Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-18 Thread Edward Cherlin
 To   wikieducator@googlegroups.com  cc  bcc   Joyce McKnight/SUNY  Subject   Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ? Will your curriculum cover adult education in the US only, or will you take a wider view? I have done some work on adult literacy, and there are many other such issues

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-18 Thread Joyce . McKnight
of our own students. Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.comSent by: wikieducator@googlegroups.com12/18/2009 12:21 AM PSTPlease respond towikieduca...@googlegroups.comTo wikieducator@googlegroups.comcc bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNYSubject Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ? Thank you

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread NELLIE DEUTSCH
Very inspirational, Wayne. So, let's get those signatures, from the membership institutions to contribute a small sum to our mission, coming in. Where do WE start? :) Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Sharing is Caring! Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction Integrating

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi Nellie Good question! A good place to start is by reading the planing documents for the OER Foundation: http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Planning (and supporting FAQ's etc.) - and hey -- if these are not up to scratch, we can improve them through discussions and multiple iterations. This is our

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread NELLIE DEUTSCH
Wayne, This is very doable so let's get started as a team because as a team WE can make a difference to all its members. Thank you. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Sharing is Caring! Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction Integrating Technology for Active Life-long Learning

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi Nellie, Absolutely -- team work is the foundation of our / WE success. This is why the OER Foundation practices open philanthropy -- including the development of all our funding proposals! We can stand proud that every successful funding grant WE have received was developed openly in the

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Randy Fisher
Hi All, I think this is important stuff - and we need it on the wiki - so, I've posted it in this namespace: http://www.wikieducator.org/OERF:Financial_Sustainability Wayne, I'm still having trouble with the OERF_nav templatewhy's that? - Randy On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Wayne

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread NELLIE DEUTSCH
Thank you, Randy. I added the OER Nav. It was a question of caps on the N. I hope that's what you wanted. If not, you can always delete it. Do you want to add financial sustainability to the template? Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Sharing is Caring! Doctoral Student Educational Leadership

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Joyce . McKnight
@googlegroups.comcc bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNYSubject Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ? Very inspirational, Wayne. So, let's get those signatures, from the membership institutions to contribute a small sum to our mission, coming in. Where do WE start? :)Warm wishes,Nellie DeutschSharing is Caring

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi Joyce, All excellent suggestions --- We will definitely be using making lists of institutions of who we might like to approach for prospective memberships and keep track of our progress in terms of who we've contacted, feedback etc. Using an open philanthropy model -- this is easily done :-)

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Joyce . McKnight
to me. Joyce McKnightWayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.comSent by: wikieducator@googlegroups.com12/18/2009 10:13 AM ZE12Please respond towikieduca...@googlegroups.comTo wikieducator@googlegroups.comcc bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNYSubject Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ? Hi Joyce

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Randy Fisher
Hi Ed, That will be most helpful - also, it would be great if others in our community apply to these granting institutions / organizations, and include an open education component - i.e., hosting the content on WikiEducator.), and writing the proposal on WE - see:

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Joyce . McKnight
All of those are great ideas Randy. Joyce McKnightRandy Fisher wikira...@gmail.comSent by: wikieducator@googlegroups.com12/17/2009 06:39 PMPlease respond towikieduca...@googlegroups.comTo wikieducator@googlegroups.comcc bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNYSubject Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Randy Fisher
...@googlegroups.com To wikieducator@googlegroups.com cc bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNY Subject Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ? Hi Joyce, All excellent suggestions --- We will definitely be using making lists of institutions of who we might like to approach for prospective

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Joyce . McKnight
McCrory petemccr...@btinternet.com, Peter Rawsthorne pe...@rawsthorne.org, NELLIE DEUTSCH nellie.muller.deut...@gmail.combcc Joyce McKnight/SUNYSubject Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ? Hi Joyce,The answer is 'yes' - I've spoken with Rory (Terry's colleague), and he's definitely

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
@googlegroups.com 12/18/2009 10:13 AM ZE12Please respond towikieduca...@googlegroups.com To wikieducator@googlegroups.com cc bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNY Subject Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ? Hi Joyce, All excellent suggestions --- We will definitely be using making lists

RE: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Peter McCrory
: Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ? Hi All, I think this is important stuff - and we need it on the wiki - so, I've posted it in this namespace: http://www.wikieducator.org/OERF:Financial_Sustainability Wayne, I'm still having trouble with the OERF_nav templatewhy's

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi Edward, Thanks for those pointers --- As you know, the OER Foundation is committed to open philanthropy including the development of all our funding proposals as free content :-). The power of the open model when focused on grant funding for the development of open technologies and free

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
@googlegroups.com 12/18/2009 10:13 AM ZE12Please respond towikieduca...@googlegroups.com To wikieducator@googlegroups.com cc bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNY Subject Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ? Hi Joyce, All excellent suggestions --- We will definitely be using

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Joyce . McKnight
/18/200910:13 AM ZE12Please respond towikieduca...@googlegroups.comTo wikieducator@googlegroups.comcc bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNYSubject Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ? Hi Joyce,All excellent suggestions --- We will definitely be using making lists of institutions of who we might

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Edward Cherlin
. Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com Sent by: wikieducator@googlegroups.com 12/18/2009 05:12 PM ZE12Please respond towikieduca...@googlegroups.com  To   wikieducator@googlegroups.com  cc  bcc   Joyce McKnight/SUNY  Subject   Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ? Hi Joyce

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-17 Thread Joyce . McKnight
...it is 1 a.m. here. J. Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.comSent by: wikieducator@googlegroups.com12/17/2009 10:00 PM PSTPlease respond towikieduca...@googlegroups.comTo wikieducator@googlegroups.comcc bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNYSubject Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ? Will your

[WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-16 Thread Wong Leo
http://www.hudong.com/ is a wiki software are getting quite strong lately in China ,where a lot of Chinese educator there to share and talk , I am wondering if there is possiblity for wikieducator to make money in the future ? or how for a OER turned into a a

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-16 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi Leo, that's a good question. Apology for the long email -- but lots of information to cover in answering your question. The OER Foundation is an independent non-profit organisation responsible for raising the funds to run WikiEducator.org and very soon we will also launch WikiResearcher.org

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-16 Thread NELLIE DEUTSCH
Wayne, WE volunteers are passionate about the cause but need to make a living. Money is not a dirty word and everyone who spends hours upon hours contributing to WE should get paid. I believe an incentive for teachers to contribute to WikiEducator and the development of OERs is monetary rewards.

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-16 Thread Wong Leo
Hey ,welll , Nellie , I doubt that we could pay for teachers to blog or to write on wiki , so I would invite us to think aloud on this topic What we do here in China is we have a teacher wiki project going on now , the link is here http://xinzhishe.hudong.com/jiaoshi/ YOu can view teacher

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-16 Thread NELLIE DEUTSCH
Wong, Thank you for sharing the information. That's sounds like a fair deal. When I wrote WE, I meant WikiEducator. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch Sharing is Caring! Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction Integrating Technology for Active Life-long Learning (IT4ALL)

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-16 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi Nellie, I agree -- Article 23(3) of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-16 Thread NELLIE DEUTSCH
Wayne, I have been a lead facilitator for quite a few workshops and have volunteered to many more as co-facilitator in the last year. In addition, I have seen others volunteer as co-facilitators but the numbers are small and it's harder to find more than a name on the list of co-facilitators

Re: [WikiEducator] How wikieudcator make money ?

2009-12-16 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi Nellie, WE commend your example of sharing -- without this culture of gifting, humanity looses its reason for existence. Much of our work in general and that of WikiEducator in particular has been inspired by Mahatma Gandhi -- as Gandhi said: Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest