Sarah, Welcome to WikiEducator. And it would seem you have quite the conundrum. In my opinion what you are asking goes completely against an OER / CC-BY-SA philosophy. A philosophy embedded in all that WE does. Asking a group of people who are committed to openness, WE and the CC-BY-SA approach to work toward protecting something for the purpose of gaining funding seems very skew. All this said, I can also appreciate the competitiveness that you find yourself in and the importance of funding to keep this obviously important project moving ahead.
My first suggestion (if you want to draw on the WE resources available; infrastructure and people) is to abandon working in a competitive environment where secrecy is required for success. Have faith in the importance of the project, make the resources open from the start and put the other teams to shame with the quality of the work. If you do this I believe you will find funding from a source that is aligned with openness and non-secrecy. Secondly, I would consider approaching the research funding bodies with OER as a part of your research approach; I believe this would be the differentiator in winning the funding. I believe the funding body would be most interested in the impact of OER in midwifery education. Third and this relates back to my first suggestion, start actively seeking funding agencies that are more aligned with OER approaches. Then of course your stupid question could be outweighed by my naivety… Peter On May 26, 11:43 pm, Sarah Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone > > My name is Sarah Stewart (http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com). I am a > senior lecturer in midwifery at Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New > Zealand and a colleague of Leigh Blackall. I am a new member of this > community and am enjoying learning all about wikieducator. > > I have recently been in communication with a midwifery educator in > Pakistan and we are keen to collaborate on several e-learning projects > together. I have suggested that we develop these projects on > wikieudcator so that we have access to the wider education community > for support and ideas. However, she is reluctant to do that. There is > a lot of competition in the area that she works in, especially when it > comes to applying for research funding. She does not want to make the > details of the projects public for fear of people using her ideas and > beating her to the funding. Obviously, I have to respect that > standpoint. However, I feel it is really important that we document > the development of this project, as it is an illustration of social > networking and international collaboration that will benefit a > particular professional group. > > My question to this group is: how can I utilize wikieducator to > record the the development of this project and make use of the > expertise available via wikieducator, yet honor the wishes of the team > in Pakistan for 'secrecy'? Or is that such a stupid question because > the answer is obviously 'you can't!'. > > I'd be really grateful for your views and any advice on where to go > from here. > > Thank you, Sarah --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
