Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored
Hi Joyce, Appreciate the feedback. Thanks. It does appear that guidelines for collaboration would be a useful contribution to our support resources. (With apology for the use of acronyms -- sometimes we get so immersed in the topic, we forget to use words ;-) -- just in case you haven't solved the letters: RTE - Rich text editor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_rich-text_editor ) WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG) Cheers Wayne On 9 February 2010 07:49, joyce.mckni...@esc.edu wrote: Yes, I think it would be very helpful to have very simple guidelines for collaboration. I have been finding it hard to find my way around in wikieducator almost because there is too much information...I also wish that you would spell out things that are symbolized by letters at least in the first mention in each e-mail. I need words not letters for understanding. Joyce *Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com* Sent by: wikieducator@googlegroups.com 02/08/2010 02:00 PM ZE12Please respond towikieduca...@googlegroups.com To wikieducator@googlegroups.com cc bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNY Subject Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored Alison, Randy The implementation of RTE will also impact on our training and support initiatives. We're in the final stages of polishing a set of revised RTE help tutorials to be used for WikiEducators who prefer WYSIWYG editing. I agree -- we must continue to find creative ways to help and support educators to collaborate. The implementation of RTE removes a barrier to participation. I think this is also going to save considerable teaching time in our training efforts. The time we save in teaching standard wiki syntax can now be reinvested into helping WikiEducators become more collaborative. The wiki model is a new approach for the vast majority of our new users. For example: - 61.5% of new users indicate that WikiEducator is their first wiki account -- i.e. they have not created a wiki account on any other wiki - 65.7% of new users rate their wiki skills and competence to edit a wiki as Beginner (which which corresponds with the figure above.) To be fair, learning to collaborate in a wiki can be daunting for a newbie. Apart from learning how to edit, you need to know how to find collaborating partners, what tools / or wiki features support collaboration, what are the protocols and ethics around wiki collaboration etc. Would it make sense for us to develop a tutorial(s) on how to collaborate in WikiEducator? Would newbies find this useful? In this regard, I've just posted an email to our team of Learning4Content facilitators (as well as a copy of my message in the wiki). See: * http://wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_rich_text_editor_tutorials/Planning_for_restructuring/reconfiguring_the_L4C_curriculum#Wayne.27s_note_to_L4C_facilitors_.288_Feb_2010.29 * . Be keen to hear your thoughts. Cheers Wayne On 8 February 2010 14:25, Alison Snieckus *alison.sniec...@gmail.com* wrote: Congrats to Jim on the effective move. Well done. RTE is a powerful and wonderful addition. And glad to know that some formerly hard edges have a smoother finish. Randy, I agree that small groups working together is something that we should work on. I'm going to be looking for opportunities to join in on on-going projects. I think this is one way we can start to be more collaborative. Alison *http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus* On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Randy Fisher *wikira...@gmail.com* wrote: Hi All, Savithri - you're right indeed. We've removed a barrier to entry. What would be a great next step, is to get individuals to cluster into small groups, to support each other in the development of their respective OERs. - Randy -- 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 *wikieduca...@googlegroups.com* To unsubscribe from this group, send email to *wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com* -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, *www.wikieducator.org* Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: *http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg* Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: *http://www.wikieducator.org* To visit the discussion forum: * http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator* To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored
Thanks Wayne...so in practical terms for those of us using wikieducator these changes means that we don't have to have the wiki sheet close by when we make changes, is that right...and so when I go to my page I just change what I want? Is that right. By the way, thanks so much for attending the round table last Friday...I hope that the connection between Terry Redding and you works out well...world learning day or whatever it is called sounds great. J.Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.comSent by: wikieducator@googlegroups.com02/09/2010 07:25 AM ZE12Please respond towikieduca...@googlegroups.comTo wikieducator@googlegroups.comcc bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNYSubject Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored Hi Joyce,Appreciate the feedback. Thanks. It does appear that guidelines for collaboration would be a useful contribution to our support resources.(With apology for the use of acronyms -- sometimes we get so immersed in the topic, we forget to use words ;-) -- just in case you haven't solved the letters:RTE - Rich text editor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_rich-text_editor)WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG )CheersWayneOn 9 February 2010 07:49, joyce.mckni...@esc.edu wrote:Yes, I think it would be very helpful to have very simple guidelines for collaboration. I have been finding it hard to find my way around in wikieducator almost because there is too much information...I also wish that you would spell out things that are symbolized by letters at least in the first mention in each e-mail. I need words not letters for understanding. JoyceWayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.comSentby: wikieducator@googlegroups.com02/08/201002:00 PM ZE12Please respond towikieduca...@googlegroups.comTo wikieducator@googlegroups.comcc bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNYSubject Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored Alison, RandyThe implementation of RTE will also impact on our training and support initiatives. We're in the final stages of polishing a set of revised RTE help tutorials to be used for WikiEducators who prefer WYSIWYG editing. I agree -- we must continue to find creative ways to help and support educators to collaborate. The implementation of RTE removes a barrier to participation. I think this is also going to save considerable teaching time in our training efforts. The time we save in teaching standard wiki syntax can now be reinvested into helping WikiEducators become more collaborative. The wiki model is a new approach for the vast majority of our new users. For example:61.5% of new users indicate that WikiEducator is their first wiki account -- i.e. they have not created a wiki account on any other wiki65.7% of new users rate their wiki skills and competence to edit a wiki as Beginner (which which corresponds with the figure above.)To be fair, learning to collaborate in a wiki can be daunting for a newbie. Apart from learning how to edit, you need to know how to find collaborating partners, what tools / or wiki features support collaboration, what are the protocols and ethics around wiki collaboration etc. Would it make sense for us to develop a tutorial(s) on how to collaborate in WikiEducator? Would newbies find this useful? In this regard, I've just posted an email to our team of Learning4Content facilitators (as well as a copy of my message in the wiki). See: http://wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_rich_text_editor_tutorials/Planning_for_restructuring/reconfiguring_the_L4C_curriculum#Wayne.27s_note_to_L4C_facilitors_.288_Feb_2010.29 . Be keen to hear your thoughts.CheersWayneOn 8 February 2010 14:25, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.com wrote:Congrats to Jim on the effective move. Well done. RTE is a powerful and wonderful addition. And glad to know that some formerly hard edges have a smoother finish.Randy, I agree that small groups working together is something that we should work on. I'm going to be looking for opportunities to join in on on-going projects. I think this is one way we can start to be more collaborative.Alisonhttp://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckusOn Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote:Hi All,Savithri - you're right indeed.We've removed a barrier to entry.What would be a great next step, is to get individuals to cluster into small groups, to support each other in the development of their respective OERs.- Randy-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the GoogleGroups WikiEducator group.To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.orgTo visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducatorTo post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.comTo unsubscribe from this group, send email towikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com-- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D.Director,International Centre for Open Education,Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand.Board of Directors, OER Foundation.Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org
Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored
Hi Joyce, Thanks for the invite to attend your round table virtually -- I enjoyed sharing thoughts and ideas with colleagues in the US. Yip -- in practical terms, using the Rich Text Editor (RTE) means that you will be able to use the majority of text formatting features without the need to use the wiki syntax. So you can leave the wiki cheat sheet at home :-). Give it a try and let us know what you think. Here are a few instructions to launch the RTE: http://wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_rich_text_editor_tutorials/Editing_basics/Edit_mode Cheers Wayne On 9 February 2010 08:30, joyce.mckni...@esc.edu wrote: Thanks Wayne...so in practical terms for those of us using wikieducator these changes means that we don't have to have the wiki sheet close by when we make changes, is that right...and so when I go to my page I just change what I want? Is that right. By the way, thanks so much for attending the round table last Friday...I hope that the connection between Terry Redding and you works out well...world learning day or whatever it is called sounds great. J. *Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com* Sent by: wikieducator@googlegroups.com 02/09/2010 07:25 AM ZE12Please respond towikieduca...@googlegroups.com To wikieducator@googlegroups.com cc bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNY Subject Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored Hi Joyce, Appreciate the feedback. Thanks. It does appear that guidelines for collaboration would be a useful contribution to our support resources. (With apology for the use of acronyms -- sometimes we get so immersed in the topic, we forget to use words ;-) -- just in case you haven't solved the letters: RTE - Rich text editor (* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_rich-text_editor*) WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get (* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG* ) Cheers Wayne On 9 February 2010 07:49, *joyce.mckni...@esc.edu* wrote: Yes, I think it would be very helpful to have very simple guidelines for collaboration. I have been finding it hard to find my way around in wikieducator almost because there is too much information...I also wish that you would spell out things that are symbolized by letters at least in the first mention in each e-mail. I need words not letters for understanding. Joyce *Wayne Mackintosh **mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com*** Sent by: *wikieduca...@googlegroups.com* 02/08/2010 02:00 PM ZE12Please respond *towikieduca...@googlegroups.com* To *wikieduca...@googlegroups.com* cc bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNY Subject Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored Alison, Randy The implementation of RTE will also impact on our training and support initiatives. We're in the final stages of polishing a set of revised RTE help tutorials to be used for WikiEducators who prefer WYSIWYG editing. I agree -- we must continue to find creative ways to help and support educators to collaborate. The implementation of RTE removes a barrier to participation. I think this is also going to save considerable teaching time in our training efforts. The time we save in teaching standard wiki syntax can now be reinvested into helping WikiEducators become more collaborative. The wiki model is a new approach for the vast majority of our new users. For example: - 61.5% of new users indicate that WikiEducator is their first wiki account -- i.e. they have not created a wiki account on any other wiki - 65.7% of new users rate their wiki skills and competence to edit a wiki as Beginner (which which corresponds with the figure above.) To be fair, learning to collaborate in a wiki can be daunting for a newbie. Apart from learning how to edit, you need to know how to find collaborating partners, what tools / or wiki features support collaboration, what are the protocols and ethics around wiki collaboration etc. Would it make sense for us to develop a tutorial(s) on how to collaborate in WikiEducator? Would newbies find this useful? In this regard, I've just posted an email to our team of Learning4Content facilitators (as well as a copy of my message in the wiki). See: * http://wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_rich_text_editor_tutorials/Planning_for_restructuring/reconfiguring_the_L4C_curriculum#Wayne.27s_note_to_L4C_facilitors_.288_Feb_2010.29 * . Be keen to hear your thoughts. Cheers Wayne On 8 February 2010 14:25, Alison Snieckus *alison.sniec...@gmail.com* wrote: Congrats to Jim on the effective move. Well done. RTE is a powerful and wonderful addition. And glad to know that some formerly hard edges have a smoother finish. Randy, I agree that small groups working together is something that we should work on. I'm going to be looking for opportunities to join in on on-going projects. I think this is one way we can start to be more collaborative. Alison *http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus* On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Randy Fisher *wikira
Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored
Hi Jim and Dr. Wayne, Congrats! On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jim, On behalf of the WikiEducator family --- a BIG thank your for your technical leadership, guidance and support in moving the data centre, upgrading the installation and the implementation of rich text editing. Our Bouquet this week definitely belongs to our Lead Software Engineer of the OER Foundation and WE community. WYSIWYG editing is going to take collaborative OER development to a new level. We're very excited about rich text editing going live. Our thanks for a smooth and painless transition. Cheers Wayne On 7 February 2010 13:16, Jim Tittsler j...@oerfoundation.org wrote: The data center move and software update is (mostly) complete. You should be able to resume editing all of the WikiEducator language instances. (I see some people already are. :-) I've done some simple testing (both human and automated), and the key features I use are working. But I know that WikiEducator is a large community that doubtlessly uses the site(s) in ways that I don't. If you find something that appears broken, *please* let us know either by: - stopping by the web chat (see the left panel of the wiki or use a standard IRC client to visit irc.freenode.net and join the #wikieducator channel) - mailing the wikieducator-t...@googlegroups.com list - mailing me directly - registering on http://tech.wikieducator.net/ and creating a trouble ticket With all of the software updates and faster hardware, I think this is a good move for our community. The most user visible feature is the addition of the optional rich text editor, but several other rough edges have been sanded down and we've added another bit of redundancy to our content backup scheme. Thanks everyone for your patience and help during the testing and move, Jim WikiEducator tech group -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Warm regards Anil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored
Thanks Jim. We'll sure be able to get more people into the OER loop. Congrats Wayne. Savithri On 7 February 2010 16:29, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jim and Dr. Wayne, Congrats! On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jim, On behalf of the WikiEducator family --- a BIG thank your for your technical leadership, guidance and support in moving the data centre, upgrading the installation and the implementation of rich text editing. Our Bouquet this week definitely belongs to our Lead Software Engineer of the OER Foundation and WE community. WYSIWYG editing is going to take collaborative OER development to a new level. We're very excited about rich text editing going live. Our thanks for a smooth and painless transition. Cheers Wayne On 7 February 2010 13:16, Jim Tittsler j...@oerfoundation.org wrote: The data center move and software update is (mostly) complete. You should be able to resume editing all of the WikiEducator language instances. (I see some people already are. :-) I've done some simple testing (both human and automated), and the key features I use are working. But I know that WikiEducator is a large community that doubtlessly uses the site(s) in ways that I don't. If you find something that appears broken, *please* let us know either by: - stopping by the web chat (see the left panel of the wiki or use a standard IRC client to visit irc.freenode.net and join the #wikieducator channel) - mailing the wikieducator-t...@googlegroups.com list - mailing me directly - registering on http://tech.wikieducator.net/ and creating a trouble ticket With all of the software updates and faster hardware, I think this is a good move for our community. The most user visible feature is the addition of the optional rich text editor, but several other rough edges have been sanded down and we've added another bit of redundancy to our content backup scheme. Thanks everyone for your patience and help during the testing and move, Jim WikiEducator tech group -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Warm regards Anil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- डॉक्टर सावित्री सिंह प्रधानाचार्य आचार्य नरेन्द्र देव कॉलेज ( दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय ) गोविन्दपुरी, कालकाजी नयी दिल्ली 110019 Dr. Savithri Singh Principal Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi) Govindpuri, Kalkaji New Delhi 110 019 Tel: 2629 4542, 2629 3224, 2641 2547 Fax: (011) 2629 4540 Res: 2584 8151 2584 97862584 3496 http://eduframe.net/andc http://andcollege.du.ac.in http://wikieducator.org/Acharya_Narendra_Dev_College http://wikieducator.org/User:Savi.odl http://wikieducator.org/India http://wikieducator.org/India/wikieducator_launch http://www.slideshare.net/singh.savithri P Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. Spread environmental awareness. -- 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] WikiEducator service restored
Hi All, Savithri - you're right indeed. We've removed a barrier to entry. What would be a great next step, is to get individuals to cluster into small groups, to support each other in the development of their respective OERs. - Randy On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Savithri Singh singh.savit...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks Jim. We'll sure be able to get more people into the OER loop. Congrats Wayne. Savithri On 7 February 2010 16:29, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jim and Dr. Wayne, Congrats! On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jim, On behalf of the WikiEducator family --- a BIG thank your for your technical leadership, guidance and support in moving the data centre, upgrading the installation and the implementation of rich text editing. Our Bouquet this week definitely belongs to our Lead Software Engineer of the OER Foundation and WE community. WYSIWYG editing is going to take collaborative OER development to a new level. We're very excited about rich text editing going live. Our thanks for a smooth and painless transition. Cheers Wayne On 7 February 2010 13:16, Jim Tittsler j...@oerfoundation.org wrote: The data center move and software update is (mostly) complete. You should be able to resume editing all of the WikiEducator language instances. (I see some people already are. :-) I've done some simple testing (both human and automated), and the key features I use are working. But I know that WikiEducator is a large community that doubtlessly uses the site(s) in ways that I don't. If you find something that appears broken, *please* let us know either by: - stopping by the web chat (see the left panel of the wiki or use a standard IRC client to visit irc.freenode.net and join the #wikieducator channel) - mailing the wikieducator-t...@googlegroups.com list - mailing me directly - registering on http://tech.wikieducator.net/ and creating a trouble ticket With all of the software updates and faster hardware, I think this is a good move for our community. The most user visible feature is the addition of the optional rich text editor, but several other rough edges have been sanded down and we've added another bit of redundancy to our content backup scheme. Thanks everyone for your patience and help during the testing and move, Jim WikiEducator tech group -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Warm regards Anil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- डॉक्टर सावित्री सिंह प्रधानाचार्य आचार्य नरेन्द्र देव कॉलेज ( दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय ) गोविन्दपुरी, कालकाजी नयी दिल्ली 110019 Dr. Savithri Singh Principal Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi) Govindpuri, Kalkaji New Delhi 110 019 Tel: 2629 4542, 2629 3224, 2641 2547 Fax: (011) 2629 4540 Res: 2584 8151 2584 97862584 3496 http://eduframe.net/andc http://andcollege.du.ac.in http://wikieducator.org/Acharya_Narendra_Dev_College http://wikieducator.org/User:Savi.odl http://wikieducator.org/India http://wikieducator.org/India/wikieducator_launch http://www.slideshare.net/singh.savithri P Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. Spread environmental awareness. -- 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
RE: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored
Thank you, Jim for all your hard work, commitment and dedication to WE. It means a lot to all of us Cheers, Patricia From: wikieducator@googlegroups.com [mailto:wikieduca...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Mackintosh Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:18 PM To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored Hi Jim, On behalf of the WikiEducator family --- a BIG thank your for your technical leadership, guidance and support in moving the data centre, upgrading the installation and the implementation of rich text editing. Our Bouquet this week definitely belongs to our Lead Software Engineer of the OER Foundation and WE community. WYSIWYG editing is going to take collaborative OER development to a new level. We're very excited about rich text editing going live. Our thanks for a smooth and painless transition. Cheers Wayne On 7 February 2010 13:16, Jim Tittsler j...@oerfoundation.org wrote: The data center move and software update is (mostly) complete. You should be able to resume editing all of the WikiEducator language instances. (I see some people already are. :-) I've done some simple testing (both human and automated), and the key features I use are working. But I know that WikiEducator is a large community that doubtlessly uses the site(s) in ways that I don't. If you find something that appears broken, *please* let us know either by: - stopping by the web chat (see the left panel of the wiki or use a standard IRC client to visit irc.freenode.net and join the #wikieducator channel) - mailing the wikieducator-t...@googlegroups.com list - mailing me directly - registering on http://tech.wikieducator.net/ and creating a trouble ticket With all of the software updates and faster hardware, I think this is a good move for our community. The most user visible feature is the addition of the optional rich text editor, but several other rough edges have been sanded down and we've added another bit of redundancy to our content backup scheme. Thanks everyone for your patience and help during the testing and move, Jim WikiEducator tech group -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- 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] WikiEducator service restored
Congrats to Jim on the effective move. Well done. RTE is a powerful and wonderful addition. And glad to know that some formerly hard edges have a smoother finish. Randy, I agree that small groups working together is something that we should work on. I'm going to be looking for opportunities to join in on on-going projects. I think this is one way we can start to be more collaborative. Alison http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Savithri - you're right indeed. We've removed a barrier to entry. What would be a great next step, is to get individuals to cluster into small groups, to support each other in the development of their respective OERs. - Randy -- 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] WikiEducator service restored
Alison, Randy The implementation of RTE will also impact on our training and support initiatives. We're in the final stages of polishing a set of revised RTE help tutorials to be used for WikiEducators who prefer WYSIWYG editing. I agree -- we must continue to find creative ways to help and support educators to collaborate. The implementation of RTE removes a barrier to participation. I think this is also going to save considerable teaching time in our training efforts. The time we save in teaching standard wiki syntax can now be reinvested into helping WikiEducators become more collaborative. The wiki model is a new approach for the vast majority of our new users. For example: - 61.5% of new users indicate that WikiEducator is their first wiki account -- i.e. they have not created a wiki account on any other wiki - 65.7% of new users rate their wiki skills and competence to edit a wiki as Beginner (which which corresponds with the figure above.) To be fair, learning to collaborate in a wiki can be daunting for a newbie. Apart from learning how to edit, you need to know how to find collaborating partners, what tools / or wiki features support collaboration, what are the protocols and ethics around wiki collaboration etc. Would it make sense for us to develop a tutorial(s) on how to collaborate in WikiEducator? Would newbies find this useful? In this regard, I've just posted an email to our team of Learning4Content facilitators (as well as a copy of my message in the wiki). See: http://wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_rich_text_editor_tutorials/Planning_for_restructuring/reconfiguring_the_L4C_curriculum#Wayne.27s_note_to_L4C_facilitors_.288_Feb_2010.29. Be keen to hear your thoughts. Cheers Wayne On 8 February 2010 14:25, Alison Snieckus alison.sniec...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats to Jim on the effective move. Well done. RTE is a powerful and wonderful addition. And glad to know that some formerly hard edges have a smoother finish. Randy, I agree that small groups working together is something that we should work on. I'm going to be looking for opportunities to join in on on-going projects. I think this is one way we can start to be more collaborative. Alison http://wikieducator.org/User:ASnieckus On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Savithri - you're right indeed. We've removed a barrier to entry. What would be a great next step, is to get individuals to cluster into small groups, to support each other in the development of their respective OERs. - Randy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
[WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored
The data center move and software update is (mostly) complete. You should be able to resume editing all of the WikiEducator language instances. (I see some people already are. :-) I've done some simple testing (both human and automated), and the key features I use are working. But I know that WikiEducator is a large community that doubtlessly uses the site(s) in ways that I don't. If you find something that appears broken, *please* let us know either by: - stopping by the web chat (see the left panel of the wiki or use a standard IRC client to visit irc.freenode.net and join the #wikieducator channel) - mailing the wikieducator-t...@googlegroups.com list - mailing me directly - registering on http://tech.wikieducator.net/ and creating a trouble ticket With all of the software updates and faster hardware, I think this is a good move for our community. The most user visible feature is the addition of the optional rich text editor, but several other rough edges have been sanded down and we've added another bit of redundancy to our content backup scheme. Thanks everyone for your patience and help during the testing and move, Jim WikiEducator tech group -- 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] WikiEducator service restored
Congrats and Thanks Jim! Rob On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Jim Tittsler j...@oerfoundation.org wrote: The data center move and software update is (mostly) complete. You should be able to resume editing all of the WikiEducator language instances. (I see some people already are. :-) I've done some simple testing (both human and automated), and the key features I use are working. But I know that WikiEducator is a large community that doubtlessly uses the site(s) in ways that I don't. If you find something that appears broken, *please* let us know either by: - stopping by the web chat (see the left panel of the wiki or use a standard IRC client to visit irc.freenode.net and join the #wikieducator channel) - mailing the wikieducator-t...@googlegroups.com list - mailing me directly - registering on http://tech.wikieducator.net/ and creating a trouble ticket With all of the software updates and faster hardware, I think this is a good move for our community. The most user visible feature is the addition of the optional rich text editor, but several other rough edges have been sanded down and we've added another bit of redundancy to our content backup scheme. Thanks everyone for your patience and help during the testing and move, Jim WikiEducator tech group -- 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 -- Robert Kruhlak North Vancouver, BC CANADA (M) +1 778 230 1875 (E) kru...@gmail.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] WikiEducator service restored
Hi Jim, On behalf of the WikiEducator family --- a BIG thank your for your technical leadership, guidance and support in moving the data centre, upgrading the installation and the implementation of rich text editing. Our Bouquet this week definitely belongs to our Lead Software Engineer of the OER Foundation and WE community. WYSIWYG editing is going to take collaborative OER development to a new level. We're very excited about rich text editing going live. Our thanks for a smooth and painless transition. Cheers Wayne On 7 February 2010 13:16, Jim Tittsler j...@oerfoundation.org wrote: The data center move and software update is (mostly) complete. You should be able to resume editing all of the WikiEducator language instances. (I see some people already are. :-) I've done some simple testing (both human and automated), and the key features I use are working. But I know that WikiEducator is a large community that doubtlessly uses the site(s) in ways that I don't. If you find something that appears broken, *please* let us know either by: - stopping by the web chat (see the left panel of the wiki or use a standard IRC client to visit irc.freenode.net and join the #wikieducator channel) - mailing the wikieducator-t...@googlegroups.com list - mailing me directly - registering on http://tech.wikieducator.net/ and creating a trouble ticket With all of the software updates and faster hardware, I think this is a good move for our community. The most user visible feature is the addition of the optional rich text editor, but several other rough edges have been sanded down and we've added another bit of redundancy to our content backup scheme. Thanks everyone for your patience and help during the testing and move, Jim WikiEducator tech group -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wikieducator-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
