Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?
I love it! WOLA! Joyce McKnight-wikieducator@googlegroups.com wrote: -To: wikieducator@googlegroups.comFrom: Don <armchair.sailor...@gmail.com>Sent by: wikieducator@googlegroups.comDate: 05/22/2012 12:14AMSubject: Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?Hooray for WOLA!On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Anil Prasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: 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: The nomination Wikieducator Open Learning Academy (WOLA) got nineteen (19) votes The nomination WikiEducator Academy got 15 votes 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 regardsAnil 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 ofbusinesson 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 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:1Cast your vote regarding the proposed scope of the initiative Section 2Your opinion regarding specific reference to "WikiEducator" in the proposed name for the initiative Section 3Your 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 projectand arrive at a logical conclusion while selecting the name. Technology related instructions: You will need aWikiEducator accountand 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 displa
Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?
Hooray for WOLA! On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Anil Prasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: 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 pagehttp://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College/Community_pollhas 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 projecthttp://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College and arrive at a logical conclusion while selecting the name. *Technology related instructions*: - You will need a WikiEducator accounthttp://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
[WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?
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 pagehttp://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College/Community_pollhas 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 projecthttp://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College and arrive at a logical conclusion while selecting the name. *Technology related instructions*: - You will need a WikiEducator accounthttp://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
[WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?
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 pagehttp://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College/Community_pollhas 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 projecthttp://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College and arrive at a logical conclusion while selecting the name. *Technology related instructions*: - You will need a WikiEducator accounthttp://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
[WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?
Fantastic Job. Kudos to Anil and the team of volunteers taking open education forward to new levels! I've cast my consensus poll votes at: http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College/Community_poll/Poll.12.5.12 All WikiEducators should do the same :-) Looking forward to seeing the outcome of our community consultation. W On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:42 PM, 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 pagehttp://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College/Community_pollhas 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 projecthttp://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College and arrive at a logical conclusion while selecting the name. *Technology related instructions*: - You will need a WikiEducator accounthttp://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 -- Wayne Mackintosh http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg, Ph.D. 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, WikiEducatorhttp://www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg | identi.cahttp://identi.ca/waynemackintosh Wikiblog http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg/Blog -- 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: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?
Dear friends, This is a gentle reminder. Nominations for a name for the proposed WikiEductor community college can be submitted till the closing of business on 10 May, 2012 in your time zone. The nominations can either be added directly on the WikiEducator Community college poll page at http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College/Community_poll by editing the section ‘List of Nominations’ or as reply to this mail. The community poll will be activated once nominations are closed. We are planning to have the final decision on the name by May 15, 2012. Draft Overview and Objectives of the proposed community college can be seen at http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College Your comments on this will also be highly appreciated. Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 5:48 PM, 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 -- -- 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: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?
Hi friends, just now another name struck my mind - WIKIEDUCATOR INSTITUTE FOR OPEN SKILLS (WINFOS) Free and Open Source is also hidden in the acronym :) -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Anil Prasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, This is a gentle reminder. Nominations for a name for the proposed WikiEductor community college can be submitted till the closing of business on 10 May, 2012 in your time zone. The nominations can either be added directly on the WikiEducator Community college poll page at http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College/Community_poll by editing the section ‘List of Nominations’ or as reply to this mail. The community poll will be activated once nominations are closed. We are planning to have the final decision on the name by May 15, 2012. Draft Overview and Objectives of the proposed community college can be seen at http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College Your comments on this will also be highly appreciated. Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 5:48 PM, 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 -- -- 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: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?
Hi all I added *I*nstitute *4* *W*iki*E*ducators mostly because of the *I 4 WE* acronym But, it does not encorporate Open On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Anil Prasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Hi friends, just now another name struck my mind - WIKIEDUCATOR INSTITUTE FOR OPEN SKILLS (WINFOS) Free and Open Source is also hidden in the acronym :) -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Anil Prasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, This is a gentle reminder. Nominations for a name for the proposed WikiEductor community college can be submitted till the closing of business on 10 May, 2012 in your time zone. The nominations can either be added directly on the WikiEducator Community college poll page at http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College/Community_poll by editing the section ‘List of Nominations’ or as reply to this mail. The community poll will be activated once nominations are closed. We are planning to have the final decision on the name by May 15, 2012. Draft Overview and Objectives of the proposed community college can be seen at http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College Your comments on this will also be highly appreciated. Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 5:48 PM, 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 -- -- 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
Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?
could be Institute 4 Open WikiEducators ... mostly because of the I 4 OWE acronym ... but i love all the others as well ... Happy with whatever people decide – just looking forward to hopefully getting some time to DO! Cheers Kathleen From: Don Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:48 AM To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College? Hi all I added Institute 4 WikiEducators mostly because of the I 4 WE acronym But, it does not encorporate Open On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Anil Prasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Hi friends, just now another name struck my mind - WIKIEDUCATOR INSTITUTE FOR OPEN SKILLS (WINFOS) Free and Open Source is also hidden in the acronym :) -- Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Anil Prasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, This is a gentle reminder. Nominations for a name for the proposed WikiEductor community college can be submitted till the closing of business on 10 May, 2012 in your time zone. The nominations can either be added directly on the WikiEducator Community college poll page at http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College/Community_poll by editing the section ‘List of Nominations’ or as reply to this mail. The community poll will be activated once nominations are closed. We are planning to have the final decision on the name by May 15, 2012. Draft Overview and Objectives of the proposed community college can be seen at http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator_Community_College Your comments on this will also be highly appreciated. Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 5:48 PM, 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 -- -- 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
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-Original Message- From: Patricia Schlicht pschli...@col.org Sender: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 09:53:00 To: wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com Reply-To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Cc: wikieducator@googlegroups.com 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 -Original Message- From: wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com [mailto:wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of cornelia.muga...@out.ac.tz Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 8:41 AM To: wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com Cc: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [WE Teacher Collaboration] Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College? 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. -wikieducator@googlegroups.com wrote: - 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
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 -Original Message- From: wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com [mailto:wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of cornelia.muga...@out.ac.tz Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 8:41 AM To: wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com Cc: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [WE Teacher Collaboration] Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College? 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. -wikieducator@googlegroups.com wrote: - 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
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I'd prefer WikiEducator Academy. Regards Supten -- *Prof. Suptendra Nath Sarbadhikari*, MBBS, PhD Founder and Director, Supten Institute, Coimbatore, India Visiting Professor in Health Informatics, Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh Email: sup...@supten-institute.org Associate Editor: Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformaticshttp://www.springer.com/new+%26+forthcoming+titles+%28default%29/journal/13721?detailsPage=editorialBoard[Springer, 2011-2014] Associate Editor: International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare (IJUDH)http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-user-driven-healthcare/41022 Former Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Medical Informaticshttp://ijmi.org/index.php/ijmi/about/editorialTeam[2007-2010] Former (Founder) Editor, ACM SIGHIT Record http://www.sighit.org/record/ [2011] Chair, and, Chair-Education Committee, HL7 Indiahttp://hl7india.org/OurTeam.aspx [2011-13] The Vice President, Indian Association for Medical Informaticshttp://iami.org.in/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=97Itemid=188[2011-13] Supten Institute http://supten-institute.org/ Supten Institute e-Learning site http://supten-institute.net/moodle/ Supten Institute Wikihttp://supten-institute.wikispaces.com/ Personal Home Page http://sites.google.com/site/supten/ On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:01 AM, 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
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Dear All, I like the ideas out forth so far, but would like to suggest that we think of the name as a recruiting tool as well--for example: what terms might an individual, interested in what we offer, use on a search engine that would lead them to us. I suggest that for those who are not familiar with wikieducator the name may lead them to believe this has something to do with wikis. I do think the name needs to contain the term open, but perhaps college is too strong a term? How about something like Open Education Academy or International Academy in Open Education? Ellen Sent from my iPad On May 2, 2012, at 1:32 AM, 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: The Objectives of the Community College Would be to: conduct L4C as a regular course conduct regular courses on Open Licensing provide regular mentoring and certification services for wiki skills development provide opportunity to the community members to request mentoring of experienced community memebrs provide facility for conducting pedagogical experiments/ run pilot courses for OERu implementation and more. 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 The registered tutors/mentors wold elect an Academic Council for a 2 or three year term The Academic Council will Coordinate the functions of the Community College The Academic Council will prepare Academic Calender for each
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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
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I like both of those Ellen...they are more descriptive, less confusing and define what this is about. :-) JMcK-wikieducator@googlegroups.com wrote: -To: "wikieducator@googlegroups.com" wikieducator@googlegroups.comFrom: ellen.mur...@esc.eduSent by: wikieducator@googlegroups.comDate: 05/02/2012 07:05AMCc: "Wayne Mackintosh" mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com, "WikiEducator" wikieducator@googlegroups.com, "wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com" wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com, "wikieducator-t...@googlegroups.com" wikieducator-t...@googlegroups.comSubject: Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?Dear All,I like the ideas out forth so far, but would like to suggest that we think of the name as a recruiting tool as well--for example: what terms might an individual, interested in what we offer, use on a search engine that would lead them to us. I suggest that for those who are not familiar with "wikieducator" the name may lead them to believe this has something to do with wikis. I do think the name needs to contain the term "open", but perhaps "college" is too strong a term? How about something like Open Education Academy or International Academy in Open Education?EllenSent from my iPadOn May 2, 2012, at 1:32 AM, "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 withhumorthat the name is bound to confuse:) Therefore let us finalize a name through arough 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 andWikiEducator Academy - from Dr. WayneHi 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 formalaccreditationoptions for these training opportunities through the OERu network in conjunction with open badges for selected initiatives." Hurry up!!! --Warm regardsAnilhttp://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, thatformalizingtheinitiativetoo 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 formalaccreditationoptions for these training opportunities through the OERu network in conjunction with open badges for selected initiatives. Great idea!WayneOn 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 theWikiBuddy 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 threecolleagues 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: The Objectives of the Community College Would be to:conduct L4C as a regular courseconduct regular courses on Open Licensingprovide regular mentori
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I have another thought, how about WikiEducator People's Academy, if this is what the consensus will be? It could be replaced with Institute or College as well. Just brainstorming. Warmest Patricia From: wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com [mailto:wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anil Prasad Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 11:21 AM To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com; wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-fo...@googlegroups.com Subject: [WE Teacher Collaboration] Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College? 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 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. -wikieducator@googlegroups.com wrote: - 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 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
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Dear Friends , I'm new and inexperienced but seeing these brainstorming session as said above ,let me put my suggestion too . How about WikiEducator Open Academy or WikiEducator Open Institute? On 5/2/12, Anil Prasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: 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. -wikieducator@googlegroups.com wrote: - 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.comwrote: 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
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Hi All, 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. -wikieducator@googlegroups.com wrote: - 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.comwrote: 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
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Hi All, WikiEducator Open Institute 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. -wikieducator@googlegroups.com wrote: - 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.comwrote: 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
[WikiEducator] Re: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?
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 -- Wayne Mackintosh http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg, Ph.D. 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, WikiEducatorhttp://www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter http://twitter.com/#%21/Mackiwg | identi.cahttp://identi.ca/waynemackintosh Wikiblog http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg/Blog -- 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: Shall we establish a WikiEducator Community College?
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 -- Wayne Mackintosh http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg, Ph.D. Director OER Foundation http://www.oerfoundation.org Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic Commonwealth of
