Hi Declan -- in text below ...
On May 5, 6:41 pm, Declan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter,
I took a quick look at some of the maturity model pages you linked
to. The approach looks interesting and I agree that framing some
goals in the context of a rubric could have some advantages. I use a
Hi Peter,
Thanks for starting this thread --- these are tough and challenging
questions.
I think we need to think about whose temperature we're measuring
smile. Is it the content or is it the community. So when we're
talking about the health of the WE OER community -- this is something
Hi Seth,
For the benefit of the list, our current implementation of wiki ==
print enables us to specify print specific templates.
Therefore {{Template:Foo}} will render normally on WE, however
{{Template:Foo_print}} can be used to specify print specific
rendering. So if you want to remove
Hi Leo,
We've not had a chance yet to list all the content projects L4C
participants are working on. However, if you want to see who has
registered for each of the workshops, you could take a look at their
user pages and recent contributions list to see what content project
are under way.
Hi Declan,
That's a valuable contribution -- thanks. I've added a new section on
the QA and review page for suggestions and considerations, and
included your contribution with attribution.
Just want to make sure that we don't loose any of the thoughts and
suggestions from the community. See:
Hi to everyone watching the QA and review thread.
We're looking for volunteers to assist with drafting a WE policy on QA
and review.
If you're interested in helping out --- please add your name to the
list on the QA page on WE.
Hi Sanjaya,
The discussions and thoughts on quality of WE materials is extremely
important for the future success and sustainability of our our
project.
At a personal level -- I'm very pleased to see these concerns and
thoughts raised by members of our community -- It shows that we care
about
Hi WikiEducators
Recent discussion on this list have alluded to the need for WE to
think about quality and how we plan to implement quality assurance and
review processes in our project.
Personally, I'm pretty chuffed with this development because it shows
that we care about the quality of the
studies class...
Once I get some confirmed support from the school district I will
request we try and find an off-shore sibling school... Again, lets
see where all this goes.
Thx, Peter
On Apr 30, 7:03 pm, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter,
See how the discussion goes with your
Hi Alison, Rose and Randy --
If Rose has been using Word on her Mac -- we have a pretty easy
migration path as Leigh has suggested.
We can easily convert the word files using open office, see:
http://wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial/Editing_using_open_office
It may need a little tiding
Hi Leigh - and Nellie,
Apology for the late post to this thread. However there is an exciting
opportunity to connect a couple of folk here to assist with the
development of resources for using Web 2 tools for instruction and
learning.
I know Leigh has been doing some sterling work, eg the
a look at how it
displays it's clear that I need to make some changes. It usually takes me a
few saves before it's formatted in the way that I'd like it to be. Maybe
that's just me?
D
mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/30/08 4:59 PM
Hi David --
I agree the current OO implementation
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mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/27/08 1:40 PM
Hi everyone --
WE launched an optional survey for new accounts in September last
year. The confirmation email sent to a new account holder invites new
WikiEducators to complete a short survey.
I've posted a pdf version of the survey
That's a good point hollis.
We're in the processes of restructuring our content page so that we
can distinguish between the sectors, School, Tertiary, Vocational and
Professional Development.
I like the idea to include a listing of schools that are involved in
WE.
Thanks.
W
On Apr 29, 5:53
in this idea. Any volunteers or
connections who also believe in the idea of having K12 students
collaboratively develop K12 OER?
If I start to get positive results/feedback I will create an
initiative (project) in WikiEd to support our collective efforts.
Peter
On Apr 29, 4:07 pm, mackiwg
in WIkieducator
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 3:07 AM, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi David,
I know exactly what you mean -- tweaking the layout so that it looks
presentable. With me, I spend too much time trying to get that perfect
look and feel -- then I pop over to a colleague who one
I had a chat with Erik a week or three ago -- I understand that FCK
have really made excellent progress.
I think that there are still issues on how best to integrate our
pedagogical templates -- but we should certainly watch the space.
Cheers
W
On Apr 29, 3:52 pm, Leigh Blackall
and sustainable.
- Randy
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 4:04 PM, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had a chat with Erik a week or three ago -- I understand that FCK
have really made excellent progress.
I think that there are still issues on how best to integrate our
pedagogical templates
Hi Leigh,
I hear what you're saying and I'm listening - carefully. Otago Poly,
by institutional metrics, is by far the most prolific free content
producer in the Commonwealth -- largely due to the foresight and
effort a local champion --followed by institutional support through a
new IP policy.
Hi Leigh,
Wayne: I also have the gut feeling that the lack of GUI, RTE or WYSIWYG
(what ever we're going to call it - lack of easy editor) is simply an
excuse... Personally I am stuck. Those around me say they need easy editing
before they take part, but then I want teachers confident with
Hi everyone,
The next free online workshop covering the basics of wiki editing is
scheduled for 28 April to 9 May 2008 under our Learning4Content
iniative. Join the largest MediaWiki training project in the history
of our planet!
This is a great way to meet fellow WikiEducators, while learning
Hi Valerie,
There is also a good example of lessons that are being developed in
Biology for elementary school in WikiEducator by students at St
Michaels College in the US.
Do take a look -- there are a couple of gems among these lessons with
photo's and video material of the pupils from when
Hi James --
On my box (Ubuntu) the pdf generates a hot link but is not displayed
in a different colour (blue). This is something which we can address
in future versions of the pdf generator. Also, for users who may not
have Internet connectivity when reading the pdf -- it would be useful,
for
of the
Commonwealth).
I think the equation is important, too, and I agree it says a lot
about sustainability. Now if I could just understand my own
equation... =)
D
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:06 PM, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi David ( friends)
On Mar 27, 9:08 am, David Wiley [EMAIL
Hi Peter,
Looks like a great event -- I'm going to try to be their -- so perhaps
we can touch base over lunch :-).
Wayne
On Apr 5, 11:29 am, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have registered for this conference.http://www.openwebvancouver.ca/
I attended last year a great all around PhP
Hi Mark,
mmm, not sure I understand your question.
Are you trying to make screen movies to simulate a Smartboard?
I don't use proprietary software -- so I'm not familiar with OSS
solutions that work with proprietary software.
BTW -- Wink is a great tool -- but it is not open source software
Here are our stats:
http://wikieducator.org/stats/
If you go into the stats records for a given month -- you will see the
country spread of urls -- at list for the top 30 countries.
Yeah -- WikiEducator is truly global with an excellent spread in the
developing world as well smile.
Our target
laughing maniacally*
Alison
On 06/03/2008, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Alison,
Do you have any pointers to tips from what you remember from the
WikiEd pages regarding cultural identity?
I may be able to help some of these.
I do like the idea of a visualisation or some kind
Dear Prof Chandrakant,
It's indeed a privilege to have SNDT Women's University join the list.
Welcome aboard!
If you haven't done so yet -- do take a look at the India Country page
-- its one of the best country pages in WikiEducator. I would
recommend that you also add your name to the
Declan --
WE is running again ;-). It was a network problem in the data centre
where our server is hosted.
Cheers
Wayne
On Feb 25, 5:45 pm, Declan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks Brent!
Good night,
Declan
On Feb 25, 8:35 pm, Brent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i should say... that it
-- we're on the path to creating
a tectonic shift
Have we forgotten anyone off the list?
Wayne
Feb 11, 10:11 pm, Erik Moeller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2/9/08, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I really like the idea of a dedicated technical track as well, and it
would really
if
this is the optimal environment for a hackathon.
Any ideas or offers?
Cheers
Wayne
On Feb 7, 10:43 am, Erik Moeller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2/6/08, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That said -- none of this would have been possible without your vision
and foresight. 2008 is going
Hi Brian -
Where can we download a copy of the software?
WE subscribes to the free cultural works definition and we have a
preference for free software :-)
Cheers
Wayne
On Feb 8, 3:31 pm, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello all,
My name is Brian, I am an intern working for Box.net.
- Original Message -
From: Randy Fisher
To: wikieducator@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:51 PM
Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Tamil Wikieducator
What can I say - so cool!
- Randy
On Feb 6, 2008 8:13 AM, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi
Erik --
Great to see this moving forward. Its a great technology!
WE has been doing its best to keep track of bugs and issues. Here is
the most up to date list I have:
http://wikieducator.org/Help:Collections/Bug_reports
Mission critical bugs/wishlist thoughts:
Better 1:1 management of
Hi everyone,
In the early days of WE, we set up an Interim International Advisory
Board as an interim step in setting up a community governance
structure. We made clear commitment that once 2500 users joined
WikiEducator we will hold democratic elections to elect a Successor
Board.
WE posted
Greetings Victor -
Thank you very much for your offer to assist in planning and hosting
future L4C workshops. 160 workshops in 53 countries is an ambitious
target and we need all the help we can get!!!
WE can discuss the detail in planning the f-t-f workshops pretty
soon.
Please join us in the
Declan --
In the case of a pre-existing page -- the user is given a warning that
the page exists. However, for a newbie this is an easy oversight and
sometimes a page is overwritten. Fortunately -- in the wiki
environment, mistakes are easily corrected with a revert smile.
What you could do is
Hi Stefan
Look forward to listening to the WE theme tune We could use this
in the promo Kaltura for the Learning4Content project.
See: http://www.wikieducator.org/Learning4Content
If there are any WE's out there with messages of encouragement, advice
etc as to why you should join the L4C
:
are you talking about the IBM mashup Wayne? Well, firstly - whats
the
copyright on it do you know? I can't tell..
On Jan 18, 2008 4:28 AM, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah -- a collaborative digital mashup -- that's a cool idea.
So what are the next steps
Rob --
Apology for the delay in response here. I noticed the bug on Brent's
sandpit page. I once has a similar problem - when I create a new
thread -- but have been unable to replicate the bug.
It could be a restricted character in the subject line that breaks
the thread on the page concerned
Jim --
The pdf generator is now fixed.
Note that the beta version of the parser has difficulty with some html
-- see this post:
http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/browse_thread/thread/01ab9d491f7bcc6e
Have fun.
Wayne
On Jan 13, 5:18 pm, Jim Tittsler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I
Hi Cap -
Have you tried eXe -- a great little free software tool for developing
web content in education.
Free software of course smile
Download at www.exelearning.org
Cheers
Wayne
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Hi Erik,
Sure thing.
I will compile a list of the folk in the super user and routine
maintenance categories.
We'll hold thumbs that our current server doesn't burn out and
prioritise our phase 2 hosting solution.
Cheers
Wayne
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Leigh Blackall wrote:
Many of the features Wayne and you have introduced are pretty good though,
but it
is a concern that they are introduced without any evident consultation
with the community while the community requests seem to go by
without even a trial!
For the record -- the
Hi everyone -
WikiEducator is planning to move to a hosting model based on a model
of more active community participation in the management and
maintenance of our server(s).
We will identify trusted members from our community with the necessary
technical skills to administer the server(s) and
Aaah -
But does Brent use open source software? That's a minimum requirement
for any nominations smile.
I see Brent has already offered to help and he'll definitely be on the
list. If I remember correctly Brent was the 2nd registered account on
WE -- he has been with us since the very
guessing has less to do with the decisions and more to do with
the support.
On Jan 12, 2008 4:45 AM, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Leigh Blackall wrote:
Many of the features Wayne and you have introduced are pretty good
though, but it
is a concern that they are introduced without any
On Jan 11, 1:44 pm, Leigh Blackall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, I agree. And RSS is fundamental technology to have these days, hardly
fancy, free, and hopefully simple - or should be.
There is no debating the utility and significance of RSS -- on that I
think we all agree.
The fancy bits
On Jan 10, 12:40 pm, Brent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
LQT still seems to be somewhat broken though, so was is really Kultura that
was cuasing the problems?
Hey -- nice try Leigh smile
Kaltura was breaking other things as well like special namespaces (eg
Practice:Editing) etc.
Kaltura will be
Hi Brent Randy
Great to see that there is growing support for option 2 ..;-)
Brent, - also thanks for your offer to assist with some of the
technical support. (BTW have you talked to Wen lately?)
Realistically we need to go with a minimum of a 2 server solution for
Phase 2. At the moment we
Hi Cheryl,
Once code is released as free software -- it will always be free :-D.
We will look into ways to support and promote free hosting services in
collaboration with the free knowledge community.
Glad you like the technology -- this opens exciting opportunities for
our work in building a
Hi Brent ..
Thanks for that, I missed that one.
I'll get in touch with the Kaltura folk and inform them that we only
support content which meets the requirements of the free cultural
works definition and figure out the best way to get this sorted.
Cheers
Wayne
On Jan 8, 11:31 pm, Brent
Hi all --
Lot's to do in the community -- always a good sign :-).
We're at the point where we need to think about phase 2 of our hosting
plan given recent growth. I'll be putting out feelers and asking for
quotes from various folk so we can take a decision as to the best
solution.
Perhaps we
Hi all all the best for the new year.
We'll investigate ...
Just need to check on the security, stability and forward
compatibility of the extension as new versions of MW are released.
Cheers
Wayne
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Congratulations Leigh Randy,
This is a tribute to Otago Poly's leadership in this area. Indira
Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is the gentle giant of
distance education with more than a million distance education
students!
My colleague and friend -- Dr Pankaj Khare (User:Pankaj) is a
Hi Leigh
Just tested the PDF is very nice, but it dropped the attribution to the CC
BY image ...
There are still a couple of bugs -- this is the beta release. I can
set up a workaround so that we use a text based attribution rather
than the images. At the moment - images within an image
, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Leigh -- thanks for the offer -- very much appreciated!
Synchronous Elluminate sessions will add tremendous value and support
for participants --- We'll need to think carefully about the time zone
challenges literally working across the planet. smile
in the
day? I will be travelling to Australia early Feb. Can prolly still do it
tho. How many people? and can about 5 Polytech people join in?
On Dec 18, 2007 2:24 PM, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Leigh -- we're going to be running a training session with the UNESCO
OER list late Jan
will be asynchronous
Are we still talking about a workshop using the web conferecning facility
here? I am willing to run 10 x 1hour workshops for people who log into that.
I don't think I can do more than that at this stage...
On Dec 18, 2007 2:57 PM, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi
Great!
I'm keen for us to develop a collection of different pedagogical
approaches which can serve as examples for WikiEducators.
Chat to you soon.
Wayne
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Leigh Blackall from Otago Polytechnic, in conjunction with Terra
Incognita invite WikiEducators to join a synchronous web conference on
Friday, December 7, 2007 at 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time (or
Friday December 7th at 17:00 Greenwich Mean Time or 9:00 Pacific
Standard Time).
Leigh will
Hey Erik,
What I nice surprise -- I couldn't have asked for a better B.Day
present!
You have no idea how happy I was when visiting WE's recent changes
this morning and saw the red links on the talk pages!
LQT is a prime example of OSS collaboration. A for profit company
collaborating with an
Hi Kim,
Thanks for sharing your feedback on the Cape Town Open Education
Declaration with our list.
When all is said and done -- I do think the declaration is a positive
development for the free knowledge community. At the very least, we
will be able to get a sense of the levels of support for
Hi Steve -
Sorry for the short delay in response here. (Something corrupted in
my operating system yesterday causing a memory leak causing my system
to hang. Have done a fresh install and am now up an running again -
Now to tackle my backlog!)
The version of the CC license WE uses as
Leigh -
Have tested over here in Vancouver - I too can't replicate the
problem.
Was the user logged in? I've made this mistake a few times myself,
cursing the wiki only to realise that I'm not logged in smile
Cheers
W
On Nov 24, 2:48 pm, Erik Moeller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Nov 24, 2007
Hi Brent,
Speaking under correction, I think Mark Twain is on record as saying
that he would not let schooling interfere with his education.
If I look at the challenges facing education on our planet, in all
honesty I don't see conventional shool systems associated with the
industrialisation
to hear of anyone whos had a DimDim experience .. i'd pretty much
put it down to vapourware, but perhaps its still alive... looks like they've
gussied up their web site a bit since i last looked...
brent.
On 10/31/07, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Friends,
Are there any
Hi John,
I apologise for my tardy and belated response. It's a no-travel
fortnight here at COL and I've been in meetings, meetings and more
meetings. Just a little aside sharing solidarity with our collective
challenges of so much to do --- and so little time smile.
Your idea of free content
...becuase then I
think the synergey of the our project within the larger WikiEd
community will really take off.
Thoughts? Ideas? Thanks!
Ryan (not trying to remain anonymous) :)
On Oct 19, 11:59 am, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Derek -
If we don't find an easy solution for bulk
time
Sunday, 21 October 2007 at 23:00 UTCis in NZ ... ?
being globally distributed can be so confusing sometimes ... :-)
brent.
On 10/21/07, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Derek -
I'm glad I'm not the only one confused so much happening. This is what
I have on my summary list
Wow Kim!
That's pretty amazing! The advantages of having a Java background
smile.
Is it true that every Java programmer wants to become a WikiEducator
contributor?
Just kidding.
This is great - and I'm sure that some of our WikiEd geeks will jump
in and figure out how tom move this forward.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
thanks for quick reply but i am not able to locate the help page for convert
wiki pages into pdf format
i will be very thankful to you if you could guid for the mention doubt
best
pritpal kaur
On 10/16/07, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings Pritpalkaur
Hi Erik -
Congratulations - to you and David for getting LQT to the state of a
full extension for WikiEducator.
I'm finding it hard to recall life on MW before LQT - and that's a
good sign. Now the WikiEd community need to update the tutorial on
collaboration smile
Thanks for all the hard
Greetings Pritpalkaur -
At the moment this functionality is not possible - but it is on our
roadmap for the future.
The first step is to get Wiki == pdf functionality so you can
download print versions of the material. COL is funding this
development.
The next step is then to export content in
Hi Leigh,
Sounds good to me.
Lets do our preparations the the wiki way ..;-). Set up an agenda page
somewhere in WikiEd where we can list our items for discussion, firm
up dates and times, list our intendend purposes, possibly identify
other folk in the community who should join us for
around Facilitating Online Learning
Communities
- Facilitating Online http://wikieducator.org/Facilitating_Online
- Online communities http://wikieducator.org/Online_communities
On 10/12/07, mackiwg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Leigh,
Sounds good to me.
Lets do our
Hi Leigh -
It's nearing my bedtime here in Vancouver and need to log off pretty
soon.
I see the problem and have reported it here:
http://www.wikieducator.org/Thread:Problem/bug_report_in_WikiEducator%27s_main_list_%281%29
Looks like a bug - thanks for the report.
Wayne
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