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 different components etc. Chat to you soon. Wayne On Oct 11, 1:55 pm, "Leigh Blackall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok Randy, Wayne, lets nominate a few dates for this Elluminate meeting. We > are running a course called Facilitating Online Learning Communities, and at > the moment we are trying to make sense/order of the related Wikieducator > pages. A couple of Elluminate meetings to barn raise these pages somewhat > would be very complimentary to this course, if you think it would be > workable to your project idea? > > Date and times that work for us have typically been Monday or Tuesday 12noon > or 7pm New Zealand Standard time (subtract 13 hours to get UTC (we've just > gone into daylight savings)) > > On 10/12/07, Randy Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Leigh, > > > I am definitely up for meeting via Elluminate - or some kind of VOIP > > solution. I recall our meeting some time ago, with the presentation of that > > gal in NY - that seemed to work quite well. > > > I definitely think that clustering around a project / mini-project would > > be a great way to communicate. > > > - Randy > > > On 10/10/07, Leigh Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > we could get alot done if we have a VOIP meeting place. I know > > > Wikiversity has been using MozPhone to gacilitate voice meetings.. not > > > sure > > > if we have such a thing in WE but we could use Otago Polytechnic's > > > Elluminate space... > > > > On 10/11/07, Derek Chirnside < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Is anyone at the m-learning conference next week? Often a F2F contact > > > > is good for linking up with people. > > > > > By the way: did you know Wayne is running a 'course' on using > > > > WikiEducator that started yesterday very early morning Aussie time? > > > > Lots > > > > and lots signed up. > > > > >http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial/What_is_a_wiki > > > > > I originally thought the WE pages were great at > > > > >http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial > > > > > Now I think there are problems in learning to USE wikis (Even the new > > > > liquid threads have a prominent edit button that does not work), think > > > > **about** wikis, and think about open learning. I'm not convinced we > > > > have a > > > > nice enough and functional 'place' on the wiki (ie in a wiki > > > > environment) to > > > > talk about the collaborative work we are doing. > > > > > I agree with you Randy, mini-collaborative project. But one hour may > > > > be a bit short. > > > > > On 11/10/2007, Randy Fisher < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Leigh and Peter, > > > > > > Let's create lemon out of lemonade - and use the collaborative power > > > > > of the wiki to effect some perceptual change. (It's also in line with > > > > > some > > > > > of the community-building / messaging activities). > > > > > > I think it all depends on "how" we use WikiEd to bring people in, > > > > > and collaborate with them - which will create immediacy, relevance and > > > > > demonstrate the value of WikiEd. Of course, there will always be other > > > > > alternatives - but I'd like to create an 'experience' that we can > > > > > refer to, > > > > > and use in 'recruiting' teacher participation, and bringing them > > > > > onboard. In > > > > > the future, this could become a case study.... > > > > > > I have some other thoughts, but first - would you be open to doing > > > > > this.... > > > > > > This is what I propose: > > > > > > * a collaborative mini-project (1 hour of time)to identify the > > > > > benefits and utility of WikiEducator over other alternatives (and the > > > > > challenges - from a teacher's point of view). We could collaborate on > > > > > a > > > > > single page, and create the experience of 'collaboration' on the wiki > > > > > that > > > > > we all know so well. > > > > > > * Participants: Leigh, Peter, Randy & a teacher or two. > > > > > > * Requirements: - find a teacher(s) who wishes to work with us on > > > > > this mini-project (secondary, tertiary levels) > > > > > > Can you identify a teacher - who might wish to participate? > > > > > > - Randy > > > > > > On 10/10/07, Leigh Blackall < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Peter, Randy.. I agree. At this stage I suppose Wikieducator > > > > > > continue > > > > > > to focus on free content which can easily be loaded into things > > > > > > like > > > > > > Ecto or the next thing to come along. My initial concern was that > > > > > > the > > > > > > appeal of things like Ecto will make it more difficult to draw > > > > > > teachers from the "developed world" into content creation in > > > > > > Wikieducator. I am already finding it hard explaining to teachers > > > > > > here > > > > > > why Wikieducator is better than Wikispaces.. :( no worries > > > > > > though, I > > > > > > agree with your points and thank you for your responses. > > > > > -- > > > > From Derek Chirnside. > > > > >http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > > -- > > ________________ > > Randy Fisher > > + 1 604.684.2275 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >www.hirerandy.com > > > Skype: wikirandy > > -- > -- > Leigh Blackall > +64(0)21736539 > skype - leigh_blackallhttp://learnonline.wordpress.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
