[WikiEducator] International collaboration -- Open content licensing project

2010-10-25 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi everyone. The OER Foundation, OCW Consortium and Creative Commoners have started a project to develop guidelines to help educators take informed decisions on open content licensing. We also aim to develop a short online workshop which will be freely available for all educators around the

[WikiEducator] Re: assessment content (was Re: Polls)

2010-10-25 Thread James Salsman
Are there any WikiEducators who agree with Joshua that GIFT needs further formalization before endorsement? I strongly disagree. Further delay on endorsing GIFT would do a huge disservice to the education and wiki communities. I've been involved in the standardization efforts on this topic for

[WikiEducator] Re: assessment content (was Re: Polls)

2010-10-25 Thread James Salsman
P.S. For on my blog I meant to write on his blog sorry. On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:47 PM, James Salsman jsals...@gmail.com wrote: Are there any WikiEducators who agree with Joshua that GIFT needs further formalization before endorsement? I strongly disagree. Further delay on endorsing GIFT

Re: [WikiEducator] Re: assessment content (was Re: Polls)

2010-10-25 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi James, I would imagine that the majority of WikiEducators would welcome increased functionality for the inclusion of learner activities, quizes etc. Just a heads up that many participants on this list are more interested in the OER than the technology underneath the hood - -so feedback and

[WikiEducator] iDevices translations

2010-10-25 Thread David Leeming
Sorry if this has been covered... Is it possible for WikiEducators to create new iDevices (pedagogic templates)? I wish to provide a set in Marovo language for this project http://wikieducator.org/Patukae_College/OER_Reef_and_Rainforest_wiki_in_Maro vo_Language David Leeming

RE: [WikiEducator] Lesson plans for Reef and Rainforest

2010-10-25 Thread David Leeming
Hi Wayne, One final touch... can I add something to the input box code so it creates the page under a specified page? Currently it saves it in the root. I'd prefer the long prefix not to be visible in the input window.

Re: [WikiEducator] iDevices translations

2010-10-25 Thread aprasad
Hi David, You are most welcome. Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:17 AM, David Leeming da...@leeming-consulting.com wrote: Sorry if this has been covered... Is it possible for WikiEducators to create new iDevices (pedagogic

Re: [WikiEducator] Lesson plans for Reef and Rainforest

2010-10-25 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi David, Not sure we can achieve this -- A page is created using the name specified in the text area of the input box. You may want to think about adding a category into your preload text to assist in finding resources. Cheers Wayne On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 5:01 PM, David Leeming

Re: [WikiEducator] iDevices translations

2010-10-25 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Yes, It is possible to create new pedagogical templates -- typically using the translated name for the template. I'd suggest creating a page for Marovo pedagogical templates -- perhaps something like this: http://wikieducator.org/Quickstart_guide/pedagogical_templates Create a new template for