Hi Sarah, Thank you for your openness and trust in posting these questions - the community will respond, I'm sure....
I will be capturing the answers and feedback - to expand our FAQs - http://www.wikieducator.org/FAQs - because this is essential information for folks deciding to be part of WikiEducator, and our overall community -building strategy - http://www.wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Community_building_strategy These answers, and the ensuing discussion will help our community to grow and reflect and grow again, in marvelous and interesting and unanticipated ways! - Randy On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 6:43 AM, 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 > > > -- ________________ Randy Fisher - Facilitating Change and Designing Sustainable Ecosystems to Improve Performance- for People, Teams, Communities, and Organizations http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher + 1 604.684.2275 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.hirerandy.com Skype: wikirandy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
