Re: [WikiEducator] Important: Unesco Replaces OER Acronym

2011-04-01 Thread Chris Harvey
That was a good one, I laughed pretty hard. The link to your own article was a nice touch. Warm Regards Chris Harvey http://chrisharvey.id.au http://wikieducator.org/User:Chris On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Jan Visser jvis...@learndev.org wrote: You must be right. Look at Steve's surname

Re: [WikiEducator] Heart goes out to Japan

2011-03-14 Thread Chris Harvey
Religion is man made. My heart goes out to Japan, I want to help them and my condolences to those who lost loved ones. I find it disgusting that people use a disaster like this to promote their religion. Warm Regards Chris Harvey On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 6:30 AM, Vernetta Heem v.h...@nus.edu.ws

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

2010-10-06 Thread Chris Harvey
group meeting. Recently rms was in brisbane so now I have it signed :D Warm Regards Chris Harvey http://chrisharvey.id.au On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 7:36 AM, kirby urner kirby.ur...@gmail.com wrote: I was just having lunch with my uncle, who self-published a book on pre-WW1 submarine construction

Re: [WikiEducator] Best educational wiki --- cast your votes before 16 December

2009-12-14 Thread Chris Harvey
Chris Harvey On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, Wow -- I see that WE have made two nominations on the short list for the best educational wiki on the the 2009 Edublog awards!!! One for WIkiEducator itself and another

Re: [WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-12-09 Thread Chris Harvey
The way I've approached this is using planetplanet software. You can see how I use it here. http://superuser.com.au/planettalo I believe many free culture communities also use planetplanet, Wikimedia have a planet too. http://en.planet.wikimedia.org/ Theres many planet communities out there. I

Re: [WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-12-09 Thread Chris Harvey
of months ago, but not much action. If this is easy to initiate, I'm happy to work on it. ..Valerie On Dec 9, 5:30 pm, Chris Harvey gnuch...@gmail.com wrote: The way I've approached this is using planetplanet software. You can see how I use it here.http://superuser.com.au/planettalo I

[WikiEducator] We believe in the freedom to read

2009-08-03 Thread Chris Harvey
I think you might be interested in this issue. --- Sign the petition, take action! http://www.defectivebydesign.org/amazon1984 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/975bj/ http://digg.com/tech_news/No_more_1984_Petition_Amazon_to_drop_DRM_from_Kindle Amazon's recent remote deletion

[WikiEducator] Re: Active interest in our Strategy -- WE welcome your inputs!

2009-07-30 Thread Chris Harvey
Hey Simon, I was wondering if you could explain your patent, wasn't it something like the dewey system but using domain names or something like that? Warm Regards Chris Harvey On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:22 PM, simonfj simo...@cols.com.au wrote: Always good to touch base :-) ALLways

[WikiEducator] Re: Community thoughts appreciated

2009-07-07 Thread Chris Harvey
. Warm Regards Chris Harvey --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[WikiEducator] Re: Community thoughts appreciated

2009-07-06 Thread Chris Harvey
look at downes with facebook. I'm not sure if wikieducator is trademarked or not, that might be another way to get the name you want. In a way Ive been waiting for someone to bring this up so I should probably try to help out. Warm Regards Chris Harvey http://twitter.com/gnuchris On Tue, Jun 30

[WikiEducator] Re: July UPE: Anubha Das

2009-07-03 Thread Chris Harvey
CLAP CLAP CLAP. Kind Regards Chris Harvey On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Peterprawstho...@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

[WikiEducator] Re: Congratulations to WikiMedia Foundation on Licensing Changes

2009-05-24 Thread Chris Harvey
Congratulations to all of you. Looks like Wikieducator made a good decision with cc-by-sa Warm Regards Chris Harvey On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I've been meaning to post a word of congratulations to the WikiMedia

[WikiEducator] Re: WikiEducator goes non-violent?

2009-01-29 Thread Chris Harvey
This might interest some people. World March for Peace and Nonviolence - Richard Stallman http://tiny.cc/8v7fW Warm Regards Chris Harvey --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups WikiEducator group. To visit

[WikiEducator] Stallman visits slum computing center

2008-12-15 Thread Chris Harvey
is a model for the other parts of the india in such a way that it gives access to computers for the poor without compromising the freedom. The Ambedkar Community Center is doing a great job by empowering the poor with knowledge of free software. Warm regards Chris Harvey

[WikiEducator] Boycott Novell Protesters Man-handled at National Conference on Free Software 2008

2008-11-16 Thread Chris Harvey
I thought some people on this list might like to read this blog. http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com/2008/11/boycott-novell-protesters-man-handled.html Kind Regards Chris --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[WikiEducator] Re: GFDL 1.3 released

2008-11-03 Thread Chris Harvey
Thanks for the info Kind Regards Chris Harvey chris.superuser.com.au On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 6:47 AM, Erik Moeller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, the Free Software Foundation has today released the version 1.3 of the GNU Free Documentation License, the licensed used by Wikipedia

[WikiEducator] Re: !!RE: [WikiEducator] Re: Another Milestone

2008-10-30 Thread Chris Harvey
Names stand for ideas, so there will be the one and the only page about constructivism and math and multiplication in any wiki. This is wrong, in an encyclopedia or dictionary this may be true. Warm regards Chris Harvey chris.superuser.com.au On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Leigh Blackall

[WikiEducator] Re: !!RE: [WikiEducator] Re: Another Milestone

2008-10-30 Thread Chris Harvey
PROTECTED]wrote: Chris, Can you please point me in the direction of some good examples? I want to see multiple pages from different points of view about the same concept. On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:51 AM, Chris Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Names stand for ideas, so there will be the one

[WikiEducator] Re: Another Milestone

2008-10-27 Thread Chris Harvey
I agree Leigh, that article doesnt look right, it looks more like what I'd expect on a meta.wikimedia page as a project proposal or something like that. Its interesting that depending on who you are, you can pretty much get away with anything on wikipedia. Warm Regards Chris Harvey

[WikiEducator] Re: WIkiEducator 3.0 -- Asking the right questions

2008-10-13 Thread Chris Harvey
There's also a tag and tag cloud extension, you can see it in use on my wiki on the mainpage http://superuser.com.au/Main_Page If you look on the following page you can see down the bottom to add tag which is sort of the same as categories. http://superuser.com.au/News_aggregator_lesson Warm

[WikiEducator] Re: WIkiEducator 3.0 -- Asking the right questions

2008-10-13 Thread Chris Harvey
Thank you for your kind words Leigh Chris Harvey On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Leigh Blackall [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Wow Chris! SuperUser is looking great! All MediaWiki too! Give this man a job... he is at where I hope Wikied will be at some day... On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 1:08 PM

[WikiEducator] Re: Content on Wikipedia and Wikieducator

2008-09-26 Thread Chris Harvey
that is being compiled on Handbook are not adressing these issues. Pankaj Leigh Blackall wrote: There's the GFDL CC incompatibility problem. Bingo, there it is there. A 'good' reason not to copy. Policy? Or just obey the rules in the GFDL? On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Chris Harvey

[WikiEducator] Re: Community Communique

2008-09-24 Thread Chris Harvey
Regards Chris Harvey http://identi.ca/gnuchris On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Community Communique: Wednesday 24 September, PST Wayne Mackintosh, founder of the WikiEducator project and recently elected member of the WikiEducator Community Council will deliver

[WikiEducator] Facilitating online communities blog link problem

2008-08-28 Thread Chris Harvey
On the quick links in the sidebar click on participants blogs. It takes me to this page http://online-learning-communities.blogspot.com/2007/08/participant-blogs.html This doesnt seem right. Warm Regards Chris Harvey http://identi.ca/gnuchris

[WikiEducator] Re: Thank you for the clarification

2008-07-02 Thread Chris Harvey
Sadly, Public Domain which is the least restrictive license used in the United States is not a license that is used in many other countries. Thats interesting, do you have more info about which countries arent using it? Warm Regards Chris Harvey On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Leigh

[WikiEducator] Re: embedding slideshare presentations?

2008-06-29 Thread Chris Harvey
http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Nadia_El_Borai/%3DSubject:Simple_rules_to_write_a_paper%3D#Subject:_Simple_rules_to_write_a_paper It looks like the information in the slides is also on the page. Warm Regards Chris On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 5:27 AM, Leigh Blackall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI

[WikiEducator] Re: embedding slideshare presentations?

2008-06-29 Thread Chris Harvey
slow. Good work Nadia and Hillary! Warm Regards Chris On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Leigh Blackall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I must be missing something.. I didn't see an embedded slide presentation? On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Chris Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http

[WikiEducator] Re: embedding slideshare presentations?

2008-06-25 Thread Chris Harvey
Why dont we just use ogghandler http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OggHandler And for people that want to use non-free content and non-free flash players we can just make a template that links to the other stuff. Kaltura is not open source, I wonder if the WE community was even asked

[WikiEducator] Re: favicon

2008-06-21 Thread Chris Harvey
Theres this mediawiki extension that enables you to search/import images from flickr http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImportFreeImages I have it on my wiki if you wanna see it. http://superuser.com.au/Special:ImportFreeImages Username: test password: test1 I dont let the test user upload

[WikiEducator] Re: Connectivism and Connective Knowledge

2008-06-16 Thread Chris Harvey
We reckon CC BY is better than best :) and facilitates more connection - which is what the course is about right? We meaning who? and for what? http://www.lulu.com/leighblackall. What licenses are you using there and why? Warm Regards Chris 2008/6/16 Leigh Blackall [EMAIL PROTECTED]: We

[WikiEducator] Re: PLEASE GET BRIAN LAMB WITH WIKIEDUCATOR

2008-06-10 Thread Chris Harvey
You've always been able to this with wikieducator. http://jimbojw.com/wiki/index.php?title=WikiArticleFeeds_Extension Chris On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:20 AM, Leigh Blackall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right on Brent, And what this could provide is an easy peasy way for people locked up in a

[WikiEducator] Re: PLEASE GET BRIAN LAMB WITH WIKIEDUCATOR

2008-06-10 Thread Chris Harvey
btw is it possible to view the videos on that web page without installing non-free software on my system? Kaltura doesnt seem to work either. On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:20 AM, Leigh Blackall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right on Brent, And what this could provide is an easy peasy way for people

[WikiEducator] Re: PLEASE GET BRIAN LAMB WITH WIKIEDUCATOR

2008-06-10 Thread Chris Harvey
That just looks like the mediawiki extension? Kaltura has released all its flash source code as open source Maybe Im not looking hard enough. Chris On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 12:50 +1000, Chris Harvey wrote: Where can I download

[WikiEducator] Re: Incorporating Open SourceSoftwarewithUniversal Education at WikiEducator

2008-06-06 Thread Chris Harvey
these 2 work and are user friendly: recordmydesktop and istanbul sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop gtk-recordmydesktop istanbul For capturing realtime videos of OpenGL applications I use yukon though its a little tricky to setup. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=752472 I think WE

[WikiEducator] Re: Incorporating Open SourceSoftwarewithUniversal Education at WikiEducator

2008-06-06 Thread Chris Harvey
a conference call feature, but I couldn't get that to work - all be it more than a year ago now. On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Chris Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I made a compiz video that you can watch on youtube or dl. Worlds best desktop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSw8Yfg0tpM http

[WikiEducator] Re: MIT, Elsevier Offer Free Content From More Than 2,000 Journals

2008-05-30 Thread Chris Harvey
and indeed, that when materials are used commercially (eg., sold) they are by definition *not* free. You might want to look up the word free in the dictionary. Warm regards Chris 2008/5/31 Stephen Downes [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hiya, MIT's OCW materials use the NC restriction and

[WikiEducator] Re: MIT, Elsevier Offer Free Content From MoreThan 2,000 Journals

2008-05-30 Thread Chris Harvey
Stephen is an international icon in the world of digital learning and is an exemplary advocate for free software in education. I think he supports open access and perhaps open source and freebie software. Free software is a matter of freedom not price. Warm regards Chris On Sat, May 31,

[WikiEducator] Re: MIT, Elsevier Offer Free Content From MoreThan 2,000 Journals

2008-05-30 Thread Chris Harvey
PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Harvey wrote: I think he supports open access and perhaps open source and freebie software. Free software is a matter of freedom not price. I am well aware of the distinction between 'free as in freedom' and 'free as in beer'. I suppose 'free as in freedom'. My