1. Otago's HIVAIDS <http://www.wikieducator.org/HIVAIDS> with...? Suggestions - webconferences, team teaching online, student and teacher exchanges 2. Otago's Tourism course <http://www.wikieducator.org/Travel_and_Tourism>with...? Shared development, shared resources, team teaching, webconferences, student and teacher exchanges 3. Otago's Blogging handbook<http://www.wikieducator.org/Create_and_maintain_a_basic_weblog>...? Need short activity sheets on little things about blogging. Sheets include objective, activity steps, resources needed. Is to become a printable book with people able to pick and choose the right activity sheets for their needs and then print their customised book. 4. Otago's Horticulture <http://www.wikieducator.org/Horticulture> pages...? Need more learning activities using resources made. Need more Horticulture units to be developed - such as landscaping and building units. 5. Webconferences <http://www.wikieducator.org/Webconferences> - probably the most easy to collaborate on.. simply organise a talk and add it to the list
in my opinion :) On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Wayne Mackintosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Randy > > That's an impressive reflection. > > It seems to me that there are strong consensus points and some VERY > concrete ideas to move forward. > > Shall we try to capture these ideas on this page: > > http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Community_building_strategy ? > > Clearly there are a number of content development "candidates" in WE > that are could become show case examples of collaboration in our > community. > > Clearly COL can help in connecting the right people together to > facilitate collaboration. Open question to the community: > > In your view -- What projects would you list as the top five > "collaboration" candidates? > > Lets see if we can manufacture a little wiki magic. > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > > On May 22, 3:43 am, "Randy Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wayne, Leigh and others: > > > > Comments below, beginning in CAPS: > > > > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Wayne Mackintosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > 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>. > > > > TOTALLY AGREED. Rapid, parallel development is the way to go. Many > > iterations and experiences, incorporating feedback and local experience, > > creating our approach that feels more aligned to what we are creating... > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > AGREED. As Otago is on the leading edge for themselves, newbies also > > consider themselves on the leading edge for them too! :-) However, > Otago's > > leadership mitigates risk (in the future) for future action / adoption. > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > THIS 9-12 MONTHS ' ACCELERATION should be come a rallying point .... how > to > > capture and leverage this information... > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > YES, AGREED TOO. I THINK THE WEBCONFERENCES should have a couple of > foci: > > (1) general topics of interest to the community; and (2) project > -based. > > Let's identify several projects that we wish to foster the kind of > > collaboration that Leigh is talking about, and we / WE can facilitate > > this....My sense is, this is largely a process / design issues....( > perhaps > > there's even another level in the Wiki Skills Certification process for > > WikiFacilitator/Collaboration - but first things first, let's get some > > active collaboration stuff happening... We will be able to measure this > > stuff - we've got to...thx. to our work with Jonathan Miller's (WikiEd, > M&E) > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > YES, WE are on the same page.....but let's make a distinction between > > newbies exploring the development of wiki skills, and interest in > > collaboration. Positioned properly, any newbie can see the promise and > > potential of collaboration....that may be why they joined in the first > > place....Come to think of it, maybe we can adjust our Newbie survey and > > subsequent ones....to gain insights into their ideas and motivations > > underscoring collaborative intent and action. Let's harness and support > > Otago's increasing momentum. > > > > > > > > > A tall order --- but based on our collective track record to date -- I > know > > > that we'll get this right. > > > > AND, there are many versions and nuances of "right", right? > > > > > > > > > Hey -- is going to be a fascinating if not historic year for us!!! > > > > UBET! > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > -- > > ________________ > > Randy Fisher - Facilitating Change and Designing Sustainable Ecosystems > to > > Improve Performance- for People, Teams, Communities, and > Organizationshttp://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher > > > > + 1 604.684.2275 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Skype: wikirandy > > > -- -- 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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