Hi Leigh & Randy I don't see the 3 capability phases (that is; skills development; personal content development projects; and international collaboration on projects) as being mutually exclusive. On the contrary they should ideally all happen in parallel <smile>.
The challenge for our community is to figure out how best to manage and cater for multiple levels of capability without holding the early innovators back or alienating newbies. WE is a community which should welcome and meet all participants where they are at -- including the community leaders who are plotting our futures. Our focus on the building the future is a core value of the community, and is enshrined in our strategic thinking. Otago Poly has pushed the envelope. I can attest that Dunedin's interventions have compressed the WE strategic time scale by 9 to 12 months of where I reasonably expected the project to be at this juncture in its history. So Leigh, as a community we will rely heavily on your foresight and guidance in helping us build capability for the next phase in our evolution. While our early attempts at international collaboration on specific projects may not have delivered the dividends we would have liked -- we shouldn't be too hard on ourselves recognising that some seeds take longer to germinate than others. Let's learn from our experiences and figure out how to do this better .... So I'm reading and thinking about your suggestions with CONSIDERABLE interest. Notwithstanding the phenomenal successes of the WMF projects -- WE are very much pioneers. WE is a unique community and is succeeding in engaging real educators in the formal education sectors from all corners of the globe. My personal preference is that WE does not become a community which alienates newbies, but at the same time supports and feeds the innovators and early adopters. A tall order --- but based on our collective track record to date -- I know that we'll get this right. Hey -- is going to be a fascinating if not historic year for us!!! Cheers Wayne On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 09:51 +1200, Leigh Blackall 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 Goalpost > http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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