Thanks all...for helping me get into this community and welcoming OLiVER. well...we were feeling ambitious, so we just dug in and cut and pasted all OLiVER pages. It is more of less "migrated" now... (turned out to be relatively easy, so for a project this size, I would recommend this method in the future...though for bigger projects...???)
I added a Uganda link on the Countries section of WE - feel free to change things I'm doing if they don't fit the WE flow...though I do appreciate the initial comments about keeping OLiVER identity within WE... Also linked to the existing India project from within OLiVER - they seem conceptually very closely related... though there's no need for a stipend or honorarium for anyone to help migrate OLiVER (obviously) could we chat about what this could be used for? As you mentioned, now is the time to set up a solid foundation, navigational structure, etc... and I may not be the best person for this. Plus two of us that are spearheading OLiVER right now will be incommunicado for a few months coming up...would be good to have someone getting it in shape and sparking interest. of course, part of the reason for brining it to WE was finally finding a community for OLiVER to live so that it won't solely rely on us...as I mentioned before...OLiVER has several interested people, but few active contributors yet... very happy to be on WE - thanks for continued thoughts! Ryan On Oct 20, 3:47 pm, Randy Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wayne, > > OLiVer is a good test case for importing materials into WikiEducator. As we > grow, you're right that we need a method that itself is scalable, to itself > accommodate the future 'donation' of materials, and the 'migration' of other > communities who wish to align themselves with WE (WikiEducator)... > > Ahh, I can see it now - "WE" is stronger than "I" or "They"..... :-) > > Randy > > ________ > Randy Fisher - aka "WikiRandy for WikiEducator" > iCentro Networks > Vancouver, BC > +1 604.684.2275www.icentronetworks.comwww.hirerandy.com > > Skype / Yahoo: wikirandy > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: mackiwg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: WikiEducator <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:14:40 AM > Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: new curriculum project on WikiEducator > > Hi Ryan, > > I've spent a little time this morning getting to know the Oliver wiki > a little better. > > There are a couple of neat ideas in your approach and structure, and > I'm sure that these will filter through and add value to WikiEducator. > WikiEducator is at the point of thinking about portal pages for > different levels of education and how best to structure content, eg > Library of Congress system etc. > > Your experience here will be a great help as we think through the best > way to organise content in WIkiEd. > > It would be possible to do a database dump and then import the pages > into WIkiEd - but this is better suited to very big database. I think > we're better off with a cut & paste approach. If you can find a > student who is willing to help we can look at organising a stipend or > honorarium for the task. > > This is also a good opportunity to think about information design and > navigation of OLiVEr - now is the opportunity to fix those any of > those navigation decisions which have been niggling <smile>. > > FLOSS4Edu has a rather nice hybrid based on WikiEducator's main page > and worth taking a look for ideas:http://www.wikieducator.org/FLOSS4Edu > > The OLPC SoCon project has also taken a few ideas from our site: > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Summer_of_Content_2007 > > It would be great if we can get a country page for Uganda started - > see:http://www.wikieducator.org/Countrieswith a link to the OLiVer > project. I'll get in touch with some of our friends in Uganda and see > what we can do to encourage local community developing around OLiVer. > > Cheers > Wayne > > On Oct 20, 10:37 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all... > > Sounds like a worthy thing to consider...how to assist smaller > > projects joining WikiEducator. > > > As for OLiVER, here's the specific situation...as you can see from > its > > current home -http://oliverproject.org-there's not a ton of pages > > yet, but its not tiny either This is a job that could be done just > > cutting and pasting to recreate the pages in WikiEducator. Boring and > > tedious, but just some hours of work for a few people who want to dig > > in and do it (the way I did the first few pages which are up). Or, > > someone mentioned to me that there may be some method in a python > > framework that could migrate pages from one place to another? any > idea > > what this would be? (I'm not to good on things that get into that > tech > > realm...) A stipend sounds great for someone to do the work, but is > > this a big enough project to warrant that? And OLiVER doesn't really > > have a lot of images, so a bulk option for image uploading (though a > > great idea for future projects!) may not be necessary here. > > > I'm hoping to get this moved over as soon as we can...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 uploading of images - > I'm > > > more than happy to provide a little funding support (possibly a > > > stipend for students) to assist existing wikis who would like to > > > migrate to WikiEd. Building a free curriculum is a big task and we > > > need all the help we can get! > > > > It seems to me that our critical mass in WikiEd can help smaller > > > projects achieve their goals - without compromising their specific > > > content objectives. Together we can achieve so much more. > > > > Cheers > > > Wayne > > > > On Oct 18, 12:23 pm, "Derek Chirnside" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Well anonymous OLiVER project person, you are really welcome. > > > > A good decision I think. > > > > > I'd suggest you ask Brent if there is any way to bulk upload > images. :-) > > > > > -Derek > > > > > On 19/10/2007, OLiVER Project <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > I've just put up the first few pages of the OLiVER Project on > WikiEducator > > > > > -http://wikieducator.org/OLiVER_Project. OLiVER is intended to > be a place > > > > > where the best resources are organized in relation to specific > national > > > > > curricula. It is especially geared toward teachers, students, > and schools > > > > > who are new internet users around the world, to help find the > best resources > > > > > easily. It can also serve as the way to find textbooks and > other resources > > > > > that may be hard to come by for some schools. > > > > > > OLiVER was started as a stand-alone wiki using MediaWiki > software: > > > > >http://oliverproject.org > > > > > Uganda is the first curriculum we're putting up. > > > > > > We are now migrating it to WikiEducator for a few reasons: > > > > > - to benefit from the expertise of this community > > > > > - to link to similar projects like it already started in > WikiEducator > > > > > - it will be more sustainable and generally better maintained > > > > > - and the word will get out better > > > > > > Please comment in the discussion area - > > > > >http://wikieducator.org/Talk:OLiVER_Project-oremailme, if you > have > > > > > ideas for making it better or getting the word out to > users/contributors. > > > > > Or if you have suggestions for the best way to move it from its > current > > > > > location to WikiEducator, which I'd like to do sooner than > later. > > > > > Or anything else. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > -- > > > > From Derek Chirnside.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? 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