Hi Leigh and Wayne, How about both:
Let's do a webconference on collaboration - to get this up on the radar....AND consider a targeted and proactive approach to facilitation....They both will inform and support each other.... Possible dates: next Monday or Wednesday (Vancouver time). - Randy On May 21, 2:51 pm, "Leigh Blackall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Randy, Wayne. > > I think Wayne sets out a realistic 3 steps. And for the most part I think we > as a whole are taking those steps. A slight trouble (and risk) is that > different people are at different stages in this flow. So while the L4C is > focusing on Phase 1: Basic skills development in using the wiki a few of the > early adopters are itching for Phase 3: Collaborative content development in > achieving collective goals. Otago Polytechnic is an early adopter, and we > itch for evidence of phase 3 because all too often we are having to justify > our radically different approach to distance and online learning (using > Wikieducator). I think we can handle this pressure, but it would be great to > see some form of commitment (if resources permit it) to the facilitation of > phase 3 opportunities. > > Randy seems to be in a position to facilitate some phase 3. A team of > facilitators would be good. The webconferences might be a good way to gather > steam around making phase 3 facilitation possible, but I suspect a more > targeted and proactive facilitation effort is needed. > > Otago looked like it had something going in terms of a collaboration with > Mauritius over our Tourism developments. Similarly with 2 people in the L4C > who contributed to "our" HIV/AIDS content. But disappointingly, these have > not progressed. Mostly because Otago people have not had the time or skills > to begin communicating around collaboration - and so an experienced > facilitator is needed. Someone who can mediate the initial stages of a > collaboration. > > Randy's questions: > > * Define what your understanding of Collaboration is? > * How do we propose to measure it, and over what intervals? > > Collaboration is evidenced by: > > - Sustained communication > - Negotiated outcomes > - Shared actions > - Shared ownership > - Shared outcomes > > This might be measured by: > > - The edit history of a page/s > - The communication pages > - The email list > - Student exchange programs > - Teacher exchange programs > - Team teaching > - Networked teaching and learning > > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 6:22 AM, Wayne Mackintosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Randy, > > > I'm very excited to see our community starting to think about ways to > > increase collaborative development. > > > As an aside - I think that this is positive sign attesting to the > > dynamic nature of communities and how they mature over time. It's > > tempting to distinguish capability maturity phases for WE, for > > example: > > > Phase 1: Basic skills development in using the wiki > > Phase 2:. Focus on content development for own use > > Phase 3: Collaborative content development in achieving collective > > goals > > > So it seems that WE has reached the next phase of our evolution > > <smile>. These are exciting times and its great to be part of the > > early pioneers taking collective responsibility for building the > > future success of OUR project. This is well aligned with our strategy > > - because WE is now in the phase of scaling up content development. > > > See: http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:About > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > -- > -- > Leigh Blackall+64(0)21736539 > skype - leigh_blackall > SL - Leroy Goalposthttp://learnonline.wordpress.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator, go to: http://www.wikieducator.org To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
