Yeah I see what you mean -- mmm thinking out loud here .... would a "tutorial" on tips and ideas to express cultural identity be the way to go?
Not so sure that I like the "tutorial" concept in this context because it seems a little too prescriptive and "paint-by-numbers" -- if you know what a mean. But rather to give folk the tools to express their cutural identity. I really like the concept -- one of the most rewarding aspects of my job at COL is the amazing exposure to culture in many nuanced ways. It would be very powerful if we could find was of capturing some of this dynamic in WE. Cheers Wayne On Mar 5, 9:00 pm, "Alison Ruth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey again people > > Wayne: From what I remember, there are some people who have used their > userpages to show where they come from and special parts/aspects of their > countries. A couple of examples > are:http://wikieducator.org/User:Gabrielahttp://wikieducator.org/User:Madomkwehttp://wikieducator.org/User:Joao > There seems to be a more personal touch to these userpages while many of us > go for more formal identities (like we're playing grown-ups in > WikiEducator). > > What happened in my course was that many international students took the > opportunity of their userpage to include an almost complete history (or > seemingly so) of their country. It was totally unexpected within the > course, but maybe shouldn't have been given their distance from home. > > One of the outcomes of what happened in my course was more recognition that > we need to provide space for cultural identity somewhere. This is also > being taken up at my colleague's university. > > How we could implement something like this beyond individually created > userpages would require some thinking (lots of cc licensed images from all > over the world would be a start - cultural icons eg our opera house, > kangaroos etc). It's an interesting leap you made there. > > Just a random thought: perhaps a part of the tutorial could be to include or > start a page about individual perceptions of their home country with a link > to the formal country page. It's almost another aspect of educational > information - providing personal insights into different cultures, > perspectives etc. This alone would provide a great resource for and about > cross and inter-cultural learning. > > Leigh: You have my sympathies but I'm sure we will welcome you back ;) *runs > away laughing maniacally* > > Alison > > On 06/03/2008, mackiwg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Alison, > > > Do you have any pointers to tips from what you remember from the > > WikiEd pages regarding cultural identity? > > I may be able to help some of these. > > > I do like the idea of a visualisation or some kind of association with > > cultural identity -- we could certainly think about developing > > specific User boxes for different identities? > > > Suggestions most welcome and we'll do our best to get these > > implemented. > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > On Mar 5, 6:15 pm, "Alison Ruth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey All > > > > A few years ago, I used a wiki for teaching a course of culturally > > diverse > > > students. One of the (unexpected) outcomes was wonderful displays of > > > cultural identity on userpages. Due to policies at my university, these > > are > > > no longer available (a huge tragedy). I know I've seen similar pages in > > > WikiEducator, but I cannot seem to find them today. > > > > A colleague from another university here in Aus is asking about these > > types > > > of pages, and I was wondering if anyone can point me to some in > > WikiEducator > > > I can show her? > > > > I'm slowly trolling through userpages (usually looking for other Aussies > > to > > > get our country page going), but am not being very successful. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Alison --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
