On 9/18/07, mackiwg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Sparkered - > > Thanks for the link to Leigh's webcast. Leigh is doing some amazing > work in promoting innovative ways of utilising WikiEducator for > teaching and learning. We're inspired by his energy and his promotion > of the benefits that educators derive from collaborative authoring of > resources for learning.
--Yes I agree :-) WikiEducator's strength lies in its potential for Educators around the > world to work collaboratively on learning materials for their > learners. There are a few new developments which we will implement on > WikiEducator in the near future - which may be of interest to > colleagues working in the VET sector: > > 1. Wiki to pdf functionality - This will enable teachers to generate > print masters of learning resources developed collaboratively on > WikiEd. Perhaps this will encourage a project similar to > Handouts4Teachers for the TVET sector (see: > http://www.wikieducator.org/Handouts4Teachers > ) --Thanks for the link to this section. I like Leigh am looking to incorporate learning outcomes and performence criteria (Curriulum/ Syllabus criteria) within wiki educator then link to Teacher handouts/ lesson plans/ activity sheets. http://networklearning.blogspot.com/2007/04/importance-of-activity-sheets-glue-that.html Can also link to this TVET project handouts. 2. The implementation of threaded discussion functionality on > WIkiEducator's talk pages. This will make it easier for educators > collaborating on the development of shared resources. Feel free to start a page node on WikiEducator for Australia's TAFE > community to share ideas and thoughts about how WikiEducator could > support your work. Apart from content development on WIkiEd - it is > also used as a hub for planning projects collaboratively. --OK will do. There are a myriad of things to discuss, , in terms of prevailing mindsets I expect issues with copyright, business models and the potential to resolve with creative commons licencing will loom large as I advocate wikieducator. :-/ Chat to you soon. > Wayne --Great talk later Cheers Steven > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
