Gerat ideas. I am all for pooling our ideas, material, and experiences. On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Mark Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> that's right, they're great. i've come across their initiative > http://www.oercommons.org/ a number of times. > > dunno about a facebook group, but probably :-). > > seems like a good approach might be to develop the material locally to a > basic standard of quality (ie on our own wiki) and then release/copy/link it > to other networks and repositories, tracking and updating improvements and > developments as their made? > > though i still really like the idea of this list/network and the CoCo site > being available as a resource for those interested in giving and developing > such material. and of course as a nexus and hub for Cooperation Studies > ;-)... > > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 2:15 PM, J Margolin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Great idea! >> Another place to "house" this might be ISKME.org? >> And you know, is there a Facebook group....? >> -J >> >> Jessica Margolin >> voice: +1 510 709 8267 >> fax: +1 866 438 4209 >> >> Solvation: http://kitode.typepad.com >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Mark Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> Welcome Suzan, and welcome back to posting Andrea and Matt! Sometimes I >>> feel like our assumptions about what constitutes 'participation' can put up >>> barriers (sometimes i've unnecessarily dropped off a project all together >>> simply because i felt bad that i couldn't give '100%'!). In my experience, >>> contributing when you can (even when years separate instances) and yes, even >>> lurking are valuable modes of contribution. As Howard and others have >>> discussed, collective action is all about ad hoc, voluntary contribution - >>> which means, what you can, when you can, how you can. So to all of you out >>> there reading but feeling unable to post or contribute in other ways at this >>> point - happy to have you! :-D >>> >>> There is a lot of great suggestions being made here, and a lot of >>> opportunities and resources it seems as well. >>> >>> Here's an idea I'd like to float - what if we started by creating an >>> online cooperation studies resource centre which at first could be comprised >>> of course material already developed - e.g. Howard & Andrea's and Suzan's >>> (if possible) - and then built upon. These courses could be open to anyone >>> or any institution to draw upon, so we wouldn't necessarily have to know >>> where they fit best from the outset - we could just develop materials and >>> provide support for those who want to teach it, ideally in exchange for >>> being able to then share and rework the outcome. >>> >>> Of course the obvious choice would be to host them at >>> CooperationCommons.com, however i think a lot of synergy might be available >>> in somehow connecting with http://en.wikiversity.org (the energy and >>> enthusiasm of the WP community being obvious). I've had discussions with >>> some of those folks revolving around an article >>> drafted<http://collaboration.wikia.com/wiki/Wikiversity>on a site i started >>> http://metacollab.net and I'd think there'd be a lot of resonances with >>> CoCo and our interests/objectives. >>> >>> thoughts?.. >>> mark >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 2:26 AM, Howard Rheingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Matthew, >>>> >>>> This might be helpful, as well: >>>> http://socialmediaclassroom.com/vircom08/freelinking/Collective%2520action >>>> >>>> >>>> Howard Rheingold [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://twitter.com/hrheingold >>>> http://www.rheingold.com http://www.smartmobs.com >>>> http://vlog.rheingold.com >>>> what it is ---> is --->up to us >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 24, 2008, at 7:00 AM, Matthew Cooperrider wrote: >>>> >>>> > >>>> > Robert wrote: >>>> >> D'ya suppose aiming at specialty graduate work might actually be a >>>> >> better target field for planting these seeds than trying to whip up >>>> >> an >>>> >> undergrad curriculum? >>>> > >>>> > Definitely much easier. I don't have any argument as to why, but it >>>> > seems so. >>>> > >>>> > And since there has been some re-introduction on this thread... >>>> > >>>> > I arrived here maybe a couple years back, and have had a number of >>>> > short bursts of high involvement, including one burst earlier this >>>> > summer. I noticed a lot of activity recently, and I realized that I >>>> > had left the dinner table yet again without first excusing myself. >>>> > Sorry :( >>>> > >>>> > I probably won't be back until October (post-OneWebDay), but will do >>>> > my best to stay up-to-date on CoCo progress. I'm currently a grad >>>> > student at NYU, and know a few academics in New York City that might >>>> > be interested in curriculum such as this. >>>> > >>>> > Suzan, I'll be the teaching assistant in a freshman Computer Science >>>> > course called "Computers and Society" this fall. I have the >>>> > opportunity to give one or more of the lectures, and I was planning to >>>> > talk about Cooperation Studies. I'd love to take a look at your >>>> > work. Sounds like a perfect fit! I of course welcome advice and >>>> > ideas from anyone else on this as well. >>>> > >>>> > MC >>>> > > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ----- >>> Mark Elliott, PhD >>> Director, CollabForge pty ltd >>> collaboration ~ mass collaboration ~ social software >>> http://collabforge.com ~ http://mark-elliott.net/ ~ >>> http://metacollab.net/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > ----- > Mark Elliott, PhD > Director, CollabForge pty ltd > collaboration ~ mass collaboration ~ social software > http://collabforge.com ~ http://mark-elliott.net/ ~ http://metacollab.net/ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CooperationCommons" group. 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