Hello Nellie, I am VERY interested in collaborating on such a thing.
We (Otago Polytechnic <http://www.wikieducator.org/Otago_Polytechnic>) have started what I hope will be one of many "handbooks", the first one on blogging <http://www.wikieducator.org/Create_and_maintain_a_basic_weblog>. (Very much a work in progress) Our approach is simple: 1. We list all the items we think should be covered in an introduction to blogging (or whatever) 2. This page becomes a contents page that links down to subpages for learning activity pages and further information pages for each item. Our goal is to have a bunch of activity pages and information sheets for each item that can be quickly compiled into a printable workbook. This approach we hope will make it so a workbook can be arranged and rearranged by what ever teacher is putting together the learning plans for people - whether it be for artists, business people, or teachers.. the limit is determined by what range of activity sheets we can gather. At the moment, we have our Community Learning Centre facilitators who will be using these activity sheets to compile workbooks for helping people who drop in on the Community Learning Centre computers and either start working through a printed workbook self paced, browse activity pages on Wikieducator, or participate in a course or workshop where a teacher will direct and pace the learning activities based on the workbook she has compiled for the group. So I've been putting the word out for anyone who has activity sheets or lesson plans for blogging. We hope to have activity sheets on all aspects to do with blogging for a wide range of people who might be interested in blogging. Activities for kids, adults, artists, business people, professionals, hobbyists you name it.. But as yet, I have not attracted anyone to so much as drop a link to something we might copy and paste :( If you have an activity or lesson we might be able to use.. please drop the URL here: http://www.wikieducator.org/Talk:Create_and_maintain_a_basic_weblog If you have more time, by all means help us to build up these pages.. the project has been designed to be as universally useful as possible (I hope) So I hope that our work wil be useful to you as well. On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 5:24 AM, nelliemuller < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry about the typos: her value= the value; nut=net > > On May 1, 10:21 am, nelliemuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been looking for partners for collaborative learning and > > instruction since the mid 90s. I think one of the issues that we > > should pay more attention to is the need and/or ability to > > collaborate. I agree with the following statement by George Siemens: > > (http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/archives/000571.html) > > > > Instructors/teachers/trainers are typically "lone stars" - they're > > used to having control of their course, classroom, curriculum. > > Elearning is a collaborative process that involves many specialized > > skills (graphic design, web design, information architecture, > > instructional design, etc.). The subject matter expert is only part of > > the whole equation. This is a difficult mindset for instructors to > > overcome...some resistance to elearning may be rooted in feeling a > > sense of fear over losing control of course content and final decision > > making. Collaboration is a great concept...jas long as it doesn't > > impact what an instructor does each day...:) > > > > I suggest we work on changing teachers' mind sets and helping them see > > her value of collaborating and sharing before worrying about the ease > > of use. > > > > I use wikispaces, wepaint, pdwiki, blogs of every kind (too many to > > mention), twitter, powence, delicious, technorati, snapvine, wiziq, > > learnhub, facebook, nings (a few), and a many others I lost count of. > > I keep meeting the same people who are constantly moving on once a new > > gadget appears. Many teachers who want to collaborate are lost in > > cyberspace. We need to throw them a nut. I would like to offer free > > professional development programs that would appeal to teachers. Right > > now, there are many in service PD programs that are very expensive for > > the individual teacher, schools, districts, nations etc., but that do > > not seem to capture the hearts of teachers. > > > > Anyone interested in collaborating with me??? > > > > Warm wishes, > > Nellie Deutsch > > > -- -- Leigh Blackall +64(0)21736539 skype - leigh_blackall SL - Leroy Goalpost http://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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
