gauge > opinion on the scope of the proposed initiative and preferred name for the > initiative based on submissions made by the community. > > Section:1 Cast your vote regarding the proposed scope of the initiative > Section 2 Your opinion regarding specific reference to "WikiEducator" in > the proposed name for the initiative > > Section 3 Your preferences for naming this initiative - this is the > section for casting your vote for a name. > > The first two section will help the voters to revisit and review the > draft Overview and Objectives of the > project<http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College> and > arrive at a logical conclusion while selecting the name. > > *Technology related instructions*: > > - You will need a WikiEducator > account<http://wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_rich_text_editor_tutorials/Creating_an_account/Instructions> > and > you must be logged in to cast your votes. > - You must check the relevant options and click on the "Vote" or > "Change my vote" button displayed below each option to record or change > your vote. > - If your login session has expired (*e.g.* no activity after a long > period), you will not be able to vote or change your vote. Login to > WikiEducator again. > - You can change your vote at any time till the close of the poll. > > > *Please cast your votes by the close of business on 19 May, 2012 in your > time zone* > * > * > *Visit the poll page and cast your votes* > * > * > > http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College/Community_poll/Poll.12.5.12 > > ''WE ARE OFF TO ANOTHER MILESTONE IN OPEN EDUCATION!" > -- > Warm regards > > Anil > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad > http://www.apletters.blogspot.com > > > -- 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
