Interesting question Leigh... The question I would have of an experienced wiki user is; I believe this is one that is an important measure of "community". And I also believe would provide valuable insight to a newbie...
What do you believe is the value of an edit-revert "battle" within a wiki page? Have you ever been involved in an edit-revert "battle"? And did the wiki policies assist in resolving the conflict? On May 29, 4:26 pm, "Leigh Blackall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excellent idea Wayne.. > > A question for everyone: > > What sort of questions would you ask experienced wiki users to extract > insights about how "community" forms in wikis, and what functions a > facilitator of communities in wikis would play? > > Well, there's the question right there hey! But any other ideas? > > On 5/29/08, Wayne Mackintosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > That's a good idea -- I'm game to talk about WE -- assuming that I'm not > > travelling and I'm sure that others will help out. > > > I assume that you plan to run multiple iterations of the course -- so why > > don't you think about 3 or 4 key questions for each rep -- sort of interview > > style that you can incorporate into the materials and also ask the reps to > > record a short 1 minute audio intro. This way, in spite of busy schedules > > you can still capture the thoughts of different representatives from the > > wiki world and then rotate panel representatives from each community for > > each offering of the course. > > > We conference can be difficult if you're planning to reach the globe -- Its > > been a challenge for us at WE -- but a well planed recording with key > > questions which folk can read, and perhaps some asynchronous interaction -- > > all doable. > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 13:33 +1000, Leigh Blackall wrote: > > > Facilitating Online Communities is a model course in many respects --- How > > do you see this slotting into the NextWave concept? > > > I thought maybe we could set up a panel of people to talk about wiki > > communities... Wikieducator rep, Wikiversity rep, Wikipedia rep, Wikimedia > > Foundation rep, Wikispaces rep.. and I would facilitate a discussion about > > how communities are unique in wikis... > > > Can you help my get panel members together? > > > This would be a webconference of course. Part of the FOC course, and listed > > in the Wikied Webconferences > > > On 5/29/08, *Wayne Mackintosh* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Leigh -- > > > The play on words doesn't necessarily exclude open data flows <smile> .. > > but I agree with Randy, the NextWave concept is more powerful and > > appropriate? > > > Getting back to my "learning to snowboard after 40 years old" experience -- > > (Yes it is true that you can snowboard well into your 60's but it's best > > learned before you turn 17!). I persevered. These days I can get myself down > > the mountain in one piece and rather elegantly with my turning skills -- but > > now I want to learn how to board "switch" or "fakie" -- in other words the > > other way around. I really like this boarding stuff and want to experience > > and achieve more. Similarly - I'm sure there are WikiEducators that would > > like to get more out of their investment. This may include support on using > > some of our new flashy tools and helping WikiEducators connect with other > > Wikieducator's in a non-zero sum experience. Its about our space to innovate > > and push the envelop within the value structure of our community. > > > I look at the amazing work that educators have done at Otago, University of > > Winneba, India etc -- and I'm thinking about how can WE can create and > > provide opportunities for the Nextwave of the experience --- Tutorials are > > one part of the equation, but really just a means to achieving an that > > "Eureka" experience of real wiki collaboration. > > > Facilitating Online Communities is a model course in many respects --- How > > do you see this slotting into the NextWave concept? > > > R you back in NZ yet or still rocking the Tasmanians? > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 11:50 +1000, Leigh Blackall wrote: > > > When I saw 2nd Life, I didn't recognise a play on words and thought Wayne > > was meaning Second Life or online simulators like it... ie The Croquet > > Project <http://croquetconsortium.org/index.php/Main_Page>, which the > > University of British Columbia (among others) is involved with. When Wayne > > was talking about extending Wikied, I thought it was in the domain of open > > data flows like embedding into and from 3rd party services generally. > > > But, now I see it is in extending the tutorials. Otago has a course about > > to run called Facilitating Online > > Communities<http://www.wikieducator.org/Facilitating_online_communities>{{WIP}}. > > In that course is a focus for one of the weeks on Wiki communities, > > and then we start organising an online conference (probably using a wiki to > > document). It would be great to look at team teaching experiments in this > > open course...? > > > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 7:47 AM, Wayne Mackintosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Hey Randy, > > > NextWave is an excellent improvement on the first draft. Thanks. Gee -- you > > see how collaboration improves quality over time. > > > Lets start planning the NextWave and riding it! > > > We can link this to more advanced levels on the road to becoming a > > Wikimaster! > > > Cheers > > Wayne > > > On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 14:37 -0700, Randy Fisher wrote: > > > Hi Wayne, > > > Instead of 2nd Life (yes, I do recognize the play on words), my preference > > is to go with 2nd Wave (of tutorials) or even better - NextWave - it just > > gives a better image, picture, etc. and folks can catch the wave...well, you > > get it... > > > My 3 cents, > > > - Randy > > > On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 11:08 PM, Wayne Mackintosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > David Leeming who facilitated the first official, face-to-face > > Learning4Content workshop in the Solomon Islands has visited COL on > > route after an OLPC meeting in Boston. > > > I was showing David a bunch of stuff in our Wiki -- and taking the > > advantage of a face-to-face discussion it became clear that we need to > > thing about how to provide the next level of support for the early > > adopters in getting the most out of WikiEducator. > > > For example, we were chatting today about WikiEducator, > > Learning4Content etc. While sitting in my office I was showing David a > > couple of our new COOL features in the wiki thanks to WikiEducators > > like Jim Tittsler, Brent Simpson, Rob Kruhlak. Randy (aka WikiEducator > > Community Builder) was with us highlighting community achievements and > > how WE can promote effective community development for the future. > > > While chatting with David, we were pointing out examples of phenomenal > > development in our community, including for example (in no order of > > preference): > > > * The prolific content development at Otago Polytechnic; > >http://wikieducator.org/Otago_Polytechnic > > * The successes of the FLOSS4Edu intiative; > >http://wikieducator.org/FLOSS4Edu > > * The OER initiative at the University of Education Winneba in Ghana > >http://wikieducator.org/UEW > > * India's leadership in building a national WE community: > >http://wikieducator.org/India > > * The University of Mauritius involving Masters students in a WE > > project who are developing a wiki reflection on their experiences of > > an online L4C workshop: > >http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikiflexion > > * The work in Sri Lanka developing OERs for the farming and > > agriculture community: > >http://wikieducator.org/Sri_Lanka/L3_Farmersand > >http://wikieducator.org/Sri_Lanka/L3_Farmers/University_of_Colombo > > * The budding community media node: > >http://www.wikieducator.org/Community_Media > > > To list only a few initiatives -- there are many, many more! > > The challenge -- How do WE continue to support these pioneers and > > innovators? > > > Has our community reached the maturity where we need to thing about > > helping the early adopters move forward into a "2nd life" -- perhaps > > an L4C equivalent for our next generation of Wikieducators to be > > introduced to new tools and thoughts about getting the most out of WE. > > > What do you think? > > Should we develop the next tier of tutorials? > > Start a "2nd life" online workshop series using the L4C model? > > > Please let us know what your think --- our community is growing faster > > than our ability to keep up ... > > > Cheers > > Wayne. > > > -- > > ________________ > > 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 > > > -- > > -- > > Leigh Blackall > > +64(0)21736539 > > skype - leigh_blackall > > SL - Leroy Goalpost > >http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > > -- > > -- > > Leigh Blackall > > +64(0)21736539 > > skype - leigh_blackall > > SL - Leroy Goalpost > >http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > -- > -- > Leigh Blackall > +64(0)21736539 > skype - leigh_blackall > SL - Leroy Goalposthttp://learnonline.wordpress.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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