[WikiEducator] Re: Building a sustainable WE OER Textbook initiative

2008-12-06 Thread Maria Droujkova
I'd like to describe a system we have started to develop in the family multiplication study. The reusable objects there are small according to The reusability paradox: http://web.archive.org/web/20041019162710/http://rclt.usu.edu/whitepapers/paradox.htmlEach object (or, to using the discover the

[WikiEducator] Re: Edublog awards 2008

2008-12-06 Thread chela5808
I voted Cheers Gladys Gahona http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Chela5808

[WikiEducator] Re: Building a sustainable WE OER Textbook initiative

2008-12-06 Thread Wayne
Hi Maria, That's a fascinating project. Do you have any links to any examples of the activities families develop? Do the families produce resources/handouts that are used in the learning activities? What tools do families use to generate and share the activities? I quickly scanned the list

[WikiEducator] Re: Building a sustainable WE OER Textbook initiative

2008-12-06 Thread Randy Fisher
Hi Guys, This is such a fascinating discussion... Is there any way to package this - and use it as the basis of some learning materials for a course on something :-) It's just such great dialogue I'm wondering how we can give it more life than simply in the google group.. - Randy On

[WikiEducator] Teachers Should Be Trained for Free (South Africa news article)

2008-12-06 Thread Randy Fisher
Hi Everyone, I came across this news item (December, 2008) in the Independent Online, from South Africa) Teachers should be trained for free in order to try to close SA's current 20 000-plus teacher shortfall, the SA Council of Educators said on Thursday. Considering the low levels of intake

[WikiEducator] Re: Teachers Should Be Trained for Free (South Africa news article)

2008-12-06 Thread Wayne
Hi Randy, Teacher education is a huge challenge -- particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. I think there are ways in which the WikiEducator community can help. A couple of thoughts - 1. With considerable surprise and celebration :-) -- I now see that the Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

[WikiEducator] Re: Building a sustainable WE OER Textbook initiative

2008-12-06 Thread Maria Droujkova
I think we could package parts of it as small learning objects for people to develop further. I see several so far: 1 - roles of textbooks and comparison to other entities 2 - content and instructional design as two dimensions of learning 3 - emergent pedagogies structurally different from each

[WikiEducator] Fwd: TQF for FOSS Education

2008-12-06 Thread aprasad
-- Forwarded message -- From: Wayne Mackintosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Dec 7, 2008 1:34 AM Subject: Re: TQF for FOSS Education To: WikiEd-INDIA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Anil, I agree -- having a TQF for FOSS is an excellent idea. I won't necessarily be easy -- getting the FOSS