[WikiEducator] Re: The Transnational Qualifications Framework

2008-08-19 Thread aprasad
Dear Paul, Thank you for the very supportive message from you. From your message I understand that WE community has two options: 1. Use the documents with the same license and without changing the content. 2. If the contents are changed, it should not be referred to as a product of

[WikiEducator] Re: Qualification Framework - 2nd Round Discussions

2008-08-27 Thread aprasad
Dear Paul, I think we require more discussions in this matter. The suggested Qualification Framework node on WE is not to create just another parallel system on WE. On the contrary it envisages triggering the development of National Frameworks in countries where it has not been developed so far

[WikiEducator] Re: Qualification Framework - 2nd Round Discussions

2008-08-27 Thread aprasad
as an informal group that wants to positively influence governments, but I must recommend against trying to take on tasks that are in the jurisdiction of national governments, especially when they have not asked you to do this. Paul -- *From: *aprasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Date

[WikiEducator] Fwd: Development of free content for Post Graduate Programme in HRM

2008-10-20 Thread aprasad
From: Alex P. Real [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Oct 20, 2008 10:04 PM Subject: RE: Development of free content for Post Graduate Programme in HRM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Anil, I understand the rationale though seems rather challenging. Yesterday I roamed through discussions re the TQF as well as

[WikiEducator] Re: Edublog awards 2008

2008-12-04 Thread aprasad
done On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, WikiEducator has made the nomination list for the Best Educational Wiki 2008 on the Edublog awards listing. Thanks to all the bloggers who thought WikiEducator was worthy of a nomination. Now the voting

[WikiEducator] Fwd: TQF for FOSS Education

2008-12-06 Thread aprasad
map national curricula to existing FLOSS certifications? Cheers Wayne On Dec 6, 8:51 am, aprasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well done Savithri ji, Congrats! You are right we have to expand our network in India by connecting those who research and promote FOSS. In Kerala, on 9/12/2008 to 11/12

[WikiEducator] Re: TQF for FOSS Education

2008-12-07 Thread aprasad
:-(. See: http://www.wikieducator.org/CCNC It would be amazing if we could get some coordination going around a TQF for FLOSS. Perhaps the route is to think about how we map national curricula to existing FLOSS certifications? Cheers Wayne On Dec 6, 8:51 am, aprasad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

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

2008-12-07 Thread aprasad
Dear Dr. Wayne, Randy and other friends, Connecting to an earlier thread about the urgent requirement of teacher education in ZA, we have to offer support officially. Before that we require some urgent and very basic preparations. For example, WE has now a very good repository of learning

[WikiEducator] WE e-Newsletter; Technical Discussion

2008-12-09 Thread aprasad
Dear friends, (Please recall earlier discussions of e-Newsletter) I am not that much sound in the technicalities of e-Newsletter, however let me start this discussion with the following note. I understand that we have following options with regards to an eNewsletter. - Text only

[WikiEducator] Free Software Education

2008-12-12 Thread aprasad
*Dear friends at Free Software Foundation,* I am a volunteer educator supporting the www.wikieducator.org project that aims at free and open education curriculum by 2015. I am also a supporter of Free Software movement. I have also participated in the recently concluded FSFS conference at

[WikiEducator] Re: Stallman visits slum computing center

2008-12-15 Thread aprasad
Dear Chris, It is really great. Thanks for sharing. -- Warm regards Anil http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://wikieducator.org/India http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework/Professional_Education/Management/MHRM Skype:

[WikiEducator] User Page Creation

2009-01-28 Thread aprasad
Dear all, The best practice is WE with regards to creation of user pages is to create the same by editing the system created user page link while creating an account. But now it is seen that a lot of members, especially the new members are creating separate user pages and profile pages linked

[WikiEducator] User Page Creation

2009-01-28 Thread aprasad
Dear all, The best practice in WE with regards to creation of user pages is to create the same by editing the system created user page link while creating an account. But now it is seen that a lot of members, especially the new members are creating separate user pages and profile pages linked

[WikiEducator] Re: Profile issues

2009-01-29 Thread aprasad
Hi Declan, I have cheked out {{profiles|}} It is a very helpful template. The message in it is also very accurate. Thanks for this great contribution. -- Warm regards Anil http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://wikieducator.org/India

[WikiEducator] CCNC

2009-02-03 Thread aprasad
Hi new brothers and sisters in our WE family, Commonwealth Computer Navigator's Certificate (CCNC) is a very promising project on WikiEducator. Coinciding with Software Freedom Day 2006 (16 September), Sir John Daniel, President and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), announced plans to

[WikiEducator] Re: CCNC

2009-02-04 Thread aprasad
it will only make limited progress and end up with an inconsistent look and feel, which therefore limits its usability as a learning resource. Just my $0.02 worth. Maybe the time has come where a team will form. Sincerely, Peter On Feb 3, 10:49 pm, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Hi new

[WikiEducator] Re: Please change your user page photo

2009-02-16 Thread aprasad
Hi Leigh, Would you please provide details on 'Stand up against Guilt Upon Accusation for New Zealand' On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Leigh Blackall leighblack...@gmail.comwrote: To this: http://wikieducator.org/Image:Blacked-out.jpg so that it appears like this:

[WikiEducator] Re: Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon) 2009: London, 28th March 2009

2009-02-18 Thread aprasad
Hi Jonathan Gray, Thanks for the information. Hi Dr. Wayne, Is it possible to arrange a wokshop for WE...introduction/familiarisation/invite suggestions on next phaseetc etc. or an exhibition/presentation counter? On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Jonathan Gray jonathan.g...@okfn.orgwrote:

[WikiEducator] Re: WE at freed.in

2009-02-22 Thread aprasad
Hi, it is a good news. We have to make people realize that Online ODL is the promise for the future of education and get people work for WE. Why can't u add it in the news section of India page also... On 2/22/09, Savithri Singh singh.savit...@gmail.com wrote: Freed.in was a conference for and

[WikiEducator] Re: WikiEducator-Gargi at Freed.in Meet

2009-02-22 Thread aprasad
Hi, it is a good news. We have to make people realize that Online ODL is the promise for the future of education and get people work for WE. Why can't u add it in the news section of India page also... On 2/22/09, Patricia Schlicht pschli...@col.org wrote: Thank you for sharing, Gita. This is

[WikiEducator] Re: WikiEducator traffic ranking

2009-02-27 Thread aprasad
Hi Randy and other friends, One solution could be to connect people to WE projects and promote active interactions with in the project groups. Of course first of all we may formalize a community criteria for a project smile On 2/28/09, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, To put

[WikiEducator] Re: Catalogue of available images on WikiEd

2009-03-03 Thread aprasad
Hi Phil, Here is the url http://wikieducator.org/Special:ImageList On 3/3/09, Phil Bartle cmpbar...@gmail.com wrote: Can we have a page of images on WikiEd that we could use for our different purposes? I find it difficult to know what there is and if anything I might use is around. If

[WikiEducator] Re: Catalogue of available images on WikiEd

2009-03-03 Thread aprasad
]] [[Category:Flags]] Comments please... On 3 mar, 22:49, Gladys Gahona gladysgah...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats once more Anil, I'll start ASAP with my own uploaded pictures Thank you for the implementation. Gladys 2009/3/3 aprasad aplett...@gmail.com Dear all, Gladys has

[WikiEducator] Re: Featured user, UPE and QA Framework

2009-03-05 Thread aprasad
Dear Dr. Wayne, I agree with you. We have to make our Home Page - the living room of our online home - more active and dynamic. It should be able to tell about our OER efforts at a glance. Featured used is a good idea to introduce invaluable efforts by individual members and facilitate commitment

[WikiEducator] Re: Volunteers: Working group for Website redesign?

2009-03-05 Thread aprasad
Dear Dr. Wayne and other friends, We may constitute an Editorial board comprising committed experts from different essential areas, that will facilitate consolidation on suggestions on redesign, plan it, implement it and maintain the home page - the living room of our online home - more active

[WikiEducator] Re: Query

2009-03-16 Thread aprasad
Dear Sarita Neeti, Please see the extract from a Wikipedia article on the subject. Some websites saves bandwidth by instructing your web browser to store many parts of the site in its local cache (normally on your hard drive), so that they are downloaded only once. This includes articles you've

[WikiEducator] Re: WE case study for Open Education Course

2009-03-22 Thread aprasad
Dear Dr. Wayne and other friends, Surely, as a trusted body of (online) ODL, we have to take up responsibilities like the present one. -- Warm regards Anil http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://wikieducator.org/India http://wikieducator.org/Qualification_Framework

[WikiEducator] Re: VOTE EARTH

2009-03-29 Thread aprasad
. Warm wishes Gita Mathur http://wikieducator.org/User:Gita_Mathur On Mar 29, 9:29 am, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, It is always a matter of great pleasure for all of us to see that our WE family is rightly responding to and involving in vital social issues. I make

[WikiEducator] India Node on WE - Featured user for April 2009

2009-03-31 Thread aprasad
Dear all, Meet Dr. Ramakrishnan Srinivasan, the featured user for April/2009 on India Node on WikiEducator (http://www.wikieducator.org/India). Let us congratulate Dr. Ramakrishnan. CONGRATULATIONS, DR. RAMAKRISHNAN!!! -- Warm regards Anil http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad

Re: Fwd: [WikiEducator] L4C is making history! - We need your help

2009-03-31 Thread aprasad
Hi Dr. Wayne, it is really a good news On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Wayne Mackintosh wmackint...@col.orgwrote: Hey Gita, Much of our achievement in widening access to L4C is the result of the amazing work done by WikiEducator India -- I'm told that the Indian Government has requested

[WikiEducator] Re: L4C is making history! - We need your help

2009-04-01 Thread aprasad
Definitely, Ms. Patricia's contributions to our family are invaluable. All of us repeat the BIG thanks to her. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Wayne Mackintosh wmackint...@col.orgwrote: Hi Nellie, Yeah -- the kudos belongs to the WIikiEducator community and folk like yourselves who never

[WikiEducator] Re: a question of copyright

2009-04-06 Thread aprasad
Dear Phil, It depends on the (implied smile) terms and conditions under which the journal accepts and publishes articles. Legally, you have to refer those conditions before sharing them again. Alternatively, in future cases, you can insist a suitable open license for you articles when you give

[WikiEducator] India Page Featured user May/2009

2009-04-30 Thread aprasad
Dear all, Dr. Gita Mathur (http://wikieducator.org/User:Gita_Mathur) is the featured user of India page (www.wikieducator.org/India) of WikiEducator for May/2009. Let us Congratulate Dr. Gita Mathur. -- Warm regards Anil http://wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://wikieducator.org/India

[WikiEducator] Re: Launching WikiEducator Germany

2009-05-04 Thread aprasad
It is a great moment, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM! On 5/5/09, Patricia Schlicht pschli...@col.org wrote: Dear Friends, Likewise, I would like to follow in Jorge’s, Gladys’, Ben’s and Ricardo’s footsteps and announce the launch of WikiEducator Germany, a work in progress

[WikiEducator] Re: June's UPE is Phil Bartle

2009-06-03 Thread aprasad
HI DEAR PHIL, CONGRATULATIONS! On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Gita Mathur gita.mat...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Phil Congratulations for UPE Award. Warm wishes Gita - Dr. Gita Mathur gita.mat...@gmail.com Associate Professor of Botany Gargi College (University of Delhi) Siri Fort

[WikiEducator] Re: Current events page

2009-06-23 Thread aprasad
Thank you Ms.Valerie, let us build it together On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:01 PM, valerie vtay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Anil A WE Currents events page is a wonderful idea. Thanks. On Jun 22, 9:51 pm, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: While we discuss the future strategies for WikiEducator

[WikiEducator] Nomination for User Page Expo Award - Halim from Bangladesh

2009-06-28 Thread aprasad
Dear all, I would like to nominate Mr. Halim from Banglades for the next months User Page Expo Award http://www.wikieducator.org/UPE Plz see his page at http://www.wikieducator.org/User:M._A._Halim He coordinates the Bangladesh WikiEducator Chapter related activities. Plz also see

[WikiEducator] Re: July UPE: Anubha Das

2009-07-02 Thread aprasad
CONGRATS ANUBHA On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Peter prawstho...@gmail.com wrote: A large round of applause for Anubha Das. Anubha has been an active contributor to WikiEducator since February 2009. After being directed to Anubhas' profile page I was struck by its comprehensiveness and

[WikiEducator] Re: COL features WE projects: Connections June 2009

2009-07-05 Thread aprasad
I just read it. Its GREAT!, this news has been added at http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Current_events On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, The Commonwealth of Learning has included two feature articles on WikiEducator in

[WikiEducator] Ethics for executing user rights

2009-07-09 Thread aprasad
Dear all, We are all very happy to see the growth of our WikiEducator family with brilliant addition of more and more enthusiastic members each day. Now I think, it is time to think about community governance guidelines for each category of users…and it is urgent. If preparation of a

[WikiEducator] Re: Ethics for executing user rights

2009-07-09 Thread aprasad
Hi Jesse, In every open communities, user rights are required to be regulated by ethics or you may call guidelines, for example Sysops can delete pages, it should be subject to certain principles otherwise it will create chaos and disputes. One of the best examples for such guidelines/ethics is

[WikiEducator] Re: Ethics for executing user rights

2009-07-10 Thread aprasad
Dear all, Our community is always generous in identifying and appreciating the great efforts put in by our members. Let us give a loud applause to all great works! Now coming to the real subject, normally group list discussions will deviate from subject as it become lengthy and will be difficult

[WikiEducator] Re: Ethics for executing user rights

2009-07-10 Thread aprasad
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:07 AM, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Our community is always generous in identifying and appreciating the great efforts put in by our members. Let us give a loud applause to all great works! Now coming to the real subject, normally group list

[WikiEducator] Re: Ethics for executing user rights

2009-07-10 Thread aprasad
Curriculum and Instruction Get ready for CO10: http://connecting-online.ning.com/ Share your teaching experiences: http://www.wikieducator.org/Etnirag_Online_Journal On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:39 AM, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Nellie, You are right usages can some times go out of scope

[WikiEducator] Business Procees for WE; Policy and Guidelines - Discussion 2

2009-07-11 Thread aprasad
Dear friends, The first discussion posted in this respect the previous day was a kind of ice breaker. Even though it received only a few remarks, I am confident that many members might have read it and may be thinking about it. So we are now entering into the second round of discussions in this

[WikiEducator] Business Process for WE; Policy and G uidelines – Discussion 2

2009-07-11 Thread aprasad
Dear friends, The first discussion posted in this respect (on the previous day) was a kind of ice breaker. Even though it received only a few remarks, I am confident that many members might have read it and may be thinking about it. So we are now entering into the second round of discussions in

[WikiEducator] Re: Business Process for WE; Policy a nd Guidelines – Discussion 2

2009-07-11 Thread aprasad
Leadership Curriculum and Instruction Get ready for CO10: http://connecting-online.ning.com/ Free online workshops on WikiEducator: http://www.wikieducator.org/Workshops On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:35 PM, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, The first discussion posted

[WikiEducator] Re: Business Process for WE; Policy a nd Guidelines – Discussion 2

2009-07-11 Thread aprasad
said, WE follow :) Warm wishes 2009/7/11 aprasad aplett...@gmail.com Dear friends, The first discussion posted in this respect (on the previous day) was a kind of ice breaker. Even though it received only a few remarks, I am confident that many members might have read it and may be thinking

[WikiEducator] Re: Business Process for WE; Policy a nd Guidelines – Discussion 2

2009-07-11 Thread aprasad
to reach the goals at the earliest. Regards Sarita On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 8:58 PM, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Gladys, ardent WE Ambassadors like you make the goals attainable. On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Gladys Gahona gladysgah...@gmail.comwrote: Hello Anil, You

[WikiEducator] Updating current events page

2009-07-19 Thread aprasad
Dear all, Please don’t forget to update http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Current_events page. The events could be: Workshops related to WikiEducator, Training Programmes related to WikiEducator, Talks related to WikiEducator, Meetings/conferences in your organization or locality where

[WikiEducator] Policy guidelines for Admin/Sysops - draft Charter of the Workgroup for feedback

2009-07-25 Thread aprasad
Dear all, The Workgroup for developing policy and guidelines for the WikiEducator Admin/Sysops users has developed a draft charter for its functioning. The charter is an internal management mechanism to regulate the functioning of the group including specific working objectives for the group,

[WikiEducator] Featured WE 08/2009 on India page

2009-08-01 Thread aprasad
Dear friends, Dr. Sarita Kumar ( http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Saritasanjay ), Associate Professor in Zoology in Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi is now featured on the India page of WikiEducator ( http://www.wikieducator.org/India ). Let us congratulate Dr. Sarita Kumar

[WikiEducator] Re: Cape Town Open Eduacation Declaration

2009-08-21 Thread aprasad
Hi, it is right; solidarity is always a positive social gesture. I have signed it early March this year. On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi John that's a very astute observation :-) You will see that I'm personally one of the early

[WikiEducator] Strategy for future online L4Cs by OERF; suggestions

2009-08-30 Thread aprasad
Dear Dr. Wayne and other friends, I think that OERF requires a different strategy for future online L4C workshops. While we keep it open for all, we may also give thrust to specific region in each workshop. The Facilitators would be bound to formally contact heads of a certain minimum numbers of

[WikiEducator] Re: Cape Town Open Education Sign-Up

2009-08-31 Thread aprasad
Hello John, DONE! On 8/31/09, john stampe jwsta...@yahoo.com wrote: As discussed in this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/browse_thread/thread/0e3d599bb19e7bd8#, the Open Education Foundation would like to have a mass sign-up of the Cape Town Open Education Declaration

[WikiEducator] Re: Outcome of the voting for officer bearers

2009-09-14 Thread aprasad
Dear Dr. Wayne and other friends, Congratulations to all elected officers. As the person who tabled the motion I must inform sincere gratitude to all those who participated in the procedure. I do not suggest reconsideration of procedures, bye On 9/15/09, Wayne Mackintosh

[WikiEducator] Re: Outcome of the voting for officer bearers

2009-09-14 Thread aprasad
Dear Dr. Wayne and other friends, Congratulations to all elected officers. As the person who tabled the motion I must inform sincere gratitude to all those who participated in the process. I do not suggest reconsideration of procedures, bye On 9/15/09, Wayne Mackintosh

[WikiEducator] Re: India Page Featured WE

2009-09-15 Thread aprasad
CONGRATULATIONS DR. DILIP On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Gita Mathur gita.mat...@gmail.com wrote: Hi friends Dr. Dilip Barad is the Featured WE on India Page. Let us look at his page at: http://wikieducator.org/User:Dilipbarad CONGRATULATIONS Dr. Dilip Barad Warm wishes Gita - Dr.

[WikiEducator] Re: WYSIWYG Editor for WikiEducator

2009-09-26 Thread aprasad
WYSIWYG will definitely bring in more WE editing time. On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 4:57 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, For sometime our Community has requested that we implement a WYSIWYG editor in WikiEducator. Many teachers and educators say that wiki

[WikiEducator] Re: A sneak preview of WYSIWYG editing in WikiEducator :-)

2009-10-14 Thread aprasad
Dear friends, They question Why can't you give some more editing tools in wiki? by the new members in the workshops are now answered. An excellent job! CONGRATULATIONS! There is tremendous scope for further development, let our friends come up with ideas and solutions. On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at

[WikiEducator] Re: How do we support and respect educator contributions in WE?

2009-10-20 Thread aprasad
Dear Dr. Wayne and other friends, It is Collaboration Vs Protection; we need to fine tune http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Consensus On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, WE is a unique educational wiki project in many

[WikiEducator] Re: How do we support and respect educator contributions in WE?

2009-10-20 Thread aprasad
this make sense? Cheers Wayne 2009/10/20 aprasad aplett...@gmail.com Dear Dr. Wayne and other friends, It is Collaboration Vs Protection; we need to fine tune http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Consensus On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa

[WikiEducator] Re: How do we support and respect educator contributions in WE?

2009-10-20 Thread aprasad
to prospective editors to say please don't edit this page --- what I envisage is a template box which communicates this message -- including the range of reasons this may be necessary within the template box, without protecting the page. Does this make sense? W 2009/10/20 aprasad aplett

[WikiEducator] Re: We're making history again

2009-10-20 Thread aprasad
CONGRATULATIONS!!! A PROUD MOMENT INDEED!!! On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, We've just received notification from Jim that he has installed a Hebrew localisation for WE :-) On behalf of OERF and the WikiEducator family I'd

[WikiEducator] Re: WikiEducator visits Antarctica

2009-10-26 Thread aprasad
CONGRATULATIONS TRISHA ... and eagerly awaiting to read your experience and findings related to your Antarctica exploration on WikiEducator On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Savithri Singh singh.savit...@gmail.comwrote: Great !! It'll be real COOL to read a first-hand report about

[WikiEducator] Re: November UPE

2009-11-01 Thread aprasad
HI, HALIM DADA HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS FOR THIS MOST DESERVING RECOGNITION!!! On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 3:51 AM, Peter prawstho...@gmail.com wrote: During a recent discussion (six weeks back) the UPE team was reviewing candidates for the coming award. Abdul Halim was suggested as one of the

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-11-03 Thread aprasad
Dear friends, As almost other sectors of communication, Blogs also have a very big mass of audience. For this audience penetration, though Blogs are generally considered personal publishing, almost all the Corporates in the world maintain Corporate Blogs. I hope we can combine together the ideas

[WikiEducator] Re: gardening the Initiatives list; now A, B, C, etc.

2009-11-07 Thread aprasad
Hi Randy, you are right, the listing is very easy now. Great work! On 11/7/09, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, Well, it's moving into winter here on the East Coast, and I have felt compelled to do some WikiEd gardening! I separated out the A, B, C, etc., so it's easier

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-11-11 Thread aprasad
Hi Randy, that is great! On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I got the OK from Ken Udas to move his Terra Incognita / Penn State blog to WikiEducator. He also said that he would help out. - Randy On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:35 AM, valerie

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-11-12 Thread aprasad
Hi Phil, any piece of thought or information you circulate or publish online, on your liberty and responsibility, can form your Blog, provided, you should have at least one landing page to link them, and that page will be the home for your Blog. -- Warm regards Anil

Re: [WikiEducator] Power point presentations

2009-11-28 Thread aprasad
Hi Nadia, Open the power point in Open Office Impress and export as Macromedia Flash (.swf) and then upload the .swf to WE. Animations may not work On 11/29/09, Nadia El Borai nadiaelbo...@mac.com wrote: How can I add the power point presentation to the page

Re: [WikiEducator] December UPE

2009-12-01 Thread aprasad
Hi, CONGRATULATIONS NELLIE! On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Peter prawstho...@gmail.com wrote: With great honour I announce Nellie Deutsch as the December UPE! Nellie is an exemplary WikiEducator. I believe that compliment doesn't go far enough in describing Nellies international works in

Re: [WikiEducator] A teacher is interested in her students taking the L4C course

2009-12-05 Thread aprasad
Dear Dr. Wayne and other friends, We may plan a module on WE to place wiki and OER development online training requests as Mary Ziller has done and Volunteer Educators to take up the assignment in the same way UN runs Online Volunteering www.* onlinevolunteering*.org/

[WikiEducator] To save our PLANET; a new year resolution

2009-12-28 Thread aprasad
Dear Brothers and Sisters in our WikiEducator family, *First of all wish you a happy and prosperous new year 2010 and many more.* New Years are the ideal time for new resolutions; it is a custom also. I would like to propose a New Year resolution for 2010. What shall WE, as one of the strongest

Re: [WikiEducator] WE environmental resources

2010-01-12 Thread aprasad
Hi John, An amazing leap forward to protect our most precious PLANET with the power of OER! Congratulations! In an earlier message Peter, Vincent and other friends were also indicated their plans for OER on Environmental related topics. Now you have provided a strong node for linking all

[WikiEducator] STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH HAITI

2010-01-14 Thread aprasad
DEAR ALL, WE MAY STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH HAITI -- 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:

Re: [WikiEducator] Good News: United Nations Volunteers

2010-01-29 Thread aprasad
Great news, Congratulations Dr. Wayne! and thank you very much UNV Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 4:23 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, Late last year Anil, Phil,

Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator service restored

2010-02-07 Thread aprasad
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

Re: [WikiEducator] Happy Birthday WikiEducator! Now to widen access to scalable OER futures.

2010-02-13 Thread aprasad
HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY WE!!! On 2/14/10, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, Happy Birthday WikiEducator! We are now maturing and growing up. This provides a solid foundation for us to move forward in widening access to scalable OER futures around the word :-).

[WikiEducator] Need for Statistical studies on OER

2010-02-18 Thread aprasad
Dear Dr. Wayne and all other friends, There is acute shortage for open and free reusable statistical data and graphs on various aspects of OER , ODL, ODL using OER etc. OER may be a comparatively a younger child of education sector, but it has sufficiently grown up to trigger statistical

Re: [WikiEducator] March UPE

2010-03-05 Thread aprasad
CONGRATULATIONS JIM! On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Sma Halim smaha...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations Jim! Your work is an inspiration to me. You are very deserving of this award. All the best to you. -- A. Halim Program Officer RUPANTAR 14/1 Farazipara Lane, Khulna-9100

Re: [WikiEducator] Supporting WikiEducators in walking the talk :-)

2010-03-19 Thread aprasad
Great work! much needed, now community members may also review the license position of already uploaded images. Definitely, I agree with Wayne, uploading images first to commons.wikimedia.org and then link it to WE is the ideal choice. We may make it a part of image uploading policy. On Fri, Mar

Re: [WikiEducator] Supporting WikiEducators in walking the talk :-)

2010-03-19 Thread aprasad
contraventions. - Other questions? I'm very chuffed and pleased to see these improvements --- getting better one step at a time :-) Cheers Wayne On 19 March 2010 19:33, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Great work! much needed, now community members may also review the license position

Re: [WikiEducator] Supporting WikiEducators in walking the talk :-)

2010-03-19 Thread aprasad
think -- given that this is a community wide issue, should we set up a WE community workgroup? (See: http://wikieducator.org/Workgroup:WikiEducator_Workgroups/Guidelines). Cheers Wayne On 20 March 2010 00:17, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Dr. Wayne, Exactly, we require

Re: [WikiEducator] Poster: WIkiEducator Gives Back free online workshop - please share

2010-06-21 Thread aprasad
Dear Dr. Wayne, GREAT!!! WE may also provide html code for directly linking the poster to individual blogs Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Poster: WIkiEducator Gives Back free online workshop - please share

2010-06-23 Thread aprasad
Dear Dr. Wayne, Excellent work! Congratulations to both of you! See the output at www.apletters.blogspot.com (shall I keep it there?) Warm regards Anil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit wikieducator:

Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Poster: WIkiEducator Gives Back free online workshop - please share

2010-06-23 Thread aprasad
. Looks good. Technically we should hold back untill the official launch of our donation campaign in the next couple of days, although I don't see any harm in you leaving it on your blog in the mean time. Good one! Cheers Wayne On 23 June 2010 22:26, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [WikiEducator] Creative Commons Interviews WikiEducator

2010-06-23 Thread aprasad
A very good read…well asked by Timothy Vollmer and well said by Dr. Wayne. BIG THANKS to both of your for sharing it On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:02 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, Creative Commons approached the OER Foundation and WikiEdcuator for an

Re: [WikiEducator] Inaugural OERF Foundation Report - -Early release.

2010-07-13 Thread aprasad
Dear Dr. Wayne, Thank you for sharing it. Information flow keeps connections strong. Warm regards Anil http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Anil_Prasad http://www.apletters.blogspot.com On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, In the

Re: [WikiEducator] Congratulations WIkiEducator -- 15,000 users!

2010-07-21 Thread aprasad
CONGRATS WE! WE (as well as eL4C41) is likely to get further enriched with 30 new members from Tamil Nadu OU by 30/7/10 On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:34 AM, Gita Mathur gita.mat...@gmail.com wrote: Hi WikiEriends CHEERS! 15,017 members alreadyvery encouraging progress indeed. Motivates us

Re: [WikiEducator] Nomenclature for WikiMaster

2010-07-24 Thread aprasad
If we go for a change, I would prefer Guru :) On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 4:14 AM, Carol carolcoopertay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all I'm new to this group, so Hi to everyone. I co-facilitating the current WikiEducator workshop and I came across the WikiMaster certification. Now I am a great

[WikiEducator] Development of WE page on Wikipedia

2010-07-26 Thread aprasad
Dear friends, The article about WikiEducator on wikipedia (available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikieducator ) has to be further developed with more updated project information and in line with WP standards. Wikipedians in our list may please see for further development of the page. --

Re: [WikiEducator] Development of WE page on Wikipedia

2010-07-26 Thread aprasad
a note on the page, that considers it an advertisement - any ideas how to make the content less like advertising? - Randy On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:39 AM, aprasad aplett...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, The article about WikiEducator on wikipedia (available at http://en.wikipedia.org

Re: [WikiEducator] WikiEducator helps our wiki friends

2010-08-06 Thread aprasad
CONGRATS DR. WM!, CONGRATES WE! On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 4:25 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, Wikipedia is planning the launch of the Public Policy Initiative this fall semester in the US whereby faculty will use the wiki as a teaching tool to enhance the

Re: [WikiEducator] Re: Passing of a WikiEducator friend; Chris Babowal

2010-08-25 Thread aprasad
Hi Randy, It is really sad…and perhaps the first reported loss of the WE family! WE family may convey its deepest condolences to the family of Chris Babowal ...And thank you Randy, you’ve done the most right thing in collecting the facts and reporting the same in the WE list. Warm regards Anil

Re: [WikiEducator] An Ethical Dilemma -- Feeling sad :-)- When publishers don't do what they say they intend to do

2010-09-13 Thread aprasad
Dear Dr. Wayne, I can imagine how humiliating the situation to you. Hope the publishers will come out with an erratum. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, Never a dull moment in the free culture world. Ordinarily -- I would not

Re: [WikiEducator] Happy Software Feedom Day!

2010-09-18 Thread aprasad
Hi Kim, thank you very much for reminding our community about this important day. *HAPPY SOFTWARE FREEDOM DAY!!!* On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Kim Tucker kctuc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Just a quick reminder to reflect on some of the roots of Free/libre and open resources for

[WikiEducator] A Good News for OER

2010-10-09 Thread aprasad
A good news for OER from the website of Assistant Senate Majority Leader (USA) Dick Durbin : Assistant Senate Majority Leader (USA) Dick Durbin(D-IL) today introduced legislation designed to help students manage costs by making textbooks available to students, professors and the public for

[WikiEducator] Study on legislation for Open Text Book/OER

2010-10-10 Thread aprasad
I think a study on legislation/ attempts for legislation on Open Text Book/ OER all over the world will be very much helpful for the consolidation of efforts for promoting OER/Open Text Books. Perhaps such consolidated and regularly updated information would promote further legislation in favour

Re: [WikiEducator] A Good News for OER

2010-10-10 Thread aprasad
Dear Gene, Satendra and Sarita ji, While googling for legislation on OER/Open text book, the first web page I got was that of Sen. Durbin's bill, known as the Open College Textbook Act, which was introduced in Sept/2009. While going through the Senator's web page

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