Re: [WikiEducator] Sensitization
Wayne, just curious. Do you know if the course will use Moodle as the LMS?? -Derek. Derek Chirnside http://lits.gen.nz - +64 21 511 303 Sent from mobile which may (or may not) explain typos and non sequiturs. On 15/07/2013, at 5:59 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Elizabeth, The e-learning in Kenya event looks great! I'm perfectly jealous that I won't be able to attend :-( Unfortunately -- we can't change the dates for the Scenario Planning for Educators (SP4Ed) course - -there are already participants from +20 countries and the course is running in parallel mode with a scheduled post-graduate course at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. (SP4Ed participants will be joining postgraduate students at the University of Canterbury for this free online course as part of their studies -- should be fun.) The SP4Ed course materials are designed for asynchronous delivery - so attendees at the e-Learning Kenya will be able to register and participate. All materials are accessible online and participants can work through the materials at times which are convenient for their own schedules. I provide more details below including a link to a poster which you can download. Would appreciate your help in distributing the announcement through your networks. Wayne Scenario planning for educators (SP4Ed) is a free micro Open Online Learning Course (mOOC) offered by the e-Learning Research Lab at the University of Canterbury in collaboration with the OER Foundation. This two week course will simulate the scenario planning process for navigating uncertain education futures. Register today. This is an important prototype for the OERu network. The University of Canterbury is the first OERu partner to be offering a mOOC in parallel mode as a subcomponent of the postgraduate course Change with Digital Technologies in Education. This will offer our network the opportunity to experiment with the technologies and challenges associated with running a course within an institutional learning management system in parallel with the open version hosted on WikiEducator. We will be trialling the integration of LMS hosted discussion forums with the public interaction tools. When: 29 July - 9 August 2013 Where: Online Cost: Free Registration: Open Download poster for SP4Ed 2013.07 On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Elizabeth Mbasu mbasu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Wawire. 29th July is among great days for e-learning in Kenya. http://elearning-innovations.com/registration/ Is it possible for this date to be changed? On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 1:22 PM, wawire christopher wctop...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everybody, we are urging every body to uptake the up coming course on scenario planning for educators scheduled for 29th July and the Open Content Licensing for Educators on 4th September. In Kenya we are mobilizing teachers on the same; sensitizing and distributing posters to schools. Any one in Kenya can join this initiative if you need any advice please don't hesitate to contact me. Warm regards Wawire Christopher wctop...@gmail.com +254726805552 -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wikieducator+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wikieducator+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic Commonwealth of Learning Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic Founder and elected Community Council Member, WikiEducator Mobile +64 21 2436 380 Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter | identi.ca Wikiblog -- -- You received this message because you
[WikiEducator] No publisher is doing what we’re d oing
Noticed this from the SCoPE conversations via Nick Noakes: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/wilson-free-biology-textbook/ Maybe a little extravagent in their claims? I'd also wonder at the total accuracy of all their statements. But interesting. Some other sad comments on competition . . $10M I wonder is this value for money? A small extract: By no “small matter,” Patterson means money. Completing the book’s chapters, laced with high-end interactive animations and video interviews with Nobel laureates, could cost as much as $10 million. “No publisher is doing what we’re doing, which is developing, from scratch, a serious digital textbook,” Patterson said. He added that only $1 million of that funding — half of it from Life Technologies Foundation — is in place, and the remaining $9 million remains to be seen from private and public donors. “It’s expensive, but once you’re done you can keep it up to date across time, globally, essentially free of charge.” The foundation plans to sell university-level editions for about 10 percent of the cost of the average print textbook, in part to fund that continuous updating. Kindergarten through 12th grade editions will be free. Patterson said the idea is to provide any student in the world unprecedented learning tools, but acknowledged imminent backlash from profit-seeking publishers. Read More http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/wilson-free-biology-textbook/#ixzz13YIY6SeA -- 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] Musing on Moderation
MUSINGS ON MODERATION (again) Just delete if you are not interested. Wayne, we are pretty spam free. We have the message This list supports the WikiEducator project. So we know you are not a Spam Bot, please say something about why you want to join this list and mention by name WikiEducator. Thanks in the signup statement, but . . . people still don't make this mention. What should we do about this comment (from 5 minutes ago in a joining request): I'd like to join because I'm interested in ICT teacher training. Address seems plausable. Seems a plausable sort of post. Doesn't mention Wikieducator, we -are- trying to cater for all groups, some people may not even know what a spam bot is, some people may have no idea about WE (etc) so it is a judgement call whether we 'approve' or not. I'm happy to be liberal and have a few approvals that shouldn't be to avoid not approving deserving cases. A few. That's my view at the moment. -Derek On 24 June 2010 21:41, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, Do not follow the links in a recent post by Eleanore Van Guilder in a recent post -- this is SPAM that slipped through the groups Spam prevention mechanisms. The post has been deleted from the Website, the account has been banned from our list and I have reported the Spam to Google groups. Cheers Wayne -- 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 -- 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] Re-used content
I've had a chat with Randy and a quick email from Wayne. I'm looking for a way to duplicate content. Scenario: In a physics page, *and* a page on ESOL I want to include the same content on active learning. I can use a template - this is a bit clutsy. I an include a subpage as in the portal template, but this doesn't work for inserting content in two pages. Is there an alternatve? -Derek -- 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] Re: Nibipedia
50% of the screen in the first video I looked at was advertising from Amazon. http://www.nibipedia.com/app.html?view=playlistchannel=nibipediaplaylist=CE6291E9BD6A97CF -Derek From Derek Chirnside. 2009/2/7 Leigh Blackall leighblack...@gmail.com Can nibipedia take Blip.tv as well? The reason I ask is because Blip.tv (and others) support Creative Commons licensing. Also, can nibipedia facilitate the download of a video for offline viewing? SImilar to software like Miro etc... we really need these two features. On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 4:12 AM, Troy Peterson (Nibipedia.com) troyapeter...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there, I just happened across your comment. The answer to your question is 'yes' nibipedia CAN talk to other wiki's and databases. We have just added Amazon book nibs and are considering the next databases to connect. We are also looking for more educators for our beta group. Thos educators will be able to add videos they like from Youtube to a nibipedia playlist. Troy On Jan 18, 7:35 pm, Maria Droujkova droujk...@gmail.com wrote: A seemingly happy marriage between Youtube and Wikipedia: http://www.nibipedia.com Can it easily talk to other wikis? Hmmm, interesting possibilities, don't you think? -- Cheers, MariaD Make math your own, to make your own math. http://www.naturalmath.comsocial math sitehttp://www.phenixsolutions.comempowering our innovations -- -- Leigh Blackall +64(0)21736539 skype - leigh_blackall SL - Leroy Goalpost http://learnonline.wordpress.com http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Bangaldeshi Translation Needed
A little off topic. I have a talk to do soon. I wish to put the text up on WE with a Bangledeshi translation. Not too many words Teacher education, Professional development, learning theories. I'd like the main bullet points and a few key concepts translated. Any suggestions? -Derek --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Open Educational Psych Text.
From my Physics Educators list today, news of a free Ed Psych text - the second one down at this address. http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/books From the site: *This books lays the foundation for prospective teachers to learn about various teaching methodologies and covers material typically found in many teacher training programs.* Some good debate recently on the list, mainly about the quality of the detail. There are a few other text there as well --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: !!RE: [WikiEducator] Re: Another Milestone
and the state (and everything in between). As for the Transnational Qualification Framework. Anil, Peter and myself have had interesting discussions about TQF on this list. I must say again, I don't see TQF relating (yet) to the concerns I have about words to the effect of one curriculum (which is where this thread started from - relating to the Wikipedia article about Wikieducator). TQF (if done well) should be able to support many curricula including ones that have not formed yet, and include any subject area. There was a little bit of concern back in the early TQF thread when someone started stating that some forms of knowledge are redundant and should not be included in a TQF, and this is where it starts to go wrong. But over all, the idea of developing an assessment framework that aids the strengthening of new knowledge, the easier migration of people, and an exchange of ideas.. this is certainly something that is attractive. But over stating that, or developing something that has an impact of people's ideas about curricula, or the establishment of new forms of knowledge, or the squashing of old forms, this is something to watch out for every step of the way. I'm not sure I agree with John Stampe's organising principles based on his experience in software development. The thing is with software development or collaborative editing is that there are trade-offs. You want a product (software, text, learning tools, etc.) that is open to new ideas, new features, and new approaches. One the other hand you need somebody (a maintainer in open software circles) who will maintain direction and purpose to the project. In my experience there has in fact been very very little actual collaborative editing on Wikieducator - and this is a good thing in many ways. Yet we continue to refer to collaborative editing as one of the key organising principles for Wikieducator. Instead, we have a networked model. Again I would refer to the video of Stephen Downes articulating his thoughts about the tension between groups and networkshttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4126240905912531540, where I sit more comfortably in the zone of networked participant, and I think it is a more realistic organising principle for Wikieducator. The distribution and re-networking of information and communication is different (I think) to software development. To use the software development analogy that John has reintroduced: the information and communication development (that we might just call content for now) exists in 100s of thousands of folks, and those folks are converged from time to time to form nodes (as Maria explains). Those nodes build up and/or disappear. Very rarely (never) do they converge to make one (although Maria desires it). It is kind of the opposite to software development, and so far it is opposite to Wikieducator. I myself have been following the collaborative editing promise and software development analogy (sharing in Maria's desire for one thing), but increasingly I'm becoming more and more uncomfortable with it as I find myself centralising and struggling with grouped thinking and tradeoffs. On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:12 AM, Chris Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your asking something different. Originally you were talking about naming. Disambiguation would probably be a good example of this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation For a good example of multiple pages from different points of view about the same concept perhaps look at this page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_education Or perhaps portals like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_portal Anyway, I should be in bed, I'll try to find more info tommorow if your not satisfied. Warm Regards Chris On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Maria Droujkova [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris, Can you please point me in the direction of some good examples? I want to see multiple pages from different points of view about the same concept. On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:51 AM, Chris Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Names stand for ideas, so there will be the one and the only page about constructivism and math and multiplication in any wiki. This is wrong, in an encyclopedia or dictionary this may be true. Warm regards Chris Harvey chris.superuser.com.au -- Cheers, MariaD I write, 'In the beginning was the Deed!' - Goethe, Faust naturalmath.com: a sketch of a social math site groups.google.com/group/naturalmath: a mailing list about math maker activities -- -- Leigh Blackall +64(0)21736539 skype - leigh_blackall SL - Leroy Goalpost http://learnonline.wordpress.com http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall -- From Derek Chirnside. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http
[WikiEducator] Gallery for pics
I've figured out how to find all the images uploaded by a person, is there a way to show these as a gallery so I can look at them? I just want to see all the images I have uploaded. And to choose one quickly. -Derek --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: This is well aligned with WE
I'm going to have a look at this. There is a possibility - only slight - of this being quite innovative. It's long been established (as in 15 years or more) that scope and sequence in Physics instruction is very significant, possibly more significant than in some other subjects. 1. ie concepts first seems better than maths first. 2. Motion seems better than energy first. 3. Dynamics benefits from certain other bits preceding it. 4. Creation of and immersion in models benefits concept development. These are NOT the way standard texts approach the subject. this could be great - Maybe a multiple pathway text for non-physics majors (like nurses) Linked with marvelous animations and youtube videos of significant events (like Neil Armstrong on the moon dropping the feather and the hammer) (Why thay flew a hammer to the moon I am unsure) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5_dOEyAfkfeature=related -Derek 2008/9/11 Leigh Blackall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Virginia Announces Physics 'Flexbook' Solicitation–Request for Collaboration calls for assistance in development of open source physics Flexbook One for Wikibooks too On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 5:52 AM, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Particularly given the last line of the news release; The compiled or authored material will be available under the Creative Commons by Attribution Share–Alike license. BIG smile On Sep 10, 10:50 am, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.technology.virginia.gov/TechnologyNews/index.cfm?id=770 Cheers -- -- Leigh Blackall +64(0)21736539 skype - leigh_blackall SL - Leroy Goalpost http://learnonline.wordpress.com -- From Derek Chirnside. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: Should we turn off LQT
I agree also. Turn it off in the meantime. -Derek 2008/8/19 Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] I believe this is a community discussion we should have. Should we turn off LQT until it is fixed? I have just again been frustrated by LQT to the point where I think it makes WE unusable as a collaborative tool. Even though I have my options set to be emailed when there are discussions I am involved I never receive emails from LQT. I also just caught up with over a months LQT threads I was involved because they never showed up as messages waiting. I consider this to cause WE to be unusable. particularly in comparison with just regular talk pages. I consider a feature that causes me to drill though other discussion pages to stay up to date with things as unusable. Can we turn LQT off until the recently requested fixes have been put into place? By just turning it off we won't lose any discussions (hopefully LQT is smart enough to allow us to still read the content, but I doubt it) or could we parse the LQT db and put the LQT discussion into a regular wiki page so it is still available. Hopefully this reverting back to regular talk pages will move the google group discussions back into the WE pages where they should be... Sincerely, Peter -- From Derek Chirnside. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[WikiEducator] Re: [Wikiversity-l] WYSIWIG editor
Wow. I have three days away from any internet and come back to another swag of posts in this dialogue. My original comment to brent: ==Point taken Brent. BUT: Why not an editor to do something at this level. 1) not break wiki markup 2) give access to all else doing the basic 90% stuff. I know my audience. Six things is too much for much of my audience. It's cognitive overload: for some, if you have to concentrate on markup, you loose the plot for the writing. == Brent's reply: hmmm... at some point everyone (well at least most of your audience) learnt how and when to use the following: commas, semicolons, quotes, exclamation marks, parenthesis, question marks, and full-stops to designate structure to sentences. I don't buy it. A couple of million editors of another wiki didn't either. == Point taken Brent (although I will reply to this comment separately), but I think I didn't quite make myself clear. (A post bashed off as I went out the door on holiday. . .) Text entry is key - this is where the ideas and the hard work meet. Formatting is different. It is a different act. Especially the tables bit. What I think could turn the tide for my hypothetical users is a WYSIWYG view where 1. you can edit text. (90% of the use??) 2. And add images. 3. And format headings, bold and italic 4. Upload files This means you could see a nice view with tables displayed/images placed right/borders, stylng and lines etc etc etc - which is difficult (or at least more difficult) to edit/visualise in classic MW markup - for most people. You then can just edit/think/type the text bit with no impediment to having to navigate through the MW markup tables stuff. It would help us see through the clutter to the text and just edit it - - - This kind of editor - just a text editor, not a tables editor - should be a piece of cake? -Derek --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
