[WikiEducator] Workshop at ANDC

2009-05-12 Thread Savithri Singh
Hi All, We've started another workshop at ANDC. Hope some of you will say hello to the new participants!! Thanks for the encouragement. Savithri -- Dr. Savithri Singh Principal Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi) Govindpuri, Kalkaji New Delhi 110 019 Tel: 2629 4542, 2629 3224,

[WikiEducator] Re: Workshop at ANDC

2009-05-12 Thread NELLIE DEUTSCH
That's wonderful news. Keep up the excellent work. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction You are invited to join educators for a free 5-day online workshop on how to integrate technology into the classroom and collaborate with educators

[WikiEducator] Re: Community update - WikiEducator, OER Foundation etc.

2009-05-12 Thread Maria Droujkova
Are there studies on what populations prefer one way or another? I suspect it depends on personal technology history and general programming experience. In my very limited experience, most programmers prefer wiki code and most people without other programming experience prefer WYSIWYG. I also

[WikiEducator] Re: Community update - WikiEducator, OER Foundation etc.

2009-05-12 Thread john stampe
I would note that there actually is a third group of users (in addition to programmers and non-programmers) and that is what is often called power users (I would include myself in that group). By that I mean people who are not programmers (with the exception of shell scripts), but you like to

[WikiEducator] Re: May UPE is Declan McCabe

2009-05-12 Thread Randy Fisher
Hi All, Yes, indeed. So much of being a WikiEducator is about 'learning by doing', and 'modelling the way' ~ and Declan, you have set a very high standard. Congratulations! - Randy On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Declan,

[WikiEducator] Re: Community update - WikiEducator, OER Foundation etc.

2009-05-12 Thread Gladys Gahona
Even we use the FCK editor, knowing the whole markup languages available in mediawiki platform is necessary. I have found the platform very rich and powerfull and don't think there is a unique editor capable to make the whole job. I like FCK editor, I want to mention it produces HTML code... no

[WikiEducator] Re: Community update - WikiEducator, OER Foundation etc.

2009-05-12 Thread Randy Fisher
Hi All, In my view, the purpose of the WYSIWYG option, is to remove (1) a barrier to entry; and (2) an objection to using the wiki. Once people get the 'hang of the wiki', and more into the 'community' then they may be more likely to want to check 'under the hood'. This could also be an area for

[WikiEducator] Re: Workshop at ANDC

2009-05-12 Thread Gladys Gahona
Hi Savitri, Are they categorized? Where I can find them? Warm wishes 2009/5/12 NELLIE DEUTSCH nellie.muller.deut...@gmail.com That's wonderful news. Keep up the excellent work. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction You are

[WikiEducator] Re: Workshop at ANDC

2009-05-12 Thread Randy Fisher
Hi Savithri, Good news to hear that enthusiasm for WikiEd is taking hold! I took a look at the WikiEducator stats for India (one of the world's most populous countries), and WE are among the top 38,000 websites. There are a number of measures of success, and I wanted to alert you to this

[WikiEducator] Re: Workshop at ANDC

2009-05-12 Thread Savithri Singh
Not yet. Will get them categorised under ANDC later today. Thanks. Savithri 2009/5/12 Gladys Gahona gladysgah...@gmail.com Hi Savitri, Are they categorized? Where I can find them? Warm wishes 2009/5/12 NELLIE DEUTSCH nellie.muller.deut...@gmail.com That's wonderful news. Keep up the