[WikiEducator] Teachers Without Borders (TWB)

I recently joined Teachers Without Borders. This group shares the WikiEducator vision for global access to education. Both organizations need our support. We need to work together so membership in both TWB and WE will help both organizations expand toward our common goal. Teachers Without Borders

[WikiEducator] Re: Teachers Without Borders (TWB)

The Teachers Without Borders (TWB) courses cover a range of teaching topics. The Certificate of Teaching Mastery sequence is being taugh face to face in Nigeria as well as available for online study. http://courses.teacherswithoutborders.org/ We are developing a TWB portal on WikiEducator and the

[WikiEducator] MDG - Universal Education

Just heard this on NPR this morning http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=126828775&m=126848215 In one interview, they talk to a young man who is a trained teacher but doesn't have the $6000 bribe money necessary to get a teaching job. He hopes that he w

[WikiEducator] Re: Teachers Without Borders (TWB)

Hello Edward We were not sure exactly what you were asking. If this doesn't answer your question, let's talk further. All the TWB course materials are available online. http://courses.teacherswithoutborders.org/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. http://creativecommons.org/l

[WikiEducator] Re: Teachers Without Borders (TWB)

Thanks, Edward. I am suggesting that someone from TWB contact you directly. On May 16, 2:09 pm, Edward Cherlin wrote: > > Let's, whether in this mailing list or offline. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: h

[WikiEducator] Re: MDG - Universal Education

Thanks Misheck On May 17, 10:38 pm, misheck mutuzana wrote: -- 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 To post t

[WikiEducator] Badge for showing WikiEducator support

This just in from Stephen Downes... Nice idea http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=52752 I couldn't find a WikiEducator badge to use on blogs and other web sites to promote WikiEducator. Do we have one? Can we make it easier to find and use? ..vt -- You received this message because you

[WikiEducator] Re: Badge for showing WikiEducator support

I prefer that size and shape of the Free Learning badge. Perhaps there can be a couple of styles for each message - donate, participate... On Jun 27, 1:47 pm, Wayne Mackintosh wrote: > Hi Valerie, > > That's a good idea -- no sure why we haven't done this before and certainly > worth doing. > >

[WikiEducator] Development stage indicator

I quite like the Wikibooks approach - the a graphic indicating the development stage of the resource http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Help:Development_stages This can be a searched http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Category:Books_nearing_completion Readers browsing through a certain subject area or classi

[WikiEducator] Open Business Resources

In her PLENK session, Janet Clarey mentioned that businesses don't do "open". I'm working with a business software service provider. We have been thinking about putting the non-proprietary training / information someplace as open resources but haven't come up with an appropriate place to put it. Th

[WikiEducator] Re: Open Business Resources

Thanks Leo Yes, these are great resources and should be included. However, they are too big and complex for just-in-time learning that we envision. For our business users, the chucks need to be small "job aids" with links to background information like the wikipedia material. There also needs to

[WikiEducator] Re: Open Business Resources

Looks like it is all in Chinese. Is there an English version of the site? Can I access it directly? On Oct 7, 8:50 am, Wong Leo wrote: > http://ibmpcd.com/ > this is a wiki written by IBM employee , which mainly to do with bussiness > and how to survive in a bussiness world , very good writing ,

[WikiEducator] Re: Open Business Resources

Randy - this is great. Thanks. When you work with business, how do they view WikiEducator resources? Is the E-word acceptable? Does it influence their respect for the validity of the information presented? I get some resistance, as in - What do academics know about the real world? But it does get

[WikiEducator] Re: Open Business Resources

Maybe we could have WikiWorkplace.org - sounds more open, not so commercial - just people doing their jobs better, trying to earn a living and get ahead. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducat

[WikiEducator] Re: Open Business Resources

Thanks Wayne. That is great to know that business subject matter is considered within the OER Foundation sphere of interest. "Open" is a big step for my business colleagues. :o) On Oct 8, 8:06 pm, Wayne Mackintosh wrote: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr

[WikiEducator] Re: Improving the look and feel of WikiEducator --- Changing to the "Vector Skin"

I switched to the Vector skin. It worked well and looks nice. It is simpler in the basic non-Rich editor. I have switched back for my own use - I really like the basic editor with more options in the formatting menu and rarely use the Rich editor. However, others have suggested that the basic edi

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

As a less-technical reply, I would like to see WikiEducator have a broad range of functionality in wikitext. As a repository of OERs, WE needs to be able to accommodate all sorts of OERs including assessments, interactive activities and learner feedback. Providing these should not be any more compl

[WikiEducator] Re: BYOD Bring Your Own Device working group?

s is a bit limiting. Mobile learning is pretty broad. Does this cover everything? On Sunday, June 17, 2012 6:25:17 AM UTC-4, Vtaylor wrote: > > Perhaps now would be a good time to set up a BYOD Bring Your Own > Device working group to address using mobile, personal and pocket > de

[WikiEducator] Re: BYOD Bring Your Own Device working group?

http://wikieducator.org/BYOD Here is a placeholder with a few thoughts. Please add / change as you see fit. Let's find out what interests people have and we can take it from there. BTW - There is an article in a recent issue of THE Journal http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/05/10/are-you-rea

[WikiEducator] Re: BYOD Bring Your Own Device working group?

Thanks. You are looking at yet another aspect of the whole BYOD infrastructure. That's why these are so interesting. You make some good points. Update the WE page or create a separate sub-page if you prefer to capture your thoughts within the framework of http://wikieducator.org/BYOD On Sund

Re: [WikiEducator] Professional Development for STEM

Thanks Randy Yesterday we made paper rockets and did our first launch with the Pop Bottle launcher! We had 16 kids - great turn out and a little crazy! Everyone got to launch their rockets a second time if they wanted to. Most rockets traveled 20-30 feet but a couple of the stellar performers

Re: [WikiEducator] Professional Development for STEM

Here are the "workshop" notes for the first activity 1. High-Power Paper Rocket High-Power Paper Rocket

Re: [WikiEducator] Professional Development for STEM

Hello Wawire Thank you for your interest. The main site for the NASA Summer of Innovation program provides 100+ activities. We plan to focus on engineering activities. http://www.soi-mini-awards.com/ Throughout July and August, we will be doing 8-10 hands-on STEM activities with the middle sch

[WikiEducator] Re: Professional Development for STEM

NASA Summer of Innovation program at New Smyrna Beach Boys & Girls Club Educator Workshop While I was on vacation, Linda, the lead teacher, did a second day with first project rockets. More information, pictures (as requested) for all the steps in making the rockets. Most kids were doing more

Re: [WikiEducator] Sensitization

As I recall, the daily email updates for CCK?? that Stephen Downes produced with RSShopper included Moodle posts. That doesn't help a lot in this case as the LMS is closed (it was open access in CCK). Are you required to have the enrolled student discussions be inside a closed LMS? How about ha

[WikiEducator] Re: Professional Development for STEM

Rocket Races We completed our 4th session of our NASA Summer of Innovation program. This lesson plan is part of the Rockets Educator Guide . Rocket Races

[WikiEducator] Re: Professional Development for STEM

5. Spaghetti tower Building with Pasta - Use the engineering design process to build a structure to handle the greatest load. Gain first-hand experience with compression and tension forces. Spaghetti Anyone?

[WikiEducator] Re: Professional Development for STEM

Today was model airplanes day. We were prepared do do as many as 3 different kinds, but we just did the one paper plane model. The kids really enjoyed being outdoors testing their models. We could make enough changes to the basic Dart model to have some significant performance differences. htt

[WikiEducator] Re: Professional Development for STEM

http://wikieducator.org/User:Vtaylor/NASA_Summer_of_Innovation/Activities#7._Sled_Kite 7. Sled Kite For this session, we picked the Sled kite activity to continue in the aerodynamics theme of previous activities. In previous summers, the kite had been made with plastic bags. We used paper to s

[WikiEducator] Re: Professional Development for STEM

http://wikieducator.org/User:Vtaylor/NASA_Summer_of_Innovation/Activities#8._File_Card_Bridge 8. File Card Bridge The File Card Bridge, also known as Penny Bridge activity introduces kids to basic structures, the ideas of loading, capacity, structural failure, and stepwise improvements. File c

[WikiEducator] Re: Professional Development for STEM

Hi All Thursday will be our last NASA Summer of Innovation program session with the kids at the New Smyrna Beach Boys & Girls Club. We hope that you have enjoyed our activities and found some ideas to use in your own teaching and learning. NASA encouraged all the Summer of Innovation programs

[WikiEducator] Re: Professional Development for STEM

Last day for our NASA Summer of Innovation program. The program went pretty well. The middle school kids are fun to work with. They have lots of energy and and good ideas. There were plenty of questions and discussion about the activities. They like the ones with stuff the moves - soda rockets,

[WikiEducator] Re: Hello!

Hi Danielle Welcome You might be interested in joining or following some of the active Open Textbook organizations. College textbooks http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com/profile/OpenDoorsGroup?xg_source=msg_invite_event What grade level are you interested in? All the best ..Valerie On Tues

[WikiEducator] K-12 Engineering

Is anyone working with K-12 educators on Engineering projects or curriculum? We are interested in learning more about what works and what OER resources would be helpful. Are K-12 educators getting training in engineering that they can use in the classroom? Who is providing it? Are the materi

[WikiEducator] Paying for credit

There is considerable interest from students in earning credit of completing open courses. Many MOOCs and open courses do offer the option of receiving credit or certification and there is normally a fee associated with that. Just curious - What is the range of costs to students for credit

[WikiEducator] Re: Paying for credit

The except below got this discussion started... And my question - then does it make a difference to the students, the instituition and/or the employer if the student has to pay something to receive the credit or certification? Does cost change the validity or significance to any of the parties?

Re: [WikiEducator] Paying for credit

Thanks Sean Do you have any information on participation in Saylor Academy courses by students and/or institutions in Africa? Do you have any information about student access to the courses, for example, from school computers, home computers, mobile devices? On Monday, August 18, 2014 9:19:57

[WikiEducator] Course Design Rubric and Standards for Quality Online Teaching.

Here is another initiative to publish online course content... http://ccconlineed.org/documents/category/6-professional-development-workgroup In order for a course to be offered as a part of the Online Education Initiative (OEI), it must meet established standards relating to course design, i

[WikiEducator] NY Times - Change Higher Education: Online Degrees

Article in today's New Your Times http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/08/upshot/true-reform-in-higher-education-when-online-degrees-are-seen-as-official.html Here's What Will Truly Change Higher Education: Online Degrees That Are Seen as Official By KEVIN CAREY With information technology poised to

Re: [WikiEducator] Potential new project. Aquatic insect key

I took the Florida Coastal Naturalist program. The "shark" presentation included a paper version of identification characteristics. It was really helpful. I'll send images in a separate post. This might be a good test of a generalized interactive identifier. I can image using a visual logic ga

Re: [WikiEducator] Abridged summary of wikied...@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic

We did offered it as a course with academic credit for one semester. The administrative logistics to getting beyond a special projects course, into the regular catalog and transcript systems ongoing. At this time, faculty are encouraged to include individual activities into their own courses, w

[WikiEducator] Re: Crowdsourcing topics for new 1st year course: Learning in a Digital Age

I am always amazed by serendipity. I hadn't heard about P2PU in years. Then this pops up yesterday... http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/04/25/online-learning-why-libraries-could-be-the-key-to-moocs-success/ https://www.p2pu.org/en/facilitate/ https://learningcircles.p2pu.org/en/courses/ Severa

Re: [WikiEducator] Abridged summary of wikied...@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic

Yest another online course along the same lines. This one from Canvas. Digitally Enhanced Learning & Teaching * May 9 - Jun 19, 2016 * https://www.canvas.net/browse/londonsouthbank/courses/digitally-enhanced-learning Everyone is talking ‘digital’ - digital curriculum, digital learning & teac

[WikiEducator] Re: New Member! Happy to be here!

Thanks for asking! I will be adding the Remix Game as an activity when we cover Copyright. This is an important topic that students struggle with. They love serious fun aka games. ..vt -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To vis