[WikiEducator] Development of WE page on Wikipedia
Dear friends, The article about WikiEducator on wikipedia (available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikieducator ) has to be further developed with more updated project information and in line with WP standards. Wikipedians in our list may please see for further development of the page. -- Warm regards Anil -- 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
Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Nomenclature for WikiMaster
Hi All, With due respect to all the female members of WE, i feel the WikiMaster conveys the intended meaning for that level of attainment. Ibrahim Oyekanmi On 7/25/10, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Carol, Yes, -- the way we do this is in WikiEducator is through the process of a Community Workgroup --- There is a policy which guides the establishment of workgroups and the procedures for decisions which have a community wide impact. See: http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:WikiEducator_Workgroups/Guidelines Clearly there is community interest relating to the nomenclature of the WIkimaster typology and given that there is already an existing workgroup, this would be the best vehicle to take a community decision and plan for the implementation. Work would be done transparently in the wiki with regular updates on the community list. In this way -- anyone with a substantive interest in the topic will be free to add their views and help shape and implement any decisions which are taken. This is an issue falling within the ambit of an operational guideline and would not require approval from Council to be implemented -- which is the reason Council approved the policy for workgroups - -that is a process for the community to take decisions. Next step is to get the nomenclature question into the charter for this workgroup and move forward. Cheers Wayne On 26 July 2010 12:14, Carol carolcoopertay...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting discussion. Is there any way Wayne to put this out to the whole WikiEducator community so we get a wide range of views? Cheers Carol On Jul 26, 5:17 am, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm OK with the nomenclature as is. As Jan and others have indicated, by using the term master as we do, even recognizing that our intent refers to the idea of mastery, we continue the process of changing its meaning to include women. I like the idea of reclaiming language to suit our current needs. As far as I can tell, there are no identified wikimasters. It is more important to me that both men and women are sufficiently represented in the upper certification levels. I added a note with a link to this discussion on the Workgroup:Wikimaster_criteria http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Wikimaster_criteriapage on WE. Good discussion, Alisonhttp://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus 2010/7/25 ESPHIT Andrés Aurelio Alarcón Tique esp...@gmail.com Hellow every body I have also the feeling that there is no matters than affect people using generic names regarding our genders, some of name come from history and customes In spanish there names had been lateley reformed to be also female, but they don´t sounds good I´ll prefer the used name. in english is easy to use generic names without think in genders Best Regards Andres Aurelio 2010/7/25 Jan Visser jvis...@learndev.org Hi Minh and Carol, Yes, Minh, that’s exactly my point. It’s by using the terms across the genders that those connotations start changing. Terms like director, minister, secretary, doctor, nurse, president, engineer, farmer, entrepreneur, author, technician and many more are used across the genders. In my own culture of origin there are male midwives who refuse to be called anything but midwife (because of the nice ring – the Dutch translation of midwife connotes wisdom) even though a perfectly acceptable gender neutral term also exists. In the past such terms as the ones cited may have had strong gender connotations, but the more we progress beyond the divisions of the past, the more those terms lose those connoted irrelevant meanings. We are now way beyond the Middle Ages, a period in the history of Europe that wasn’t as bad as often depicted. As we and our communities and societies evolve throughout the ages, so do our languages. Flexibility is what allows it to happen. Jan -- *From:* wikieducator@googlegroups.com [mailto: wikieduca...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *minh mcCloy *Sent:* Sunday, July 25, 2010 12:54 PM *To:* wikieducator@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Nomenclature for WikiMaster *Why can't master be rounded up be just gently morphed into a word that connotes any all genders. English does meaning shifts all the time to - it is part of its power delight.* *Why abandon 'master' to a gendered ghetto? What will you do with 'masterpiece -gurupiece, superpersonpiece?* *We could embrace 'master' exhibit flexibility.* *wikimaster has a nice ring to it* *:) minh* On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Carol carolcoopertay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jan Interesting that you raise the issue that a woman could take over on the death of her husband. Not of any consolation for those
Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Nomenclature for WikiMaster
Hi All, I am pleased to see the diversity and breadth of discussion - and many new voices. It is a credit to our mutual efforts, that WikiEducator and OER are reaching more and more people, and providing opportunities for substantive discourse and content creation, and sharing. Bravo! - Randy On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 5:15 AM, minh mcCloy mizm...@gmail.com wrote: *I have often used the criteria of novice, apprentice, journeyman, master with k-6 kids in the context of skill acquisition. Not once has either the master or journeyMAN been an issue with the kids- they don't see it. Sometimes however a visiting adult will impose their acquired prejudice on the kids insist on discussing/commenting on the practice. It induces a lot of shrugging in the kids as the attempt to see what issue is there.* * * *It is my feminism that makes me want claim words that are useful or stylish or quaint or incongruous for general use. On the other hand I have a real fondness for the word aviatrix - so singular, so little opportunity to use it. But if I could aviate I think I would call myself an aviatrix :D - thus declare my mastery of the skies - me Amelia Erheart.* * * *:)* *minh * On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:45 PM, MALLAMIBRO mallami...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, With due respect to all the female members of WE, i feel the WikiMaster conveys the intended meaning for that level of attainment. Ibrahim Oyekanmi On 7/25/10, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Carol, Yes, -- the way we do this is in WikiEducator is through the process of a Community Workgroup --- There is a policy which guides the establishment of workgroups and the procedures for decisions which have a community wide impact. See: http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:WikiEducator_Workgroups/Guidelines Clearly there is community interest relating to the nomenclature of the WIkimaster typology and given that there is already an existing workgroup, this would be the best vehicle to take a community decision and plan for the implementation. Work would be done transparently in the wiki with regular updates on the community list. In this way -- anyone with a substantive interest in the topic will be free to add their views and help shape and implement any decisions which are taken. This is an issue falling within the ambit of an operational guideline and would not require approval from Council to be implemented -- which is the reason Council approved the policy for workgroups - -that is a process for the community to take decisions. Next step is to get the nomenclature question into the charter for this workgroup and move forward. Cheers Wayne On 26 July 2010 12:14, Carol carolcoopertay...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting discussion. Is there any way Wayne to put this out to the whole WikiEducator community so we get a wide range of views? Cheers Carol On Jul 26, 5:17 am, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm OK with the nomenclature as is. As Jan and others have indicated, by using the term master as we do, even recognizing that our intent refers to the idea of mastery, we continue the process of changing its meaning to include women. I like the idea of reclaiming language to suit our current needs. As far as I can tell, there are no identified wikimasters. It is more important to me that both men and women are sufficiently represented in the upper certification levels. I added a note with a link to this discussion on the Workgroup:Wikimaster_criteria http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Wikimaster_criteriapage on WE. Good discussion, Alisonhttp://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus 2010/7/25 ESPHIT Andrés Aurelio Alarcón Tique esp...@gmail.com Hellow every body I have also the feeling that there is no matters than affect people using generic names regarding our genders, some of name come from history and customes In spanish there names had been lateley reformed to be also female, but they don´t sounds good I´ll prefer the used name. in english is easy to use generic names without think in genders Best Regards Andres Aurelio 2010/7/25 Jan Visser jvis...@learndev.org Hi Minh and Carol, Yes, Minh, that’s exactly my point. It’s by using the terms across the genders that those connotations start changing. Terms like director, minister, secretary, doctor, nurse, president, engineer, farmer, entrepreneur, author, technician and many more are used across the genders. In my own culture of origin there are male midwives who refuse to be called anything but midwife (because of the nice ring – the Dutch translation of midwife connotes wisdom) even though a perfectly acceptable gender neutral term also exists. In the past such terms
Re: [WikiEducator] Development of WE page on Wikipedia
Hi Randy, thanx...the edit comment on the article page seems to undue edit comment from a newbie editor.. On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Anil, for noticing this. I've added the number of users (15,000+). Also, it's interesting that there's a note on the page, that considers it an advertisement - any ideas how to make the content less like advertising? - Randy On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:39 AM, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, The article about WikiEducator on wikipedia (available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikieducator ) has to be further developed with more updated project information and in line with WP standards. Wikipedians in our list may please see for further development of the page. -- Warm regards Anil -- 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 -- Randy Fisher, MA, OMD Senior Consultant, OD/Change Management, E-Learning, Collaboration Performance Intersol Group, Canada Senior Consultant, Organization Capacity Development International Centre for Open Education / OER Foundation, New Zealand Elected Member, WikiEducator Community Council, www.wikieducator.org +1 613.722.5577 (EST) Skype: wikirandy - Stakeholder/Community Engagement Project Implementation - Change Transition Management - E-Learning, Online Collaboration Learning Communities - Coaching Facilitation - My Bio: http://www.communitybuildingexpert.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 -- Warm regards Anil -- 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
Re: [WikiEducator] Re: WE ambassador
Dear Shekhar, Welcome Ambassador!! Now that you have written to the group let hope somebody joins you. I will check out whether anybody I know is willing to come in. Savithri On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 5:50 PM, shekhar sharma rsvp2shek...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Wayne who should I approach for collaboration on this project at OER. I am not a teacher but very passionate about this project and hope to put this at the disposal of communities across the world. Take care shekhar On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Shekhar, That's a great community OER project! There are no special requirements to become a WikiAmbassor -- just a commitment to promote WikiEducator as a platform for free educational resources, collaborative development and global network-building :-) All you need is to be logged into WikiEducator with your username, go to the link below, hit edit and add your name. http://wikieducator.org/WikiAmbassador#List_of_ambassadors_for_WikiEducator Cheers Wayne On Jul 26, 12:39 pm, shekhar sharma rsvp2shek...@gmail.com wrote: Hi How do I add my name for contributing to the cause as wiki Ambassador? I would like to be a WE ambassador to promote WE. I want this platform to be used for helping the communities in the event of Natural and Man-made Disasters. We have seen in the recent past the Earthquakes, Tsunamis and the events like 9/11 which require efforts and help of skilled workers. Going by your Mission and Vision I visualize that as your next target in communities project. I want to promote and be an advocate to get online training on Disaster Preparedness no matter where people are living as it can strike anywhere. There is a good amount of training material available with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Red Cross and its affiliates plus dozens of other humanitarian aid organizations other than UN organizations. A noble project like WE can play a big role to bring those trainings to the communities even with limited resources because it is as important as being literate and self sustained. I have tried adding my name as Ambassador through the link provided but it did not work. *I think I now know why as I was not following the instructions properly.* I should have posted the request here to the group for approval. Well this is what I can bring to the table and work proactively for making communities safer, prepared and self sustained. -- Shekhar Sharma 9437 Black Hawk Court Manassas, VA 20111 703-335-9454 -- 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 -- Shekhar Sharma Ambassador Wikieducator 9437 Black Hawk Court Manassas, VA 20111 703-335-9454 -- 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 -- Savithri Singh Principal Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi) Govindpuri, Kalkaji New Delhi 110019 Ph: 011 26294542, 011 29293224 Res: 25848151, 25843496 Fax: 011 26294540, Res: 25848151 http://beta.thehindu.com/sci-tech/article397395.ece http://eduframe.net/andc http://andcollege.du.ac.in http://andc.info http://wikieducator.org/Acharya_Narendra_Dev_College http://wikieducator.org/User:Savi.odl http://wikieducator.org/India http://wikieducator.org/India/wikieducator_launch Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. -- 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
Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Nomenclature for WikiMaster
I am watching the variety of ideas, interesting discussions and the enjoying thrill of being in WE community. Let there be more. I have not made up my mind yet... On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I am pleased to see the diversity and breadth of discussion - and many new voices. It is a credit to our mutual efforts, that WikiEducator and OER are reaching more and more people, and providing opportunities for substantive discourse and content creation, and sharing. Bravo! - Randy On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 5:15 AM, minh mcCloy mizm...@gmail.com wrote: *I have often used the criteria of novice, apprentice, journeyman, master with k-6 kids in the context of skill acquisition. Not once has either the master or journeyMAN been an issue with the kids- they don't see it. Sometimes however a visiting adult will impose their acquired prejudice on the kids insist on discussing/commenting on the practice. It induces a lot of shrugging in the kids as the attempt to see what issue is there.* * * *It is my feminism that makes me want claim words that are useful or stylish or quaint or incongruous for general use. On the other hand I have a real fondness for the word aviatrix - so singular, so little opportunity to use it. But if I could aviate I think I would call myself an aviatrix :D - thus declare my mastery of the skies - me Amelia Erheart.* * * *:)* *minh * On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:45 PM, MALLAMIBRO mallami...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, With due respect to all the female members of WE, i feel the WikiMaster conveys the intended meaning for that level of attainment. Ibrahim Oyekanmi On 7/25/10, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Carol, Yes, -- the way we do this is in WikiEducator is through the process of a Community Workgroup --- There is a policy which guides the establishment of workgroups and the procedures for decisions which have a community wide impact. See: http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:WikiEducator_Workgroups/Guidelines Clearly there is community interest relating to the nomenclature of the WIkimaster typology and given that there is already an existing workgroup, this would be the best vehicle to take a community decision and plan for the implementation. Work would be done transparently in the wiki with regular updates on the community list. In this way -- anyone with a substantive interest in the topic will be free to add their views and help shape and implement any decisions which are taken. This is an issue falling within the ambit of an operational guideline and would not require approval from Council to be implemented -- which is the reason Council approved the policy for workgroups - -that is a process for the community to take decisions. Next step is to get the nomenclature question into the charter for this workgroup and move forward. Cheers Wayne On 26 July 2010 12:14, Carol carolcoopertay...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting discussion. Is there any way Wayne to put this out to the whole WikiEducator community so we get a wide range of views? Cheers Carol On Jul 26, 5:17 am, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm OK with the nomenclature as is. As Jan and others have indicated, by using the term master as we do, even recognizing that our intent refers to the idea of mastery, we continue the process of changing its meaning to include women. I like the idea of reclaiming language to suit our current needs. As far as I can tell, there are no identified wikimasters. It is more important to me that both men and women are sufficiently represented in the upper certification levels. I added a note with a link to this discussion on the Workgroup:Wikimaster_criteria http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Wikimaster_criteriapage on WE. Good discussion, Alisonhttp://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus 2010/7/25 ESPHIT Andrés Aurelio Alarcón Tique esp...@gmail.com Hellow every body I have also the feeling that there is no matters than affect people using generic names regarding our genders, some of name come from history and customes In spanish there names had been lateley reformed to be also female, but they don´t sounds good I´ll prefer the used name. in english is easy to use generic names without think in genders Best Regards Andres Aurelio 2010/7/25 Jan Visser jvis...@learndev.org Hi Minh and Carol, Yes, Minh, that’s exactly my point. It’s by using the terms across the genders that those connotations start changing. Terms like director, minister, secretary, doctor, nurse, president, engineer, farmer, entrepreneur, author, technician and many more are used across the genders. In my own culture of origin there
Re: [WikiEducator] Re: WE ambassador
Hi Shekhar, I suggest that you consider creating a Disaster Management portal page for developing OER on this important theme. Keep the main list posted on what you're trying to do. Here are some instructions on how to create a portal page on WikiEducator: http://wikieducator.org/Create_and_institutional_OER_portal_page (Instead of an institution - -create your hub around Disaster Management or something similar. A good starting point could be a search to find out if there are any existing OERs on the theme (Licensed as CC-BY or CC-BY-SA). WIth your passion and significance of the this topic - -I'm sure that WE can build a thriving hub. Keep up the good work! Cheers Wayne On 27 July 2010 00:20, shekhar sharma rsvp2shek...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Wayne who should I approach for collaboration on this project at OER. I am not a teacher but very passionate about this project and hope to put this at the disposal of communities across the world. Take care shekhar On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Shekhar, That's a great community OER project! There are no special requirements to become a WikiAmbassor -- just a commitment to promote WikiEducator as a platform for free educational resources, collaborative development and global network-building :-) All you need is to be logged into WikiEducator with your username, go to the link below, hit edit and add your name. http://wikieducator.org/WikiAmbassador#List_of_ambassadors_for_WikiEducator Cheers Wayne On Jul 26, 12:39 pm, shekhar sharma rsvp2shek...@gmail.com wrote: Hi How do I add my name for contributing to the cause as wiki Ambassador? I would like to be a WE ambassador to promote WE. I want this platform to be used for helping the communities in the event of Natural and Man-made Disasters. We have seen in the recent past the Earthquakes, Tsunamis and the events like 9/11 which require efforts and help of skilled workers. Going by your Mission and Vision I visualize that as your next target in communities project. I want to promote and be an advocate to get online training on Disaster Preparedness no matter where people are living as it can strike anywhere. There is a good amount of training material available with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Red Cross and its affiliates plus dozens of other humanitarian aid organizations other than UN organizations. A noble project like WE can play a big role to bring those trainings to the communities even with limited resources because it is as important as being literate and self sustained. I have tried adding my name as Ambassador through the link provided but it did not work. *I think I now know why as I was not following the instructions properly.* I should have posted the request here to the group for approval. Well this is what I can bring to the table and work proactively for making communities safer, prepared and self sustained. -- Shekhar Sharma 9437 Black Hawk Court Manassas, VA 20111 703-335-9454 -- 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 -- Shekhar Sharma Ambassador Wikieducator 9437 Black Hawk Court Manassas, VA 20111 703-335-9454 -- 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 -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation: www.oerfoundation.org Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- 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
[WikiEducator] NY Times: Brief mention of WikiEducator
*Get Rid of Print and Go Digital* Hi Everyone, WikiEducator receives a brief mention in a recent opinion piece published in the New York TImes by Anya Kamenetz (Author of *Generation Debt *and *DIY U: * Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education) See: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/7/25/the-real-cost-of-college-textbooks/eliminate-print-textbooks-go-digital Way to go WikiEducator! WE should be particularly proud of this mention because the lesson cited originated in Kenya under the ground breaking FLOSS4EDU project on WikiEducator. Viva Africa -- Viva! Cheers Wayne -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation: www.oerfoundation.org Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- 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
Re: [WikiEducator] Re: WE ambassador
Hi All, I seemed to recall that Commonwealth of Learning had some resources on Disaster Management, so I did a search on Google - and voila! http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8sourceid=navclientgfns=1q=commonwealth+of+learning+disaster+management Seems like a good start! - Randy On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Shekhar, I suggest that you consider creating a Disaster Management portal page for developing OER on this important theme. Keep the main list posted on what you're trying to do. Here are some instructions on how to create a portal page on WikiEducator: http://wikieducator.org/Create_and_institutional_OER_portal_page (Instead of an institution - -create your hub around Disaster Management or something similar. A good starting point could be a search to find out if there are any existing OERs on the theme (Licensed as CC-BY or CC-BY-SA). WIth your passion and significance of the this topic - -I'm sure that WE can build a thriving hub. Keep up the good work! Cheers Wayne On 27 July 2010 00:20, shekhar sharma rsvp2shek...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Wayne who should I approach for collaboration on this project at OER. I am not a teacher but very passionate about this project and hope to put this at the disposal of communities across the world. Take care shekhar On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Shekhar, That's a great community OER project! There are no special requirements to become a WikiAmbassor -- just a commitment to promote WikiEducator as a platform for free educational resources, collaborative development and global network-building :-) All you need is to be logged into WikiEducator with your username, go to the link below, hit edit and add your name. http://wikieducator.org/WikiAmbassador#List_of_ambassadors_for_WikiEducator Cheers Wayne On Jul 26, 12:39 pm, shekhar sharma rsvp2shek...@gmail.com wrote: Hi How do I add my name for contributing to the cause as wiki Ambassador? I would like to be a WE ambassador to promote WE. I want this platform to be used for helping the communities in the event of Natural and Man-made Disasters. We have seen in the recent past the Earthquakes, Tsunamis and the events like 9/11 which require efforts and help of skilled workers. Going by your Mission and Vision I visualize that as your next target in communities project. I want to promote and be an advocate to get online training on Disaster Preparedness no matter where people are living as it can strike anywhere. There is a good amount of training material available with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Red Cross and its affiliates plus dozens of other humanitarian aid organizations other than UN organizations. A noble project like WE can play a big role to bring those trainings to the communities even with limited resources because it is as important as being literate and self sustained. I have tried adding my name as Ambassador through the link provided but it did not work. *I think I now know why as I was not following the instructions properly.* I should have posted the request here to the group for approval. Well this is what I can bring to the table and work proactively for making communities safer, prepared and self sustained. -- Shekhar Sharma 9437 Black Hawk Court Manassas, VA 20111 703-335-9454 -- 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 -- Shekhar Sharma Ambassador Wikieducator 9437 Black Hawk Court Manassas, VA 20111 703-335-9454 -- 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 -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation: www.oerfoundation.org Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- 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
Re: [WikiEducator] Re: WE ambassador
Hi Randy, I recall the development -- but sadly the materials don't meet the requirements of the free cultural works definition :-(. So we can't use the materials -- However, the course contents provide a good framework and it would be great is our community could create a free (libre) version for the world to share! Cheers Wayne On 27 July 2010 13:43, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I seemed to recall that Commonwealth of Learning had some resources on Disaster Management, so I did a search on Google - and voila! http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8sourceid=navclientgfns=1q=commonwealth+of+learning+disaster+management Seems like a good start! - Randy On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Shekhar, I suggest that you consider creating a Disaster Management portal page for developing OER on this important theme. Keep the main list posted on what you're trying to do. Here are some instructions on how to create a portal page on WikiEducator: http://wikieducator.org/Create_and_institutional_OER_portal_page (Instead of an institution - -create your hub around Disaster Management or something similar. A good starting point could be a search to find out if there are any existing OERs on the theme (Licensed as CC-BY or CC-BY-SA). WIth your passion and significance of the this topic - -I'm sure that WE can build a thriving hub. Keep up the good work! Cheers Wayne On 27 July 2010 00:20, shekhar sharma rsvp2shek...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Wayne who should I approach for collaboration on this project at OER. I am not a teacher but very passionate about this project and hope to put this at the disposal of communities across the world. Take care shekhar On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Shekhar, That's a great community OER project! There are no special requirements to become a WikiAmbassor -- just a commitment to promote WikiEducator as a platform for free educational resources, collaborative development and global network-building :-) All you need is to be logged into WikiEducator with your username, go to the link below, hit edit and add your name. http://wikieducator.org/WikiAmbassador#List_of_ambassadors_for_WikiEducator Cheers Wayne On Jul 26, 12:39 pm, shekhar sharma rsvp2shek...@gmail.com wrote: Hi How do I add my name for contributing to the cause as wiki Ambassador? I would like to be a WE ambassador to promote WE. I want this platform to be used for helping the communities in the event of Natural and Man-made Disasters. We have seen in the recent past the Earthquakes, Tsunamis and the events like 9/11 which require efforts and help of skilled workers. Going by your Mission and Vision I visualize that as your next target in communities project. I want to promote and be an advocate to get online training on Disaster Preparedness no matter where people are living as it can strike anywhere. There is a good amount of training material available with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Red Cross and its affiliates plus dozens of other humanitarian aid organizations other than UN organizations. A noble project like WE can play a big role to bring those trainings to the communities even with limited resources because it is as important as being literate and self sustained. I have tried adding my name as Ambassador through the link provided but it did not work. *I think I now know why as I was not following the instructions properly.* I should have posted the request here to the group for approval. Well this is what I can bring to the table and work proactively for making communities safer, prepared and self sustained. -- Shekhar Sharma 9437 Black Hawk Court Manassas, VA 20111 703-335-9454 -- 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 -- Shekhar Sharma Ambassador Wikieducator 9437 Black Hawk Court Manassas, VA 20111 703-335-9454 -- 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 -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation: www.oerfoundation.org Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Founder and Community Council
Re: [WikiEducator] Re: WE ambassador
Another possibility is to approach the copyright holders and try to negotiate release of a version for WIkiEducator under a free (libre) content license. Cheers Wayne On 27 July 2010 13:51, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Wayne, I went to the source, and checked - http://www.col.org/RESOURCES/CRSMATERIALS/VUSSCCRSMAT/Pages/DisasterMgt.aspx There is a NC' - non commercial restriction. You raise a good point, that the table of contents and course contents DO provide a good framework for resource development in this area. - Randy On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Randy, I recall the development -- but sadly the materials don't meet the requirements of the free cultural works definition :-(. So we can't use the materials -- However, the course contents provide a good framework and it would be great is our community could create a free (libre) version for the world to share! Cheers Wayne On 27 July 2010 13:43, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I seemed to recall that Commonwealth of Learning had some resources on Disaster Management, so I did a search on Google - and voila! http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8sourceid=navclientgfns=1q=commonwealth+of+learning+disaster+management Seems like a good start! - Randy On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Shekhar, I suggest that you consider creating a Disaster Management portal page for developing OER on this important theme. Keep the main list posted on what you're trying to do. Here are some instructions on how to create a portal page on WikiEducator: http://wikieducator.org/Create_and_institutional_OER_portal_page (Instead of an institution - -create your hub around Disaster Management or something similar. A good starting point could be a search to find out if there are any existing OERs on the theme (Licensed as CC-BY or CC-BY-SA). WIth your passion and significance of the this topic - -I'm sure that WE can build a thriving hub. Keep up the good work! Cheers Wayne On 27 July 2010 00:20, shekhar sharma rsvp2shek...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Wayne who should I approach for collaboration on this project at OER. I am not a teacher but very passionate about this project and hope to put this at the disposal of communities across the world. Take care shekhar On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Shekhar, That's a great community OER project! There are no special requirements to become a WikiAmbassor -- just a commitment to promote WikiEducator as a platform for free educational resources, collaborative development and global network-building :-) All you need is to be logged into WikiEducator with your username, go to the link below, hit edit and add your name. http://wikieducator.org/WikiAmbassador#List_of_ambassadors_for_WikiEducator Cheers Wayne On Jul 26, 12:39 pm, shekhar sharma rsvp2shek...@gmail.com wrote: Hi How do I add my name for contributing to the cause as wiki Ambassador? I would like to be a WE ambassador to promote WE. I want this platform to be used for helping the communities in the event of Natural and Man-made Disasters. We have seen in the recent past the Earthquakes, Tsunamis and the events like 9/11 which require efforts and help of skilled workers. Going by your Mission and Vision I visualize that as your next target in communities project. I want to promote and be an advocate to get online training on Disaster Preparedness no matter where people are living as it can strike anywhere. There is a good amount of training material available with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Red Cross and its affiliates plus dozens of other humanitarian aid organizations other than UN organizations. A noble project like WE can play a big role to bring those trainings to the communities even with limited resources because it is as important as being literate and self sustained. I have tried adding my name as Ambassador through the link provided but it did not work. *I think I now know why as I was not following the instructions properly.* I should have posted the request here to the group for approval. Well this is what I can bring to the table and work proactively for making communities safer, prepared and self sustained. -- Shekhar Sharma 9437 Black Hawk Court Manassas, VA 20111 703-335-9454 -- 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 -- Shekhar Sharma Ambassador
Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Nomenclature for WikiMaster
It is really interesting to follow all the different views and for me personally, there are seveal aspects that seems to ring true. They are: 1. While I think Carol has a point in pointing out the gender specific word Master, there are several thoughts I have I would like to share: On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Sebastian Panakal sebastianpana...@gmail.com wrote: I am watching the variety of ideas, interesting discussions and the enjoying thrill of being in WE community. Let there be more. I have not made up my mind yet... On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I am pleased to see the diversity and breadth of discussion - and many new voices. It is a credit to our mutual efforts, that WikiEducator and OER are reaching more and more people, and providing opportunities for substantive discourse and content creation, and sharing. Bravo! - Randy On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 5:15 AM, minh mcCloy mizm...@gmail.com wrote: *I have often used the criteria of novice, apprentice, journeyman, master with k-6 kids in the context of skill acquisition. Not once has either the master or journeyMAN been an issue with the kids- they don't see it. Sometimes however a visiting adult will impose their acquired prejudice on the kids insist on discussing/commenting on the practice. It induces a lot of shrugging in the kids as the attempt to see what issue is there.* * * *It is my feminism that makes me want claim words that are useful or stylish or quaint or incongruous for general use. On the other hand I have a real fondness for the word aviatrix - so singular, so little opportunity to use it. But if I could aviate I think I would call myself an aviatrix :D - thus declare my mastery of the skies - me Amelia Erheart.* * * *:)* *minh * On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:45 PM, MALLAMIBRO mallami...@gmail.comwrote: Hi All, With due respect to all the female members of WE, i feel the WikiMaster conveys the intended meaning for that level of attainment. Ibrahim Oyekanmi On 7/25/10, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Carol, Yes, -- the way we do this is in WikiEducator is through the process of a Community Workgroup --- There is a policy which guides the establishment of workgroups and the procedures for decisions which have a community wide impact. See: http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:WikiEducator_Workgroups/Guidelines Clearly there is community interest relating to the nomenclature of the WIkimaster typology and given that there is already an existing workgroup, this would be the best vehicle to take a community decision and plan for the implementation. Work would be done transparently in the wiki with regular updates on the community list. In this way -- anyone with a substantive interest in the topic will be free to add their views and help shape and implement any decisions which are taken. This is an issue falling within the ambit of an operational guideline and would not require approval from Council to be implemented -- which is the reason Council approved the policy for workgroups - -that is a process for the community to take decisions. Next step is to get the nomenclature question into the charter for this workgroup and move forward. Cheers Wayne On 26 July 2010 12:14, Carol carolcoopertay...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting discussion. Is there any way Wayne to put this out to the whole WikiEducator community so we get a wide range of views? Cheers Carol On Jul 26, 5:17 am, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm OK with the nomenclature as is. As Jan and others have indicated, by using the term master as we do, even recognizing that our intent refers to the idea of mastery, we continue the process of changing its meaning to include women. I like the idea of reclaiming language to suit our current needs. As far as I can tell, there are no identified wikimasters. It is more important to me that both men and women are sufficiently represented in the upper certification levels. I added a note with a link to this discussion on the Workgroup:Wikimaster_criteria http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:Wikimaster_criteriapage on WE. Good discussion, Alisonhttp://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus 2010/7/25 ESPHIT Andrés Aurelio Alarcón Tique esp...@gmail.com Hellow every body I have also the feeling that there is no matters than affect people using generic names regarding our genders, some of name come from history and customes In spanish there names had been lateley reformed to be also female, but they don´t sounds good I´ll prefer the used name. in english is easy to use generic names without think in genders Best Regards Andres Aurelio 2010/7/25 Jan Visser
Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Nomenclature for WikiMaster
Sorry, hit the sent button too early, my fingers were fast (;-))) So in continuation of my thoughts, this is what I would like to share: a. While Carol definitely has a point in pointing out the gender insensitive word Master (it would be the same vice versa, namely, if the WikiMaster programme would be called WikiMistress, I am pretty sure our male population would object (smile!) b. I also think that the wikiMASTER programme should be looked at like a degree, a recognition for completing certain tasks and assignment to showcase wikiskills 'mastered/not mistressed. Like a Bachelor of Arts (not Bachelorette of Arts) or a Master Degree in whatever you want it to be (not a Mistress Degree). Several ideas were supported and naturally, our own cultures come into play, so WikiGuru naturally finds its home in mostly Asian environments but Champion, like I suggest, would be something chosen over here. I think if we are to change the naming convention for the wikimaster programme, we would need to find something gender neutral. Just my thoughts reading all the comments. Cheers, Patricia On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Patricia Schlicht patri...@oerfoundation.org wrote: It is really interesting to follow all the different views and for me personally, there are seveal aspects that seems to ring true. They are: 1. While I think Carol has a point in pointing out the gender specific word Master, there are several thoughts I have I would like to share: On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Sebastian Panakal sebastianpana...@gmail.com wrote: I am watching the variety of ideas, interesting discussions and the enjoying thrill of being in WE community. Let there be more. I have not made up my mind yet... On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.comwrote: Hi All, I am pleased to see the diversity and breadth of discussion - and many new voices. It is a credit to our mutual efforts, that WikiEducator and OER are reaching more and more people, and providing opportunities for substantive discourse and content creation, and sharing. Bravo! - Randy On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 5:15 AM, minh mcCloy mizm...@gmail.com wrote: *I have often used the criteria of novice, apprentice, journeyman, master with k-6 kids in the context of skill acquisition. Not once has either the master or journeyMAN been an issue with the kids- they don't see it. Sometimes however a visiting adult will impose their acquired prejudice on the kids insist on discussing/commenting on the practice. It induces a lot of shrugging in the kids as the attempt to see what issue is there. * * * *It is my feminism that makes me want claim words that are useful or stylish or quaint or incongruous for general use. On the other hand I have a real fondness for the word aviatrix - so singular, so little opportunity to use it. But if I could aviate I think I would call myself an aviatrix :D - thus declare my mastery of the skies - me Amelia Erheart.* * * *:)* *minh * On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:45 PM, MALLAMIBRO mallami...@gmail.comwrote: Hi All, With due respect to all the female members of WE, i feel the WikiMaster conveys the intended meaning for that level of attainment. Ibrahim Oyekanmi On 7/25/10, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Carol, Yes, -- the way we do this is in WikiEducator is through the process of a Community Workgroup --- There is a policy which guides the establishment of workgroups and the procedures for decisions which have a community wide impact. See: http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:WikiEducator_Workgroups/Guidelines Clearly there is community interest relating to the nomenclature of the WIkimaster typology and given that there is already an existing workgroup, this would be the best vehicle to take a community decision and plan for the implementation. Work would be done transparently in the wiki with regular updates on the community list. In this way -- anyone with a substantive interest in the topic will be free to add their views and help shape and implement any decisions which are taken. This is an issue falling within the ambit of an operational guideline and would not require approval from Council to be implemented -- which is the reason Council approved the policy for workgroups - -that is a process for the community to take decisions. Next step is to get the nomenclature question into the charter for this workgroup and move forward. Cheers Wayne On 26 July 2010 12:14, Carol carolcoopertay...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting discussion. Is there any way Wayne to put this out to the whole WikiEducator community so we get a wide range of views? Cheers Carol On Jul 26, 5:17 am, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I'm OK with the nomenclature as is. As Jan and others have indicated, by using the term
