Hi Scott, Nice to see your input and participation evolving.....
We're quite a strong community....if you need something, just keep asking....! (we'll do our best to help...) Cheers, - Randy PS. Everyone, I met Scott at a presentation Wayne did at UBC, on Jan 12, if I remember correctly. I've pulled the blip.tv video from the Abject Learning blog (Brian Lamb) http://blogs.ubc.ca/brian/2009/01/wayne-mackintosh-talks-wikieducator-two-fantastic-mediawiki-extensions/ On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Scott Newson <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for you feedback Alison, it's really helpful to hear about your > first steps. > > I agree that seeing that others are involved in a given project is one of > the things that makes my contributions feel worthwhile. I'd guess that > seeing contributions by others conveys the feeling that the project (and by > extension my contributions) are beneficial to others. > > Scott > > > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Alison Snieckus < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I registered last week, so I'm not really all that up to speed on things. >> But thought I'd put in my 2 cents anyway. The first thing I did after >> registering and realizing that I was serious and motivated about >> contributing was to look around at other user pages. Then, I started my user >> page. And after that I went to the WE tutorials and made myself follow them >> to the end. The tutorials suggested I imagine a project that I'd like to >> make happen and I did -- a collection of tutorials on statistics and >> probability, enough to make a whole traditional course. Kinda pie in the >> sky, but hey. >> >> Once I'd written about this project, I just wasn't sure what to do next. I >> did a lot of looking around. I've decided to work on the math glossary. >> First because it is a good first step to what I want to do, but also it's an >> active project and this seemed to be a key factor in my getting involved in >> something. >> >> In the process of looking around, I read the to do list on the community >> page...a number of times, but I didn't feel competent enough for any of >> these. I'm a newbie. I looked at some of the portals and the initiatives and >> ideas4content pages and many of the projects that I felt I could help in >> didn't seem active. >> >> So based on my newbie experience, I wonder if there needs to be better (or >> more strategically placed) information on how to get involved. The >> naturally-occurring positive and negative incentives in the direct >> environment have the most impact on behavior (in this case participation). >> >> I do have to say that I'm not sure I would have gotten this far if I >> hadn't gotten such a warm welcome from the wikineighbors. Thanks for making >> me feel welcome right from the get-go! >> Alison Snieckus >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:07 AM, NELLIE DEUTSCH < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thank you. I would like further suggestions on how to sustain active >>> members. >>> Warm wishes, >>> Nellie Deutsch >>> Doctoral Student >>> Educational Leadership >>> Curriculum and Instruction >>> http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C19 >>> http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Nelliemuller >>> skype:nelliedeutschmuller >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Sarita Kumar <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all! >>>> >>>> The article is quite impressive and good. But, may be we require more >>>> workshops and some on-line competitions regarding the contents, projects, >>>> maximum participation, etc. for active memberships. >>>> >>>> Sarita Kumar >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:46 AM, nelliemuller < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dear Friends, >>>>> I would be interested in any suggestions you may have on how to >>>>> encourage active membership on Wikieducator. I found this article that >>>>> may get us started: >>>>> http://www.visi.com/~snowfall/Group05IncentivesReport.pdf<http://www.visi.com/%7Esnowfall/Group05IncentivesReport.pdf> >>>>> >>>>> What do you think? >>>>> >>>>> Warm wishes, >>>>> Nellie >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > -- ________________ Randy Fisher * Change/Transition & Program/Project Support * Stakeholder Engagement, Collaboration & Performance * Community Building & Organization Development * eLearning & eCoaching * Open Source & Open Education + 1 604.684.2275 [email protected] http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher * Can You Do the Wiki-Wiki? http://www.wikieducator.org/Wiki_Wiki Skype: wikirandy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
